New Ideas Festival 2013
March 6 - 24, 2013

The New Ideas Festival is an annual, three-week, juried festival of new writing, works-in-progress, and experimental theatre, with a different program of plays each week and a staged reading on Saturdays at noon. The festival runs from March 6 – 24, 2013.

This year’s festival marks NIF’s 25th anniversary. As part of the celebrations, the festival will remount two favourites from previous festivals: Revelation by Shirley Barrie from NIF 2001 and My Red Feather Boa by Flora Stohr-Danziger from NIF 2004. We also have 13 new works on the program, ranging in length from 12 to 60 minutes. The plays are an exciting mix that includes love in many guises, loss and grief, rivalry in the theatre, and a visit to Hades with Penelope and Odysseus.

SHOW TIMES: Evenings: 8 pm • Sat Reading: Noon • Sat/Sun Matinée: 2:30 pm

WEEK ONE: Wednesday March 6 to Sunday March 10, 2013

• REVELATION by Shirley Barrie
• STILL WATERS by Suzanne Gauthier
• SAY THE WORDS by Tina McCulloch
• STALLED by Eugenie Carabatsos

WEEK ONE READING: Saturday March 9, 2013 at noon

• FALLING by Jamie Johnson

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WEEK TWO: Wednesday March 13 to Sunday March 17, 2013

• THE DEEPEST TRENCH by Chloë Whitehorn
• TWO ACTRESSES by R.J. Downes
• OVER THE EDGE by Catherine Frid
• PIECES OF PENELOPE by Gina Femia

WEEK TWO READING: Saturday March 16, 2013 at noon

• LULLABY FOR THE ABANDONED by Rain Chan

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WEEK THREE: Wednesday March 20 to Sunday March 24, 2013

• DEAD FRENCH PHILOSPHERS AND WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE by James Papoutsis
• MY FRIEND’S BEST FRIEND’s BOYFRIEND by Wesley J. Colford
• EGLINTON by Anthony MacMahon
• MY RED FEATHER BOA by Flora Stohr-Danziger

WEEK THREE READING: Saturday March 23, 2013 at noon

• EVERYTHING BUT THE CAT… by Adrianna Prosser

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TICKET INFORMATION

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  • Box Office opens one hour before performance time
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TICKET PRICES
Wednesday to Sunday: $15
Saturday Reading: PWYC (no reservations)
Saturday/Sunday Matinee: $15
Festival Pass: $35 (1 ticket per week)

SHOW TIMES
Wednesday to Saturday: 8:00 pm
Saturday Reading: 12 Noon
Saturday/Sunday Matinee: 2:30 pm

NEW IDEAS 2013: Festival Team

Co-Artistic Directors:
Pat McCarthy
Carolyn Zapf

Production Manager:
Jennifer McKinley

Reading Committee:
Shirley Barrie
Melissa Chetty
Diane Forrest
Neale Kimmel
Pat McCarthy
Mairin Smit
Brenda Somers
Joanne Williams
Carolyn Zapf

Audition Coordinators:
Sandra Burley
Neale Kimmel

Technical Director:
Bill Scott

Lighting Technicians:
Ray Bielawski
Naomi Hunter
Alia Koster
Eric Logan
Jennifer McKinley

Properties Manager:
Razie Brownstone

Costume Consultant:
Barbara Blonska

Catering Coordinator:
Sandra Schneider

Publicity:
Tina McCulloch

Postcard/Web Design:
Suzanne Courtney

Reservations Manager:
Sandra Burley

Online Ticket Liaison:
Brenda Darling

Go to: New Ideas Week 1

Go to: New Ideas Week 2

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