This year’s New Works Festival features 6 performances and 2 short films written and directed by the students of 4A06 A/B – Theatre and Society.

Register now to reserve your seat at one of the following productions!

Performances:

Sincerely, Jordan – Robb Gendron

Summary:
Tackles suicide awareness and prevention through the eyes of Jordan, a person who dies by suicide one morning only to wake up again the same day finding everything reset

Advisement:
This work deals with sensitive subject matter related to and including mentions and depictions of suicide. Please be advised.

Showtimes:
Wednesday March 20th @ 1:30pm
Thursday March 21st @ 9pm
Friday March 22nd @ 3:30pm
Saturday March 23rd @ 7pm
Sunday March 24th @ 3:30pm

No Man’s Land – Madi Law

Summary:
Set in 1915, four best friends from a small farming town in Ontario, go off to France to fight in the First World War. They are excited for a new adventure but they quickly realize that war is not all it’s cracked up to be.

Advisement:
Please be advised that artificial firearms will be used during this performance.

Showtimes:
Wednesday March 20th @ 2:30pm
Thursday March 21st @ 8pm
Friday March 22nd @ 2:30pm
Saturday March 23rd @ 8pm
Sunday March 24th @ 2:30pm

Root Da Haani – Harpreet Bassan

Summary:
1970 Punjabi society’s expectations of the four individual’s responsibilities to their family takes a toll on their love for one another causing neglect on other’s emotions and choices.

Showtimes:
Wednesday March 20th @ 3:30pm
Thursday March 21st @ 7pm
Friday March 22nd @ 1:30pm
Sunday March 24th @ 1:30pm

Frozen Food – Gabby Cifa

Summary:
Unprepared show to lowly bathroom, there’s little left but too much space and too much self. The writer is angry about being left alone and a stranger’s sudden presence is less than welcome.

Showtimes:
Wednesday March 20th @ 7pm
Thursday March 21st @ 3:30pm
Friday March 22nd @ 7pm
Saturday March 23rd @ 3:30pm
Sunday March 24th @ 7pm

Raucous Stalaglights – Malcolm Poitras

Summary:
A group of egocentric thespians stuck in a cave, growing more restless by the minute. They’re loud, they’re grieving, they’re plagued with existentialism, and what’s more, they have a play to perform.

Advisement:
Please be advised that strobe lighting effects and artificial firearms will be used during this performance.

Showtimes:
Wednesday March 20th @8pm
Thursday March 21st @ 2:30pm
Friday March 22nd @ 8pm
Saturday March 23rd @ 2:30pm
Sunday March 24th @ 8pm

Two Weeks Apart – Kindrey Krol

Summary:
With a catastrophic natural disaster imminent, the world has two weeks left to live. Isolated,?Sam unlearns the life she performed for others,?says goodbye to loved ones, and treasures the good memories that she has.

Showtimes:
Wednesday March 20th @ 9pm
Thursday March 21st @ 1:30pm
Friday March 22nd @ 9pm
Saturday March 23rd @ 1:30pm
Sunday March 24th @ 9pm

Films:

Mind of Mirrors – Shaden Ahmed

Summary:
In this?short film?set in one long hallway, a girl struggling with Body Dysmorphic Disorder spirals about how she is perceived?as she locks eyes with strangers walking by her.

Showtimes: TBD

Nassalain ????? (generations) – Maria Moin

Summary:
“Nasslain” is a?short film?about a girl named Zara, a first generation immigrant from a South Asian household living in Canada, reflecting on her experience growing up in two different worlds.

Showtimes:
TBD

About The New Works Festival:

The New Works Festival features the work of students from the graduating class of the Theatre and Film Studies program. The creative and production teams work within three classes in the program: 4A06 Theatre and Society: Performance Project taught by Kelly Wolf, and 30P6 Organizing Performance Environments taught by Patrick Brennan.

The Theatre and Film Studies program would like to thank all of the additional volunteers that have dedicated so much of their free time to the festival.