SummerWorks | Toronto

SummerWorks is widely recognized as one of the most important platforms for launching new work in Canada. We are interested in continuously re-imagining and innovating the possibilities of performance- how it is created, presented and experienced. SummerWorks presents two Festivals annually, Progress International Festival of performance and ideas, and SummerWorks Performance Festival.

SummerWorks Programming 2019

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805-4821

805-4821

Created and Performed by Davis Plett; Directed and Dramaturged by Gislina Patterson

Not all men are men. Welcome to the movies. A story told through overhead projection.

805-4821 is a trans coming out story made out of other stories: a dialogue from Shakespeare's Hamlet, a half-remembered swim lesson, and an 80,000 word Facebook correspondence.

Part of the SummerWorks Presentations programming
Not all men are men. Welcome to the movies. A story told through overhead projection.

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A Dark Horse in Low Light

A Dark Horse in Low Light

Written by Angela Rosete and Journey To

A Dark Horse in Low Light explores how photographic technology has reinforced racial inequality from the first camera to current social media filters.

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
A Dark Horse in Low Light explores how photographic technology has reinforced racial inequality from the first camera to current social media filters.

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Antarctica

Antarctica

Conceived and created by Syrus Marcus Ware

A post-apocalyptic moment in the near future.

Antarctica is being colonized as one of the last hospitable places on earth. 11 people born there in the last century are called "home" to stake a future land claim.

Presented in partnership with Toronto Biennial of Art

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
A post apocalyptic imagining of a time when the last hospitable place on earth is colonized.

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
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The Archive of Missing Things

The Archive of Missing Things

Created by Zuppa Theatre Co. with Kate Cayley; Directed by Alex McLean

Equipped with an iPad and a headset, you have 90 minutes to explore a maze-like archive in search of the secret at its centre, guided by a live performance happening discreetly around you. Created by Zuppa with Trillium-Award-winning writer Kate Cayley, this performance, online book and game, travels through the debris of civilization in the age of rising sea levels.

Presented in partnership with Toronto Public Libraries

Part of the SummerWorks Presentations programming
A contemplative game happening undercover in a library.

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Audible Songs from Rockwood

Audible Songs from Rockwood

Directed by Frank Cox-O’Connell; Written by Simone Schmidt

Songwriter Simone Schmidt spent two years combing through the case files of people incarcerated at The Rockwood Asylum for the Criminally Insane between 1856-1881. In this concert staged for theatre, Schmidt attempts to remember ten women and offers questions about the archive as an apparatus of colonial power, definitions of sanity, and the settler-colonial agenda foundational to today’s carceral systems.

Part of the SummerWorks Presentations programming
A song-cycle based on case files of people incarcerated at Rockwood Asylum between 1856-1881.

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Black Ballerina

Black Ballerina

Created and performed by Syreeta Hector

Syreeta Hector shares her experience of being a mixed race (Indigenous, African Canadian, and French) female spending time on the outskirts of New Brunswick and rural North Carolina. An examination of her relationship to the classical ballet form unfolds through movement, storytelling and an original score, as Syreeta questions whether it was unconscious systemic racism that led her to practice dance.

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
An invitation to question the perspectives of our "inclusive" nation, as a dancer examines the dualities of their identity and otherness.

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
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Bonjour Hi

Bonjour Hi

Co-created and performed by: Burcu Emeç, Michael Martini, Nien Tzu Weng and Roxa Hy

What if an audience was paid for contributing to an artwork?

Four artists that blur disciplinary, linguistic and cultural borders, reflect on what it means to participate. Shifting between the banal and the poetic, they propose a collective reflection on invisible labour and consent. For real, you will be compensated.

Part of the SummerWorks Presentations programming
What if an audience was paid for contributing to an artwork? For real, you will be compensated.

