Alumnae's 2010/2011 Season: The Plays

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by Daniel MacIvor

directed by Paul Hardy
September 24 - October 9, 2010
In fluidly madcap style, one of Canada's most distinctive and influential post-modern playwrights takes us on a voyage in flashback through the not-so-extraordinary life of a woman named Alison. Along with her friends, lovers and work colleagues, we find out how Alison got from there to here. More Info

HEDDA GABLER
by Henrik Ibsen,
translated & adapted
by Judith Thompson

Directed by Jane Carnwath
November 12 - 27, 2010
Ibsen's late 19th century Norwegian classic of feminist theatre is given an inspired contemporary re-imagining by Canada's Judith Thompson. A dangerous woman trapped in a loveless marriage sets off a powder keg of emotions and events. More Info

THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND/AFTER MAGRITTE
by Tom Stoppard

Directed by Barbara Larose & Ellen Green
January 21 - February 5, 2011
A pair of delightfully absurd Stoppard one-acts, previously produced at Alumnae Theatre more than 30 years ago. Hound is an ingenious whodunit based on Agatha Christies famously long-running The Mousetrap. Magritte is a surreal domestic comedy involving a ballroom-dancing couple, his tuba-playing mum, and a couple of coppers. More Info

THE NEW IDEAS FESTIVAL
23rd Annual Festival of New Works

March 9 - 26, 2011
Since 1989, Alumnae Theatre Company has hosted an annual festival of new works, providing playwrights, directors, actors and technicians the opportunity to engage directly with the audience in the development of their work. Be the first to see (and give feedback on) these exciting, never-before-produced short plays. More Info

GUINEAPIGGING
by Catherine Frid

Directed by Molly Thom
April 15 - 30, 2011
Science runs amok, as a young woman in search of a cure joins a drug-testing study with a ragtag group of human guinea pigs, all willing to gamble their health for the chance to earn big bucks. The world premiere of a black comedy by Alumnae Theatre Company member Catherine Frid. More Info

RUNNING WITH SCISSORS: The video

Directed by Stacy Halloran • Music written & performed by Kat Leonard
Featuring the Alumnae All-Stars

“Some of the best surprises in town: straightforward productions
of excellent plays that no one else in the city seems to be doing.”
- Richard Ouzounian, CBC Radio

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