TNC History

Tuesday Night Café Theatre:

A History and Handlist of ‘TNC’


By: Cece Culver-Grey




History

      McGill University’s Tuesday Night Café Theatre, commonly referred to as TNC, was founded by Peter Grossman and Veronica Brady while they were undergraduate students between 1976 and 1980. Brady was the initial Artistic Director, while Grossman was the first Technical Director. Brady would thus be responsible for selecting what shows to do and Grossman would then organize their staging. TNC’s founding was largely made possible by the help and support of Harry Anderson and Patrick Neilson, two professors in the Department of English at the time. Anderson was responsible for the initial concept as he noted that the unused space of Morrice hall’s room 106 could effectively be used as a theatre space to complement the grandeur of Moyse Hall.When he was able to confirm that he could supply the basic resources for the new theatre project, including blackout curtains, lighting poles and a small lighting board among other things, Brady and Grossman jumped on the opportunity. While Anderson was responsible for initially obtaining the space and the preliminary resources, Neilson contributed to the physical construction of the new theatre by setting up the grid, lighting, platforms and curtains using the initial funds of $1500. Later support was also received from Michael Bristol, both financially and spiritually, when he became the head of the program. In addition to the support provided from within the Department of English, Grossman recounts the vast support and encouragement the pair received from the student community itself. There was a core dozen or so students who helped endlessly with the productions themselves, including the publicity, front of house organization, stage crew and so on.

      At the time of TNC’s founding, the only other student theatre organization was Players’ Theatre Club, not associated with the Department of English. Neilson describes the Players’ of the time as being a kind of ‘‘closed shop that was run by grad students or fourth-year undergrads” (Neilson). Grossman further describes the club to have been “private, insular and intimidating to outsiders” when he arrived at McGill in 1976 which is why he believed McGill’s theatre community was in need of something like TNC (Grossman).

      TNC officially launched in November of 1977 when it began holding theatrical events on Tuesday nights as Tuesday was one of the only nights of the week that was lacking in theatrical activities at the time. Neilson built tables and stools for the theatre and audiences would come and have coffee while they were being entertained by short plays, music and comedy. Although most details have been lost, Grossman recalls having such guests as Spaulding Gray, The Blackbird Theatre from Baltimore and Maxim Mazumdar perform in these cafe-type settings. As TNC developed, it began producing complete plays with multi-night runs. Amidst these early productions TNC was also host to a comedy group which included Cathy Disher, who went on to an acting career on CBC, and Ed Saxon, the Oscar winning producer of Silence of the Lambs.

During these first four years, TNC operated largely informally until it officially received its charter from the English Department in 1980. TNC’s lasting success is largely due to the devotion and hard work of its early members. With each of these early productions, TNC gained a growing loyalty from its audience until it ultimately reached its goal of establishing itself as McGill’s third theatrical space. As described by Eliza Townsend, who was heavily involved with TNC between 1978 and 1982, TNC offered a ‘really important opportunity for student-led productions, particularly in contrast to Mainstage productions, while having a tremendous sense of community. It was a stimulating place’ (Townsend).

Location

     In the years of Grossman and Brady, room 106 in Morrice Hall was solely used for TNC productions. However, When Aga Khan made a significant donation towards the renovation of the Islamic Studies building in the early 1980s, TNC was fortunate enough to benefit as well. Through this they received upgraded dressing rooms, rehearsal space and theatre. During the 1981-1982 and 1982-1983 seasons, while these renovations were taking place, TNC productions were held in the neighbouring Players’ Theatre.

    In the late 1980s and early 1990s Moyse Hall and its Annex were being renovated causing several mainstage productions, as well as the costume facilities, to be relocated to Morrice hall. Despite this exception, throughout most of the 1980s and 1990s TNC was the sole occupiers of almost the entire first floor of the building. Throughout these years under their name TNC had two dressing rooms, a rehearsal room, an office, the theatre, its backstage area and a tech closet. However, by the early 2000s, TNC gradually started losing its space to the Islamic Studies Department, resulting in its current situation in which it is permitted use of the theatre, a classroom on the third floor, the two dressing rooms and an office, which was formerly the tech closet.

Administration

     Prior to 2010, TNC’s only funds were allotted to them by the Department of English. They were required to report to Moyse Hall regarding their budget and administrative needs. However, due to an anonymous $50 000 donation in 2010, TNC is now able to use the working capital of this invested sum as its yearly budget causing them to be much less dependent on the Department of English.