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The Breath Between

The Breath Between

Created and Performed by Jericho Allick, nevada jane arlow, Taranjot Bamrah, A.C., Daniella Leacock, Megan Legesse, Claudia Liz, Alice Cheng Meiqing, Whitney-Nicole Peterkin, Lyla Sherbin, Fio Yang

Created by the young artists of The AMY Project 2019 theatre program, The Breath Between is a collection of monologue, poetry, movement and music that explores themes of queer resilience, and dreams of what new worlds we will make together in apocalyptic times.

Part of the SummerWorks Presentations programming
What new worlds will we make together in apocalyptic times?

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burn, burned

burn, burned

Produced by Rodney Diverlus and Syrus Marcus Ware

After the revolution is won, after the burning of Babylon, and as the dust settles, what next?

In a fictitious future, after decades of race wars, a cadre of revolutionaries struggle to pick up the pieces. burn, burned is a performance art and dance-based collaboration from Rodney Diverlus and Syrus Marcus Ware

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
After the revolution is won, after the burning of Babylon, and as the dust settles, what next?

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CHILD-ISH

CHILD-ISH

Written by Sunny Drake; Directed by Alan Dilworth

Aren't we all a little childish when it comes to relationships?

CHILD-ISH is a verbatim play drawn from interviews with children about love and dating. Children's exact words are re-contextualized into adult situations for adult actors, with surprising, hilarious and moving results.

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
Aren't we all a little childish when it comes to relationships? Adults speak children’s words about love and dating.

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Cliff Cardinal’s CBC Special

Cliff Cardinal’s CBC Special

Created and Performed by Cliff Cardinal, Directed and Dramaturged by Karin Randoja

You’re listening to the radio in your kitchen. The program moves from the host to the story, the story to the song. An evening of words and music with internationally-lauded writer and performer Cliff Cardinal.

Part of the SummerWorks Presentations programming
Original stories and songs from the twisted slant of Cliff Cardinal’s imagination.

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CLOSER

CLOSER

Directed and Choreography by Jenn Goodwin

A dance in public space for this post / not-so-post #metoo moment.

Through forward motion (and some hard steps back), solidarity and connectivity are used as choreographic tools of propulsion and expression. CLOSER is an exasperated, timely response.

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
A dance in public space for this post / not-so-post #metoo moment.

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Closing Night Party

Closing Night Party

Say goodbye to another year of the Festival. Come for the drinks and celebration, and stay for the announcement of the SummerWorks Awards.

ASL Interpretation will be provided for this event.
Say goodbye to another year of the Festival. Come for the drinks and celebration, and stay for the announcement of the SummerWorks Awards.
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Creating Sign Language Magic

Creating Sign Language Magic

Directed by Sage Lovell; Performed by Thurga Kanagasekarampillai, Derek Kwan, and Suchiththa Wickremesooriya

Explore of the different ways of making theatre accessible to d/Deaf communities.



Presented in partnership with Generator and Deaf Spectrum, Theatre Passe Muraille and Toronto Arts Council

Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
Explore of the different ways of making theatre accessible to d/Deaf communities.

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Crossing Into Lullaby

Crossing Into Lullaby

Written and Directed by Dian Marie Bridge; Sound Design and Music by Aaron Dawson and Tuku Matthews; Movement Dramaturgy/Choreography by Djennie Laguerre

For souls caught between history and myth, there is no rest.

Crossing into Lullaby revisits the re-telling of a family story of an un-diagnosable sickness that binds the living to the dead.

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
For souls caught between history and myth, there is no rest.

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culturecapital

culturecapital

Co-created by Milton Lim and Patrick Blenkarn

Come check out a sneak peek workshop demonstration of the game that arts funding juries are calling “divisive and niche”, and that almost everyone else is calling “absolutely necessary to play.”

Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
Come check out a sneak peek workshop demonstration of this collectible trading card game about the Canadian performing arts economy.

Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
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Deafy

Deafy

Written and performed by Chris Dodd; Directed by Ashley Wright

Blending ASL with the spoken word, Deafy is a hands down and hands up tragicomedy with captions.

Presented in partnership with Why Not Theatre

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
Blending ASL with the spoken word, Deafy is a hands down and hands up tragicomedy with captions.

