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“I’m more interested in the serving of things than the making. My role isn’t to have the recipes, or to be the chef. My role is to take care of the chef.”
Casting Announcement: The Wolves
The Howland Company has announced the cast for their fall production of The Wolves.
When Blind Casting Isn’t Enough
“From the moment I decided I wanted to act in the fifth grade until my graduation from theatre school twelve years later, I never had the opportunity to play a character that was written for someone who looks like me.”
Casting Announcement: what I call her
Here’s the cast for Ellie Moon’s play “what I call her,” directed by Sarah Kitz, opening at Crow’s Theatre this November.
Nomination Announcements: 39th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards
The nominees for the 39th Dora Mavor Moore Awards have been announced!
Mad Kitchen: Catherine Hernandez’s Embutido
“I love spam,” says Catherine Hernandez.
Jordan Peterson, a New Joe Job, and the Ontario Election
I’m not saying that Trump is still colluding with Russia, but he just passed a law making it illegal for anyone on American soil to body check Ovechkin.
10 Reasons Two Actors Wouldn’t Survive the 1600s
Actors Ghazal Azarbad and Paolo Santalucia each give five reasons they wouldn’t have survived the 1600s.
Here Are the 2018 Toronto Theatre Critics Award Winners
Toronto’s theatre critics just announced their favourite shows of the year for 2018.
The Royal Wedding, Yanny/Laurel, and Doug Ford Action Movies
If you ever see an audition breakdown looking for a “Tony Nappo type,” don’t go.
Telling the Story of the Murder Trial that Changed the Country
Fiction about a real-world tragedy risks sensationalizing the events that remain painful for a lot of people. But they also provide the opportunity to explore human behaviour, to directly address the impacts of violence and trauma.
Preshow Announcements, Private Acting Coaching, and Election Facts
Many people have been inquiring lately about whether or not I do any private acting coaching. I do, but my rates are astronomical and you have to have won a minimum of three major acting awards.
Teenagers from This Year’s Paprika Festival on What They Want to See More of on Toronto Stages
Six young artists involved in the Paprika Festival tell us what kind of theatre they want to see more of.
The Problem With “The Show Must Go On”
When I reflect on the number of artists I know who suffer from mental health issues, and the unique stressors that come with our profession, the resources available to us and the awareness we have about public services feel meagre and insufficient.
Disability, Represented
I cannot deny being moved by some of those performances, but that doesn’t minimize the reality of appropriation.
ABBA Reunion, Worst Dates, and Trigger Warnings
Wondering which of these things may happen first before I die: a Stanley Cup in Toronto or Dennis Miller thinking up a funny Michelle Wolf joke.
7 Things You Might Become in Love
I’ll never be finished learning about love because it isn’t one sole feeling; it is complex, capable of carrying contradiction.