     In the mid-1990s, a formal constitution was created by TNC which explicitly described the roles and responsibilities of its executive. Since then, the formation of its executive team has remained mostly unaltered, generally including an Executive Director, Technical Director, Publicity Director, Financial Director, Events Director and Front of House and Office Director. 

     Since its founding, TNC has had two different telephone numbers and two different emails. The first telephone number was (514) 392-4637 which they used until the 1988-1989 season when they switched to (514) 398-6600. In the 2010-2011 season TNC decided to cancel their phone altogether. In 1998-1999 they began using tnc_theatre@hotmail.com as an easier means of communication but switched to tnctheatre@gmail.com in the 2006-2007 season.

Handlist

     As can be noted through observing the attached handlist, TNC is a small space which has allowed for a unique, often low-key type of theatre to be produced. Several reoccurring playwrights throughout its history include Harold Pinter, George F. Walker and Edward Albee, whose theatrical styles call for an intimate space such as TNC. The Theatre’s charm is perhaps best described by Shawn Selby, the Technical and Executive Director between 1995 and 1997, who states “it [is] small enough to be accessible to anyone, but big enough to showcase some real talent” (Selby).

 

1977-1978

 

October

 

COWBOYS # 2

By: Sam Shepard

·  Directed by: Patrick Neilson

·  Cast: Peter Grossman

 

1978-1979

 

February  

 

CONVENTION

By: Shel Silverstein

·  Directed by: Patrick Neilson

·  Cast: Peter Grossman and Anthony Paré

 

1979-1980

 

September

23

MAUDE AND ME

 

October

30,31

November

1,3 *

ORESTES & THE FURIES: AN EVENING OF BITS AND PIECES

·  Directed by: Chris Caron

·  Tickets: $1/$2

November

29, 30

December

1

GOD

By: Woody Allen

·   ‘an evening of comedy and mime featuring the TNC Comedy Players’

·   Tickets: $1/$2

January

22-26

LOVE & POWERFUL PROTONS

and

DEAR OCCUPANT

By: Julia Slavin

·   Tickets: $1/$2

February

7, 9

KENNEDY’S CHILDREN

By: Robert Patrick

·   A dramatic reading

·   Tickets: $2/$2.50

February

14-16

PORTRAITS OF EMILY

By: Sherry Coman

·   Tickets: $1/$2

March

13-15

SKIT ROW

 

·   ‘A TNC Comedy Players Workshop featuring original sketches by Peter Manos and Dan Gill

·   Tickets: $1

 

1980-1981

 

December

4-6

SOMETHING UNSPOKEN

By: Tennessee Williams

·   And other one-act plays

 

 

1981-1982

 

November

3-7

JACK (or THE SUBMISSION)

and

THE FUTURE IS IN EGGS (or IT TAKES ALL SORTS TO MAKE A WORLD)

By: Eugene Ionesco

·  Performed in Players’ Theatre

·  Tickets: $2.50/ $3.50

November

17-21

 

TAKEN IN MARRIAGE

By: Thomas Babe

·   Performed in Players’ Theatre

·   Tickets: $2.50/ $3.50

January

13-16

MISS MARGARIDA’S WAY

By: Roberto Athayde

 

January

28-30

 

MAYOR MAYOR ON THE WALL

By: Colleen Curran 

·   Performed at Players’ Theatre

·   Tickets: $2/$3

March

2-6

 

FOREVER ENSHRINED IN OUR HEARTS

By: Julia Slavin 

·   Performed at Players’ Theatre

·   Tickets: $2/$3

 

1982-1983

 

January 

18-22

 

GUERNICA – PICNIC ON THE BATTLEFIELD

By: Arrabal 

·   Performed at Players’ Theatre

·   Tickets: $3/$4

February

15-18 *

TRIFLES

By: Susan Glaspell

·   ‘T.N.C. Lunchtime presents’

 

 

1983-1984

 

November

30

December

1, 2, 3

THE GOLDEN CUCKOO

By: Denis Jonston

·   Presented in collaboration with McGill Drama and McGill Irish Studies 

·   Directed by Myrna Wyatt Selkirk

·   Tickets: $3

January 

17 - 21

THAT OLD FEELING

·   ‘a 20s and 30s musical revue’

·   Tickets: $2/$3

February

22-25

THE LOVE COURSE

By: A. R. Gurney Jr.