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Des-Echoes

Des-Echoes

Choreography by Daniel Bear Davis and Caro Novella

How do we know the "other" within? In this physically dynamic piece, two inextricably intertwined bodies navigate form and variation in their shared skin.

Des-Echoes is an exploration of our relation to the parts that we hide, disassociate from, or ignore. Two bodies are torn apart, conjoined, dismembered, and gathered again in a dance of generative friction.

Part of the SummerWorks Presentations programming
Two inextricably intertwined bodies navigate form and variation in their shared skins.

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Devising Immersive & Site Specific Performance

Devising Immersive & Site Specific Performance

Interested in creating an Immersive or Site Specific performance project, but not sure where to start? Outside the March’s Rosamund Small and Mitchell Cushman lead you through a workshop focused on how to make your performance environment an active collaborator in your creation process.

Presented in partnership with Outside the March

Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
Interested in creating an Immersive or Site Specific performance project, but not sure where to start?

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Directing & Facilitation: A Community Conversation

Directing & Facilitation: A Community Conversation

How can we as theatre directors and arts facilitators increase our capacity to lead rehearsals and workshops in ways that are emergent, supportive of diversity, open to healthy conflict, and conducive to safe risk-taking?

ASL interpretation will be provided for this event.

Presented in partnership with The AMY Project

Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
How can we as theatre directors and arts facilitators increase our capacity to lead rehearsals and workshops in ways that are emergent, supportive of diversity, open to healthy conflict, and conducive to safe risk-taking?

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Encumbrance

Encumbrance

Created and Produced by Johannes Zits with the assistance of Holly Timpener; Performed by Johannes Zits, Holly Timpener, Enok Ripley and Tessa Martens

A live art performance contemplating the relationship between the body, identity and clothing.

Part of the SummerWorks Presentations programming
A live art performance contemplating the relationship between the body, identity and clothing.

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Fadeout

Fadeout

Choreographed and Performed by Anne-Flore de Rochambeau

In the glow of a single neon light, a being extricates itself from the void to feel alive.

The human body is an intricate and auto-regulated engine designed to perpetually adapt and transform as we age. When an anomaly emerges, a race for survival towards time and flesh emerges through degenerative mutation.

Part of the SummerWorks Presentations programming
In the glow of a single neon light, a being extricates itself from the void to feel alive.

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Footnote Number 12

Footnote Number 12

By Spreafico Eckly and Theatre Replacement; Performed by James Long; Directed by Andrea Spreafico; Sound Design and Live Modulation by Nancy Tam

This monologue for two people asks you to observe a creature — a creature whose voice is being repeatedly modulated through digital means – as they try to reconcile a 13-year-old piece of writing with their conflicted contemporary condition.

Part of the SummerWorks Presentations programming
A reflection on commas, or tennis, or mortality… or the last 13 years.

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
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Gender Reveal Party

Gender Reveal Party

Creator and Toastmaster - S. Bear Bergman; Performed by a rotating, revelatory, celebratory cast.

You're invited! Enact a garden party fantasy of gendered revelations, where the highlights and surprises shared are decided by the person doing the revealing (and where there are always more than two choices).

Cold drinks and the cool breeze of gender freedom will be served.

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
You're invited! Enact a garden party fantasy of gendered revelations.

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Greenland

Greenland

Written by Nicolas Billion; Directed by Ravi Jain; Performed by Claire Calnan, Miriam Fernandes, Andrew Musselman

As Greenland melts and exposes new landscape, a family is torn apart by a tragedy and struggles to heal itself.

Presented in partnership with Nicolas Billon and Why Not Theatre, in association with Environmental Defence

Part of the SummerWorks Presentations programming and special event, Fundraiser For Our Future.
As Greenland melts and exposes new landscape, a family is torn apart by a tragedy and struggles to heal itself.

Part of the SummerWorks Presentations programming and special event, Fundraiser For Our Future.
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hiraeth

hiraeth

Created & Performed by: Mandy E. MacLean

In an unnamed group, immersed in the soundscape of her childhood, a woman confronts her imagined past.

