THEATRE PROGRESS SHOWINGS
curated by Ellen Chorley
talkbacks lead by Hayley Moorhouse
The Nextfest Arts Company is dedicated to developing the work of emerging artists and giving opportunities for feedback and growth to projects that are still in development. A Progress Showing is an opportunity for artists to show a work-in-progress to an audience and receive feedback with a talk back afterwards.
Rascal Productions presents
Wild Roses
written by Isabella Murasko and Peyton Rockel
directed by Isabella Murasko
Lorne Cardinal Theatre @ the Roxy
Wednesday, June 11 at 4:00 pm Audience talkback will be held after performance.
When two passionate young women of the counterculture are faced with political tyranny, they search for a way to divert performative activism and make palpable change. Set in 1981, best friends Annie and Amy kidnap the province’s premiere and bring her along to a music festival in the bush for a transformative experience.
The Xyelight Zone presents
Parody of a Person
written and directed by Xye Alexander
Lorne Cardinal Theatre @ the Roxy
Friday, June 13 at 4:00 pm Audience talkback will be held after performance.
Recommended ages 14+
Welcome to Dream City, where the grass is green, the money is greener, and Missy Jones wakes up every morning to a life supreme. Why then, does everything feel wrong? Why is it, with a loving husband, a bouncing baby at her side, and all the good sex a gal could ask for, that Missy spends each day feeling less like herself and more like a Parody of a Person? A musical day-in-the-life satire about gender roles, identity, and the high price of meeting expectations. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll suddenly ask yourself why you’re rooting for murder.*
*Content warning: strong language, depression, body pain, aging, conversations about sex, mentions of domestic abuse, alcohol use, descriptions of murder, spousal death, suicidal ideation, recommended ages 14+