 

BOESMAN AND LENA

By: Athol Fugard

·   Tickets: $3/$4 (double-bill)

 

 

1984-1985

 

October

 17-20

THE ISLAND

By: Athol Fugard 

·   Tickets: $3/$4

November

7-10

THE LION IN WINTER

By: James Goldman

·   Tickets: $3/$4

February

27, 28

March

1, 2

THE ROCK GARDEN

By: Sam Shephard

 

MY CUP RANNETH OVER

By: Robert Patrick

 

THE LOVER

By: Harold Pinter 

·   3 one-act Plays

·   Tickets: $3/$4

 

April

10 - 13

BABEL RAP

By: John Lazarus

 

INCOMMUNICADO

By: Marc Côté

·   Tickets: $3/$4

 

1985-1986

 

 

WHAT KEEPS A MAN ALIVE – SONGS OF BRECHT

·   free

October

16-19

BONJOUR LA BONJOUR

By: Michel Tremblay

·   ‘McGill Celebrates Tremblay Month’

February

12-15

NAILS

By: Alexina Scott-Savage

 

MIMESIS

By: Stephen Souter

 

BEFORE THE ACT

By: Joe Masrour  

·   3 original one-acts

·   Tickets: $3/$4

April

9-12

THE KNACK

By: Ann Jellicoe

·   Tickets: $3/$4

July

30, 31

August

1, 2, 6-9

NAILS

By: Alexina Scott-Savage

·   ‘A workshop Comedy’

·   Tickets: $3/$4

 

1986-1987

 

October

8-11

HOLD ME!

By: Jules Feiffer

·   Tickets: $3/$4

February

11 - 14

 

TRIANGLE, CRUSADER

and

GREEN LAWN REST HOME

By: Beverly Simons

·   3 one-act plays

·   Tickets: $3/$4

March

4-7

 

THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS

By: Stephen Souter

·  Tickets: $3/$4

 

1987-1988

 

October

21-23, 27-31

COSMETIC SURGERY

By: Paul Rudnick

·  ‘A modern comedy’

 

1988-1989

 

November

23 - 26

TALKING WITH

By: Jane Martin

·   Tickets: $3/$4

February

8 - 10

 

HEADS

and

THE EDUCATION OF SKINNY SPEW

By: Howard Brenton

 

SURPRISE, SURPRISE

By: Michel Tremblay

·   Presented by: ‘The No-Free-Lunch Theatre Bunch’

·   Tickets: $1 (double-bill)

 

1989-1990

 

October 

24-28, 31

November

1-4

ON THE VERGE

By: Eric Overmeyer

·   Presented by: McGill University Drama

·   Tickets: $5/$8

November 7-10

 

IMPROMPTU

By: Tad Mosel

·   A Lunchtime Production

·   Tickets: $1

November

22-25

LIFE AND LIMB

By: Keith Reddin

·   Presented by: McGill University Drama

·   Directed by: Myrna Wyatt Selkirk

January

11-13, 19-20

 

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

By: Harold Pinter

·   Location: Arts Bulding, Room West 20

·   Tickets: $4/$6

·    

February

14-17

SWAN SONG

and

MARRIAGE PROPOSAL

By: Anton Chekhov

 

SURPRISE SURPRISE

By: Michel Tremblay

 

SPOON RIVER

By: Charles Aidman

·   Presented by: The No-Free-Lunch Theatre Bunch

·   Tickets: $1 (double-bill)

March

13-17

 

BEAUTIFUL DEEDS

By: Marie-Lynn Hammond

·   ‘A musical play’

·   Tickets: $4/$6

March

19-23

THE FAN

By: Carlo Goldini

·   Tickets: $4/$6

 

1990-1991

 

September

25-29

DARK LIGHT STORIES

 

·    ‘A new and original drama ingeniously conceived and masterfully performed under the dark canopy of the night sky..’

·   Location: ‘The courtyard directly behind the James Administration Building in the Great Outdoors’

·   Free admission

November

27-30

WUTHERING HEIGHTS

·   Tickets: $4/$6

March

19-23

BETRAYAL

By: Harold Pinter

 

March

27

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Host: Kent Stetson

·   ‘An evening of readings by McGill playwrights’

·   Presented in collaboration with the Department of English Students Association

·   Free admission

March

25-28

THE ANNIVERSARY

By: Anton Chekhov

·   ‘a lunchtime show’

·   Tickets: $1

 

 

1991-1992

 

October

21-26 *

THE SEA

By: Edward Bond

·  Tickets: $/$6

January

28-31

February

1

 

CLEANING UP

By: Nick Carpenter

·  ‘a new musical in two acts’

·  Directed by: Danid Taylor

·  Musical direction by: Michiel Schrey and Jason Beck

·  Choreography by: Sylvie Marchand and Kate Carpenter

·  Tickets: $4/$6

February

11-15

CRIMES OF THE HEART

By: Beth Henley 

·   Tickets: $4/$6

 