Part of the SummerWorks Presentations programming
In an unnamed group, immersed in the soundscape of her childhood, a woman confronts her imagined past.

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I AM A GENIUS DOES ANYONE HERE KNOW ME?

I AM A GENIUS DOES ANYONE HERE KNOW ME?

Created by Lois Brown; Composition by James O’Callaghan; Performed by Lois Brown and James O'Callaghan

Newfoundland-based artist Lois Brown shares a look into memory and dementia, value and worthlessness, and the rational and the magical.

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
Paper, plastic, foil, chronic pain, dementia, and a microphone: a shimmering world of forgotten and brilliant things.

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Industry Welcome

Industry Welcome

An opportunity to connect with colleagues, meet new artists and presenters, as well as learn more about SummerWorks and our partners.



Presented in partnership with OntarioPresents

Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
An opportunity to connect with colleagues, meet new artists and presenters, as well as learn more about SummerWorks and our partners.

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Info Fair

Info Fair

An opportunity to meet with and ask questions of funders before the next grant deadline as well as learn more about resources and initiatives impacting the community. Coffee and snacks will be provided.



Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
An opportunity to meet with and ask questions of funders before the next grant deadline as well as learn more about resources and initiatives impacting the community.

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Late Nights

Late Nights

The Theatre Centre plays host to an eclectic mix of local artists curated by Liza Paul and Luke Reece. The perfect way to end your day at the Festival.
The Theatre Centre plays host to an eclectic mix of local artists curated by Liza Paul and Luke Reece. The perfect way to end your day at the Festival.
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Long Table on Making Space

Long Table on Making Space

We are facing a crisis of space. As density and development take over our urban environments, the affordability and availability of space for living and art-making is threatened.



Presented in partnership with Generator

Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
We are facing a crisis of space. As density and development take over our urban environments, the affordability and availability of space for living and art-making is threatened.

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Making Space for Conflict & Dialogue

Making Space for Conflict & Dialogue

What can we do when we hurt each other? How can we respond supportively to people who have been directly harmed in our community?



Presented in partnership with Generator’s Transform Dance project

Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
What can we do when we hurt each other? How can we respond supportively to people who have been directly harmed in our community?

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Moving Publics – An In-Transit Conversation

Moving Publics – An In-Transit Conversation

Come on board our neighborhood bus for curated conversations on the performance and politics of mobility - everything from public transportation to protest in public spaces.

ASL interpretation will be provided for this event.

Presented in partnership with York University

Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
Come on board our neighborhood bus for curated conversations on the performance and politics of mobility - everything from public transportation to protest in public spaces.

Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
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The Nine Brains of the Human Mind

The Nine Brains of the Human Mind

Created by Tanveer Alam; Performed by Morgyn Aronyk-Schell, Emily Fonda, Heather Jefferys, Chloe Sandrelli, Claire Whitaker

There are nine versions of the people you see on stage. A ‘you’ exists in each version. Choreographed by Tanveer Alam, awarded the 2019 Winchester Prize, and mentored by Peter Chin, The Nine Brains of the Human Mind reminds us of the existence of beauty.

Presented in partnership with The School of Toronto Dance Theatre

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
There are nine versions of the people you see on stage. A ‘you’ exists in each version.

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Open Hours

Open Hours

The SummerWorks Exchange Open Hours is a generative studio space for encountering new projects and resources in performance making. Drop in on creators and builders, with an opportunity to learn and exchange ideas as they shape their ongoing projects.

Presented in partnership with Generator
The SummerWorks Exchange Open Hours is a generative studio space for encountering new projects and resources in performance making.
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Open Studios

Open Studios

An opportunity to see new works in development.



Co-Curated by LaSerre (Montreal) and SummerWorks.
Presented with support from the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Sport.

Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
An opportunity to see new works in development.

Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
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Opening Night Party

Opening Night Party

SummerWorks kicks off the Festival with a big party. Join us for a wild night of music, dancing, performance, and all around revelry.


