Advance Theatre Festival Week 1 unveils staged readings by female and BIPOC writers, to February 3
Playwrights include Yvonne Wallace and Jessica Liang at Ruby Slippers Theatre and Shadbolt Centre for the Arts series
Yvonne Wallace and Jessica Liang both debut new works in readings at the Advance Theatre Festival.
Ruby Slippers Theatre, the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, and Playwrights Guild of Canada present the Advance Theatre Festival Week 1 to February 3
THE ADVANCE THEATRE Festival is in the midst of its first week, showcasing new works written and directed by female and gender-nonconforming artists who also identify as BIPOC.
February 1, Canadian-Iranian writer Aki Yaghoubi debuts Parifam, the story of a woman who draws and paints in her private studio, detached from family and friends. Her world is turned upside down when her childhood friend Ramak re-enters her lifem and they grapple with the hidden truths that linger in their past. Panthea Vatandoost directs.
February 2, Lil’wat playwright-performer Yvonne Wallace (Ucwalmicw), who has also curated this year’s fest, gives a first look at her new one-woman ReZonance, a “mixed-race tragicomedy” about a woman who works in language revitalization and what happens when she gets invited to plan an Indigenous retreat based on land pedagogy. Renae Morriseau directs.
And February 3 sees a reading of Jessica Liang’s Surrender, in which a group of 20-somethings navigates life, transitions, and friendship in the face of loss. Melissa Oei directs.
Watch for details on Week 2, which sees a workshop production of an Advance Theatre offering from last season, Dil Ka by Lee Nisar, directed by Patricia Trinh, February 16 and 17 at the Shadbolt.
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