 

1992-1993

 

October

21-24, 27-31

NO EXIT

By: Jean-Paul Sartre  

·   Directed by: Jonathan Bernstein

·   Cast: Jessalyn Gilsig, Daniel Givern, Matt MacFadzean, Hagar Scher

·   Tickets: $4/$6

November

11-14, 18-21 *

A DREAMER PLAY

By: August Strindberg

·   Tickets: $4/$6

 

1993-1994

 

November

2-6 *

BETTER LIVING

By: George F. Walker

·  Tickets: $5/$6

February

7-12

MISS JULIE

By: August Strindberg

·  Directed by: Martha McGrath

·  Tickets: $4/$7

March

7-12

THE CRACK WALKER

By: Judith Thompson

·   ‘Special benefit performance for the Montreal Native Women’s Shelter on March 8th’

·   Tickets: $4/$7

 

1994-1995

 

November

24-26, 30

December

1,2

BETRAYAL

By: Harold Pinter

·  Tickets: $5/$7

January

23-28

 

WOLFBOY

By: Brad Faser

·  ‘a Horror-Comedy’ 

·  Tickets: $5/$7

February

9-11, 14-16

 

THE TRIAL OF JUDITH K

By: Sally Clark 

·   Directed by: Mat Small 

·   ‘Resistance is futile... it’s also damn funny.’

·   Tickets: $5/$7

 

THE LAST CHANCE CAFE

Coffeehouse

 

 

1995-1996

 

October

 19-21, 26-28

WHITE BITING DOG

By: Judith Thompson

·   Tickets: $5/$7

January

29-31

February

1,2 *

 

 

TEMPUS FUGIT CARPE DIEM

By: Steve Schertzer

 

THIS IS NOT THE CIRCUS

By: Iona Brindle

·   Presented by The No-Free-Lunch Theatre Bunch

·   Tickets: $1

·   Directed by Julie Sullivan

 

 

 

·   Directed by Iona Brindle

February

26-29

March

1,2

COUNTING THE WAYS

By: Edward Albee

·  Directed by: Darren Gobert

·  ‘A multimedia exploration of Love and Theatre’

·  Cast: Yana Watson and Jean-Ahmed Zigby

·  Tickets: $5/$7

 

1996-1997

 

October

21-26

 

SEX TIPS FOR MODERN GIRLS

By: Peter Eliot Weiss

·  Directed by: Nina Steiger

·  Tickets: $5/$7

 

November

21-23, 28-30

 

GOSSIP

By: George F. Walker

·   ‘A Dark Comedy’

·   Presented in collaboration with Acting Out Productions

·   Directed by: Melanie Wiesenthal

·   Tickets: $6/$8

February

6-8, 13-15

THIS IS FOR YOU, ANNA

By: The Anna Project

·  Directed by: Mala Bhaumik

·  Cast: Elaine O’Connor, Melissa Holland, Daphne Fedoruk and Olivia Bottenheim

·  Tickets: $6/$8

March

17- 22, 24-29

 

DIRECTOR’S PROJECTS

 

The Lover

By: Harold Pinter

 

Rumours Of Our Death

By: George F. Walker

 

I’m Deaming, But Am I?

By: Luigi Pirandello

 

Rich Relations

By: David Henry Hwang

 

The Actor’s Nightmare

By: Christopher Durang

 

The Problem

By: A.R. Gurney Jr.

 

Mauser

By: Harold Pinter

 

The Collection

By: Harold Pinter

 

Tough!

By: George F. Walker

 

 

 

·  Directed by: Lori Chodos

 

 

·  Directed by: Melanie Wiesenthal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·   Directed by: Monica Rosas

 

 

 

·  Directed by: G. Andrea Barrett

 

 

 

 

·  Directed by: Neil Mathews

 

 

·  Directed by Tamar Tembeck

 

 

·  Directed by: Jessica Caplan

 

 

·  Directed by: Gabriel Levine

 

1997-1998

 

October

20-25

 

THE BALTIMORE WALTZ

By: Paula Vogel

·  Directed by: Daniel Mate

·  Tickets: $6/$8

 

November

18-22

 

SEIZE MILLE HISTOIRES D’AMOUR ET TRENTE-DEUX MILLE MORTS

By: Paul Volga

·  Presented in collaboration with Le Treatre de la Grenouille

·  Directed by: Guy Boutin

·  Tickets: $6/$8

January

21-24, 27-30

 

A DOLL HOUSE

By: Henrik Ibsen

·   Directed by: Matt Allen 

·   Cast: Synthia Tom, Samir Mallal, Vida Panitch, Catherine Farquharson, Ian Hatton, Catherine Lejtenyi and Victor Cicchino