ASL Interpretation will be provided for all speeches and performances.
SummerWorks kicks off the Festival with a big party. Join us for a wild night of music, dancing, performance, and all around revelry.
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Pitch Sessions

Pitch Sessions

Six artists from a range of disciplines will share their performing arts projects with industry professionals and the arts community. An opportunity to discover exciting tour-ready works and large-scale projects in development.

ASL interpretation will be provided for this event.

Captioning will be provided for this event.

Presented in partnership with OntarioPresents

Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
Six artists from a range of disciplines will share their performing arts projects with industry professionals and the arts community.

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Public Good

Public Good

Created by Philip McKee and Rose Plotek

Public Good is an interactive, participatory performance where the audience is asked to come to a collective agreement in the face of an unprecedented moment of conflict and change. In an emergency, what are the rules and social norms we agree to? Can we preserve our values in a new era of scarcity?

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
A community is facing political and environmental catastrophe. The public needs to make some choices.

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Reservations to Revelations (at Wigwam Chi-Chemung)

Reservations to Revelations (at Wigwam Chi-Chemung)

A conversation with Elder Dr. Duke Redbird on our relationship with the land as artists and makers, at the site of Wigwam Chi-Chemung - a summer Indigenous Learning Centre on the waterfront of Toronto.



Presented in partnership with Myseum of Toronto, Toronto Biennial of Art, and Ontario Place

Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
A conversation with Elder Dr. Duke Redbird at the site of Wigwam Chi-Chemung - a summer Indigenous Learning Centre on the waterfront of Toronto.

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rochdale

rochdale

Directed by Nina Lee Aquino; Written by David Yee

It's 1969. The Vietnam War rages on. Apollo 11 lands on the moon. The Chicago Seven are indicted. Nixon is elected. Trudeau is in office. The FLQ bombs the Montreal Stock Exchange. And in Toronto, Rochdale College – an experiment in cooperative housing and alternative education – is about to become very famous for all the wrong reasons.

Part of the SummerWorks Presentations programming
The legacy of Rochdale College, Toronto’s greatest experiment and most infamous failure.

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Rohinton Mistry’s The Scream

Rohinton Mistry’s The Scream

Written by Rohinton Mistry; Adapted, Directed, Produced, and Performed by Anand Rajaram

Is the scream real, or just the imagination of a man nearing the end of his life and losing touch with reality?

A tableau vivant in the form of a living oil painting, The Scream is a fascinating character study that serves as an indictment of class and privilege.

Part of the SummerWorks Presentations programming
A tableau vivant in the form of a living oil painting, The Scream is a fascinating character study that serves as an indictment of class and privilege

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Safe and Sorry

Safe and Sorry

Created and Performed by Lauren Gillis and Alaine Hutton; Directed by Chelsea Dab Hilke

Sudden online popularity floods his class with challenging students from the darker corners of the internet, leading him to do the ill-advised: Keith Much reads the comments.

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
Sudden online popularity brings an ethical pickup artist face to face with the darker corners of the internet.

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Small Time Space

Small Time Space

"We haven't got much time so we have to work slowly." - Hungarian director George Tabori
Come consider the role time plays in space making. Take 15 minutes this morning for an experiential meditation on time and change. Designed by Kristina Lemieux and Elenna Mosoff.

Presented in partnership with Generator

Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
Come consider the role time plays in space making.

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St. Peon of Parkdale

St. Peon of Parkdale

Written and Directed by Caroline Azar; Performed by Jamillah Ross

Join Rita through the streets of Queen Street West as she shares secrets about her job and the neighbourhood. St. Peon of Parkdale tackles the isms, poorly parked cars, and the intersectionality of privilege. Thank you for not driving.

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
Parking Enforcement Officer Rita Mae Nelson clears up some myths for you about parking and life in Parkdale.

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SummerWorks Exchange Closing Reception

SummerWorks Exchange Closing Reception

Converge at our final toast to SummerWorks Exchange 2019. An opportunity to reflect on learning, identify lingering questions, and make plans for future connection.

ASL interpretation will be provided for this event.

Part of the SummerWorks Exchange programming
Converge at our final toast to SummerWorks Exchange 2019. An opportunity to reflect on learning, identify lingering questions, and make plans for future connection.