·   Tickets: $6/$8

February

3-6

SOCK IT TO ‘EM RAY

By: Franco Proietti

·  Lunchtime Theatre Series

March

23-31

April

 1-4

 

DIRECTOR’S PROJECTS

 

Aria Da Capo

By: Edna St. Vincent Millay

 

The Ugly Duckling

By: A. A. Milne

 

The Proposal

By: Anton Chekhov

 

The Zoo Story

By: Edward Albee

 

Hello Out There

By: William Saroyan

 

The Ruffian On The Stair 

By: Joe Orton

 

‘Still-Love’

By: Robert Patrick

 

Death Knocks

By: Woody Allen

 

Am I Blue

By: Beth Henley

 

 

 

·  Directed by: Moira Sauer

 

 

 

·  Directed by: Candice Ornstein

 

 

·  Directed by: Elizabeth Haydn-Jones

 

 

·   Directed by: Andrew Linley

 

 

·  Directed by: Sarah Housser

 

 

·  Directed by: Philip Pace

 

 

 

·  Directed by: isabelle Lewis

 

 

·  Directed by: Amy Franklin

 

 

·  Directed by: Michael Mills

 

1998-1999

 

October

26-31

DEATH AND THE MAIDEN

By: Ariel Dorfman

·    Directed by: O.J. Kerr

·   Tickets: $6/$8

November

18-21, 25-28

 

THE HOUSE OF YES

By: Wendy MacLeod

 

LENNY AND RENO

By: Josh Bloch

·  Directed by: Larysa Kondracki 

 

 

 

·  Tickets: $6/$8 (double-Bill)

January

26-30

MAGICIANS CROSSING

By: La Compagnie du Pont-Fleurs

·  Presented in collaboration with the McGill Department of English

·  ‘A work-in-progress’

·  January 21 – Creative process demonstration

·  January 30-31 – Workshop Series

·  Tickets: $8/$10

March 

8-20

 

MCGILL DRAMA FESTIVAL (no.11)

 

A Contemporary Murder

By: Erik Nye

 

Centre Field Wall

By: Nada Bouhabib

 

Berry Tree

By: Kimberly Huie

 

The Opposite of a Duck

By: Dave Bowles

 

Capital DAS

By: Michael Wheeler

 

The Loud Speaker

By: Michael Kindellan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·  Directed by: Nada Bouhabib

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·  Directed by: Jenny Szende

 

 

 

1999-2000

 

October

13-16, 20-23

TOMONAGA

and

HAGOROMO (The Feathered Mantle)

·    ‘Two Japanese plays adapted for the west’

·   Directed by: Jack Teng and Emily Curwood

·   Tickets: $6/$8

November 

17-20, 23-27

MINNOW’S MOON

 By: Angie Orrego and Clea Minaker

·  ‘a Puppet play’

·  Tickets: $6/$8

January

20-22, 26-29

ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDRENSTERN ARE DEAD

By : Tom Stoppard

·  Directed by: Misha Feldmann and Tyler Hargreaves

·  Tickets: $6/$8

February

8-12

WIHELM REICH IN HELL

By : Robert Anton Wilson

·  Directed by: David Lewhowich and Taliensin McEnaney

·  Tickets: $6/$8

March 

8-20

 

DIRECTOR’S PROJECTS

 

Elegy For A Lady

By: Arthur Miller

 

‘Night Mother

By: Marsha Norman

 

The Porfessional

By: Dusan Kovacevic

 

Johnny Mangano and His Astonishing Dogs

By: Michel Tremblay

 

Charming and Rose

By: Kelley Jo Burke

 

Fool For Love

By: Sam Sheppard

·  Tickets: $4 (double-bill)

 

 

·  Directed by: Mike Pagnotta

 

 

·  Directed by: Vanessa Guillén

 

 

·  Directed by: Michael Wheeler

 

 

·  Directed by: Elisa Casella

 

 

 

·  Directed by: Laura Levin

 

 

·  Jordana Commisso

 

 

2000-2001

 

October

18-21, 25-28

NO EXIT

By: Jean-Paul Sartre

·    Directed by: Maya Goldenberg

·   Tickets: $6/$8

November

15-18, 22-25

SISTER MARY IGNATIUS

By : Christopher Durang

 

THE LOVE TAKER

By : Deborah Pryor

·  Directed by: Kate Hahnen

 

 

Tickets: $6/$8

 

·  Directed by: Heidi Rosbe and Evelyn Orestein

 

January

23-27

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

 By: Edward Albee

·  Directed by: Leila Nadel-Cadaxa

·  Tickets: $6/$8

January

30

Feb

13, 27

PARTICIPATORY DRAMATIC READINGS

·  ‘Great way to get involved in the community at no cost’

·  Tuesday Nights

February

7-10, 14-17 *

RHAPSODY IN PARIS: THE FINAL DAYS OF GEORGE GERSHWIN

By: Joel Fishbane

·  Directed by: Joel Fishbane and Shawn Baichoo

·  Cast: Julia Loewi, Jessica Mackenzie, Maggie Macwhirter, Melinda Wilson and Joel Fishbane

·  Tickets: $6/$8

March 

7-17

 

MCGILL DRAMA FESTIVAL 2001

 

Meditations on Color

By: Gillian Levene

 

Four is an Odd Number

By: David Bowles

 

Yellow

By: Quinn Fletcher

 

Being In Love With Bea

By: Kellie Knight

 

Charming and Rose

By: Kelley Jo Burke

 

Fool For Love

By: Sam Sheppard

 

April

5,6

SUENES CON LOS ANGELITOS (Dream with Little Angels)

·  Directed by: Dina Khorasanee

·  Tickets: $5/$8

 

2001-2002

 

October

24-27, 31

November

1, 3

SEVEN STORIES

By: Morris Panych

·    Directed by: Greta Papgeorgiu

·   Tickets: $6/$8

November

22-24, 28-30

December

1

DRUNK ON OIL

By: Becky Lazarovic and Taliensin McEnaney

 

·  ‘An original piece created by Taliensin McEnaney and Becky Lazarovic and the Bloodtheblood collective’

·  Directed by: Becky Lazarovic and Taliensin McEnaney

·   Cast: Anna Leventhal, Lireille Tawfik, Martin Vielajus and James Wilson

January

21-26

EDUFEST

 

The Utilizers

By: Dan Werb

 

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

By: Tom Stoppard

 

Hana Zarankin

 

Storytelling in Islam

 

24hour Playwriting Competition

 

Screenwriting Workshop

·  ‘The Necessary Collective, a new TNC venture’

 

·  Directed by: Dan Werb

 

 

 

 

 

 

·  Singer-songwriter

 

·  Presented by the Islamic Studies Department

February

6-9, 13-16

MEMORY TREE

 

 

·  A puppet project production by: Angie Orrego, Clea Minaker, Emily de Cola, Laen Herchler, James Lavoie, Sara Newfeld

·  Music by The Bell Orchestra

·  Tickets: $6/$8

March 

25-30

April 16, 2011 1-6

 

DIRECTOR’S PROJECTS

 

The Collective 

By: Harold Pinter

 

Betrayal 

By: Harold Pinter

 

WOMBman Wars

By: Judith Jackson

 

This Property is Condemned & Talk To Me Like The Rain And Let Me Listen

By: Tennessee Williams

 

The Waste Disposal Unit

By: Brigid Brophy

 

Never Swim Alone

By: Daniel MacIvor

 

The Soldier Dreams

By: Daniel McIvor

 

The Zoo Story

By: Edward Albee

 

The Tibetan Book of the Dead (or How Not To Do It Again)

By: Jean-Claude Van Itallie

·  Tickets: $5 (double-bill) $7 (triple-bill)

 

 

·  Directed by: Kerith Johnson

 

 

·  Directed by: Tamara Miloradovitch-Geukjian

 

 

·  Directed by: Yetide Badaki

 

 

·  Directed by: Ilana Zarankin

 

 

 

 

 

 

·  Directed by: Sarah Yaffe

 

 

 

·  Directed by: J. Kelly Nestruck

 

 

·  Directed by: Sasha Kardish

 

 

·  Directed by: K. Grant Spurling

 

 

·   Directed by: Shem Samuel Bartner-Aaron

 

 

2002-2003

 

November

20-23, 27-30

THE IMMORTAL

Based on short stories by: Jorge Luis Borges

·    Adapted and directed by: James Wilson and Ilana Zarankin

·   Cast: Kellie Celia, Lara Chatterjee, Leora Morris, Emma Sheppard-Lanza and Max Woertendyke

·   Original music by: Ted Strauss and Adam Blinick

·   Tickets: $6/$8

December

4-7

 

10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL

 

 

 

The Hour of Lamps

By: Debbie Mitchell

 

The Spirit is Willing

By: Nicole B. Quinn

 

Game Theory

By: Peter Sagal

 

The Office

By: Kate Hoffower

 

Lonely

By: Ann Marie Healy

 