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SummerWorks Exchange Day 1 – AUG 11

SummerWorks Exchange Day 1 – AUG 11

A day of professional development and learning that begins our conversations on making space, including a conversation with Elder Dr. Duke Redbird and a workshop with Outside the March.

A day of professional development and learning that begins our conversations on making space, including a conversation with Elder Dr. Duke Redbird and a workshop with Outside the March.
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SummerWorks Exchange Day 2 – AUG 12

SummerWorks Exchange Day 2 – AUG 12

Day 2 of the SummerWorks Exchange offers an Industry Welcome, Pitch Sessions, and activities with a focus on community building and mobility, as well as Open Hours with creators and builders, with an opportunity to learn and exchange ideas as they shape their ongoing projects..


Day 2 of the SummerWorks Exchange offers an Industry Welcome, Pitch Sessions, and activities with a focus on community building and mobility, as well as Open Hours with creators and builders, with an opportunity to learn and exchange ideas as they shape their ongoing projects.
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SummerWorks Exchange Day 3 – AUG 13

SummerWorks Exchange Day 3 – AUG 13

Day 3 of the SummerWorks Exchange continues with activities centred on sharing information, resources, and new practices in performance making. Starting with an Info Fair alongside experiential meditation, a continuation of Open Hours, and skills-building workshops in the afternoon.

Day 3 of the SummerWorks Exchange continues with activities centred on sharing information, resources, and new practices in performance making. Starting with an Info Fair alongside experiential meditation, a continuation of Open Hours, and skills-building workshops in the afternoon.
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SummerWorks Exchange Day 4 – AUG 14

SummerWorks Exchange Day 4 – AUG 14

The final day of the SummerWorks Exchange brings new works-in-development into focus with Open Studios and culminates with a group reflection on the affordability and availability of space for living and making work.

The final day of the SummerWorks Exchange brings new works-in-development into focus with Open Studios and culminates with a group reflection on the affordability and availability of space for living and making work.
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those, on the surface

those, on the surface

Created by Kari Labrentz; Performed by Morgyn Aronyk-Schell, Emily Fonda, Sophia Hassenstein, Heather Jefferys, Christina Litt Belch, Claire Whitaker; Mentored by Peter Chin

Exploring austerity, androgyny, and architecture, those, on the surface is a new dance piece from Kari Labrentz, awarded the 2019 Winchester Prize, and mentored by Peter Chin.

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
Exploring austerity, androgyny, and architecture, those, on the surface is a new dance piece from Kari Labrentz, awarded the 2019 Winchester Prize, and mentored by Peter Chin.

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Wah Wah Wah

Wah Wah Wah

Created and Performed by Celia Jade Green; Directed and Dramaturged by Bilal Baig

A gaze held too long, a dick pic in a DM, a hand behind the neck: Wah Wah Wah peels back the layers of violation. What happens if I love it and hate it at the same time? Did anything even happen? Am I remembering things correctly? Emerging Toronto creator and choreographer Celia Green tackles these questions around harassment.

Presented in partnership with Paprika Festival

Part of the SummerWorks Presentations programming
Through extreme physicality, tantrums, and pigs, a young queer woman grapples with the messiness of being violated.

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White Heat

White Heat

Written by Graham Isador; Directed by Jill Harper

A revealed identity leads to an impossible decision.

Journalist Alice Kennings grapples with how to act after uncovering the identity of an alt-right podcast host calling for violence against the media. Based on real events, White Heat is a play about all the things we justify to ourselves.

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
A revealed identity leads to an impossible decision.

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Worry Warts (sharing)

Worry Warts (sharing)

Conceived, directed, and co-created by Julie Tepperman

Share your worries with us at the “Worry Depot.”

Anxiety is at an all-time high, and Convergence Theatre wants to know: what keeps you up at night? People of all ages are invited to share their worries with the artistic team in a 30-minute one-on-one experience.

Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming
Anonymously share your worries at the "Worry Depot."

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