Night

By: Half Pinter

 

The Blue Room

By: Courtney Baron

 

Flop Cop

By: Laura Cunningham

 

Anything For You

By: Cathy Calesia

 

So Tell Me About This Guy

By: Dolores Whiskeyman

 

Two Eclairs

By: Joe Pintauro

 

Heads

By: John Jory

 

The Hardy Boys and The Mystery Of Where Babies Come From

By: Christopher Durang

·  ‘brought to you by the Department of English and English 474 under the instruction of Professor Myrna Wyatt Selkirk’

·  Tickets: $5 with Canned goods/$6 without

 

·  Directed by: Molly McGivern

 

 

·  Directed by: Liesl Barrell

 

 

·  Directed by: Eytan Bayme

 

 

·  Directed by: Michelle MacArthur

 

 

·  Directed by: Kate Hahnen

 

 

·  Directed by: Krista Lynch

 

 

·  Directed by: Kristen Rashotte

 

 

·  Directed by: Michael Hegenbarth

 

 

 

·  Directed by: Sarah Waisvisz

 

 

·  Shelley Liebembuk

 

 

 

 

·  Directed by: Abigail Elwood

 

 

·  Directed by: Jayne Kennedy

 

 

·  Directed by: Liz Truchanowicz

February 

5-8, 12-15

RISK EVERYTHING

By: George F. Walker

·  Directed by: Liz Truchanowicz

·  Cast: Stephanie Breton, Rachel Horton, Duff Smith and Andre Martin

March

10-15

EDUFEST

 

·  ‘a new TNC tradition’

 

2003-2004

 

October

16-18, 22-25

 

SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO

By: David Mament

Tickets: $6/$8

November

12-15, 19-22

BABY WITH THE BATHWATER

By: Christopher Durang

·  Directed by: Liz Truchanowicz

·  Tickets: $6/$8

January

14-17, 21-24

CRIMES OF THE HEART

By: Beth Henley

·  Directed by: Melanie Derynck

·  Tickets: $6/$8

 

February

4-7, 11-14

WAITING FOR GODOT

By: Samuel Beckett

·  Directed by: Holly Greene

·  Tickets: $6/$8

March 

15-20

 

EDUFEST

 

McGill Improv Troupe

 

Stand-up Comedy

 

Music & Dance

 

‘Dinner on the 14th Floor’

By: Evan Placey

 

The 24hour playwriting competition

·  ‘A Plethora of visual art, music and improvisational comedy every night’

·  Tickets: $6/$8

 

2004-2005

 

October

20-23, 27-30

PROOF

By: David Auburn

·    Directed by: Leora Morris

·   Cast: Jessica Besser-Roseberg, Gabe Camozzi, Joel Fishbane and Adrienne Grafton

·   Tickets: $6/$8

November

17-20, 24-27

 

TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND

30 Neo-Futurist Plays in 30 Minutes

·  “There is no forth wall here. We do not aim to ‘suspend the audience’s disbelief’”

·  Directed by: Danny Coleman and Kate Walsh

·  Tickets: $6/$8

January

17-22

EDUFEST

 

Music & Dance

 

Monologues

 

Short Films

 

Circular

By: Danny Wright

 

24hour Playwriting Competition

·  ‘TNC’s week-long festival of celebrating the arts’

·  Tickets: $6/$8

 

 

 

 

 

February

2-5, 9-12

THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT

By: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

·  Tickets: $6/$8

 

 

2005-2006

 

October

19-22, 26-29

HANDS AROUND

By: Arthur Schnitzler

·   Directed by: Trevor Koob

·   Tickets: $6/$8

November

16-19, 23-26

FOOL FOR LOVE

By: Sam Shepard

·  Directed by: Kellie Celia

·  Tickets: $6/$8

January

 11-14, 18-21

ARCADIA

By: Tom Stoppard

·  Directed by: Alexandra Motut

·  Tickets: $6/$8

February

1-4, 8-12

BETRAYAL

By: Harold Pinter

 

STONES IN HIS POCKETS

By: Marie Jones

·  Directed by: Will MacGregor

·  Tickets: $6/$8

March

6-11

ARTIFACT

 

Music & Dance

 

Drama

 

24hour Playwriting Competition

·  Tickets: $6/$8

 

 

2006-2007

 

October

11-14, 18-21

 

THE END OF THE EARTH (2 variations)

By: Morris Panych

·    Directed by: Vanessa Pope

·   Cast: Will MacGregor, Lee Marshall, Julie Moreau, Melissa Paulson, Charles Taggart and Mackenzie Tan

·   Tickets: $6/$8

November

8-11, 15-18

 

THE MERCY SEAT

By: Neil Labute

 

·  Directed by: Julia Csillag

·  Cast: Gabe Richter and Nikki Shaffeeullah

·  Tickets: $6/$8

January

31

February

1-3, 7-10

ART

By: Yasmina Reza

Translated by: Christopher Hampton

·  Directed by: Melissa Falkner

 

March 

20-24, 26-31

 

DIRECTOR’S PROJECTS

 

Men Have Heads

By: Mahmoud Dyab

 

Through Blue 

By: Sarah Stanley

 

Hidden In This Picture

By: Aaron Sorkin

 

This Is For You, Anna

By: The Anna Project

 

Never Swim Alone

By: Daniel MacIvor

 

My Own Private Oshawa

By: Jonathan Wilson

 

Featuring Loretta

By: George F. Walker

 

Collateral Damage

By: Mansei Robinson

 

Listening

By: Edward Albee

 

The Zoo Story

By: Edward Albee

 

The Lover

By: Harold Pinter

 

A Number

By: Caryl Churchill

·  Tickets: $5 per night

 

 

·  Directed by: Carla Souse

 

 

·  Directed by: Vanessa Pope

 

 

·  Directed by: Katie MacMillan

 

 

·  Directed by: Alexandra Vincent

 

 

·  Directed by: Kara Fletcher

 

 

·  Directed by: Nikki Shaffeevllah

 

 

 

·  Directed by: Heather Robinson

 

 

·  Directed by: Emily Kashul

 

 

·   Directed by: Anna Trowbridge

 

 

·  Directed by: Nat Stigler

 

 

·  Directed by: Erin King

 

 

·  Directed by: Jamie Pohotsky

 

 

2007-2008

 

October

1-13, 17-20

 

SAVAGE IN LIMBO

By: Jon Patrick Shanley

·    Directed by: Julie Moreau

·   Tickets: $6/$8

November

7-10, 14-17

 

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

By: Edward Albee

·  Directed by: Nat Stigler

·  Cast: Sarah Acker, Stuart Wright, Mitch Boughs and Alexandra Vincent

·  Tickets: $6/$8

January

21-26

 

ARTIFACT

 

Music & Dance

Poetry

Students Plays

Short Films

 

24hour Playwriting competition

 

·   Tickets: $6/$8

 

February

6-9, 13-16

THE ATTIC, THE PEARLS, AND THE THREE FINE GIRLS

Created collectively by Jennifer Brewin, Leah Cherniak, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Alisa Palmer and Martha Ross

·  Directed by: Heather Robinson

·  Cast: Dina Cipin, Julie Moreau and Simone Finch

·  Tickets: $6/$8

March 

19-22, 26-29

HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE

By: Paula Vogel

·  Directed by: Katie McMillan

·  Cast: Mackenzie Rio Davis, Boddy Lamont, Adam Goldhamer, Allyson Graham and Megan Stewart

·  Tickets: $6/$8

 

2008-2009

 

October

22-25, 29-31

November

1

DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS

By: Carol Sheilds

·    Directed by: Kara Fletcher

·   Tickets: $6/$8

November

19-22, 26-29

THE BACCHAE

By: Euripides

·  Directed by: Dan Ruppel

·  Tickets: $6/$8

January

12-17

 

ARTIFACT

 

Music

Poetry

Student Plays

Short Films

 

24hour Playwriting Competition

·  Tickets $6/$8

 

February

4-7, 11-14

NEVER THE SINNER

By: John Logan

·  Directed by: Stephanie Shum

March 

25-28, 30,31

April

1-4

 

DIRECTOR’S PROJECTS

 

The Laramie Project

By: Moises Kaufman

 

Aalst

By: Pol Heyvaert

 

Stones In His Pocket

By: Marie Jones

 

The Baltimore Waltz

By: Paula Vogel

 

Fulfilling Koch’s Postulate

By: Joan Schenkar

 

How He Lied To Her Husband

By: George Bernard Shaw

 

Therac 25

By: Adam Pettle

 

Sisters Of The Winter Madrigal

By: Beth Henley

 

In On It

By: Daniel MacIvor

 

Cowboy Mouth

By: Sam Shepard

·  Tickets: $5 per night (double-bill) $3 per matinee

 

 

·  Directed by: Chu-Lynne Ng

 

 

·  Directed by: Rachel Paul

 

 

·  Directed by: Jess Kostuck

 

 

·  Directed by: Dan Ruppel

 

 

·  Directed by: Steph Ouaknine

 

 

 

·  Directed by: Alex Meikleham