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Sunday Features, 2012-13


2013

December 15, 2013
- Interview with Simon Brault, CEO of the National Theatre School, by David Sklar

December 8, 2013
- Choreographer Jennifer Nicholls on her work with Against the Grain Theatre to bring a new production of Handel's Messiah to Toronto

December 1, 2013
- Hallie Burt and Kate Werneburg on their work Elizabeth - Darcy

November 24, 2013
- Cristina Iovita on the misconceptions surrounding, and importance of, Marivaux

November 17, 2013
- Pierre Simpson on the fascinating phenomenon of Les Zinspirés

November 10, 2013
- Dahlia Katz, producer of the FireWorks series
- Jacqui Skeete on acting and directing (an all-female) Taming of  the Shrew

November 3, 2013
- Interview with Alison Darcy, an actor/director who comes from theatre royalty, but has carved out a brilliant career

October 27, 2013
- Jessica Kostuck on directing Caryl Churchill's Far Away for Bad Dress Productions

October 20, 2013
- Rick Miller writes about Venus in Fur and his comfort zone

October 13, 2013
- Interview: Seana McKenna

October 6, 2013
- Christopher Moore talks about becoming AD of Montreal's Persephone Productions and directing Spring Awakening

September 29, 2013
- Soprano Ileana Montalbetti on playing Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes opposite Ben Heppner

September 22, 2013
- Baritone Phillip Addis on playing two different roles in one production

September 15, 2013
- Sue Edworthy on collaborating with the audience

September 8, 2013
- Joel Ivany on a rare event: a new Canadian opera - Marilyn Forever

September 1, 2013
- Rebecca J. Ennals, AD at San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, on new casting rules

August 25, 2013
- Sarah Segal-Lazar takes you into her world: The Island Fringe, 2013, in PEI

August 18, 2013
- Interview: Antoni Cimolino, artistic director, Stratford Festival

August 11, 2013
- Nathalie Mathieson on Show and Tell Alexander Bell at SummerWorks
- Tara Litvack takes you into the complex and fascinating world of Stephen Sondheim

August 4, 2013
- Joan McBride on what everyone should know about Edinburgh Fringe (after taking her students twice)

July 28, 2013
- Fringe artist (Weaksauce) Sam Mullins shares part of his terrific blog: a bad/good day at the Fringe
- Anton Golikov talks about directing Lunduntown by maverick Alain Mercieca

July 21 , 2013
- Christian Baines writes of Angels in America and the work's unique capability of crawling under your skin.

July 14, 2013
- Tonya Jone Miller on Threads and surviving the Fringe
- AD Gwynne Hune on wrapping up the first Alberni Valley Fringe

July 7, 2013
- Dancer/Choregrapher Jacob Niedzwiecki discusses his fascinating upcoming work, Jacqueries
- Director Larry Westlake talks about his upcoming production of the Leopold and Loeb musical, Thrill Me.

June 30, 2013
- Benjamin Wert gives a unique take on sets at Fringe fests, as he brings This Prison on tour
- Jessica Moss tells of the joys of prepping her show, Polly Polly, for the Fringe

June 23, 2013
- Christian Baines explores the violent, sexually ambivalent world around Joe Orton and Entertaining Mr. Sloane

June 16, 2013
- Izad Etemadi on the difficult journey to his play Borderland

June 9, 2013
- Jem Rolls - fragments from his new show JEM ROLLS ATTACKS THE SILENCE

June 2, 2013
- Interview: Eric Coates, artistic director of GCTC

May 26, 2013
- Interview: James Long and Marcus Youssef on Winners and Losers
- Interview: Director Bruce Gladwin; Ganesh Versus the Third Reich

May 19, 2013
- Bryce Alexander Dudley on Excuse You (Fringe: Toronto)
- Andrew Wade on The Hatter (Fringe: London, Ottawa, Toronto, Saskatoon)
- Laura Moore on producing The Matchmaker of Montreal (Vancouver)

May 12, 2013
- Joel Ivany: Notes on Les Dialogues des Carmélites and Figaro's Wedding
- Yana Kesala on I Think My Heart Needs Glasses (Fringe: Montreal, Winnipeg)
- Heather Debling on writing and producing The Maple Leaves
- Evan Tsitsias on directing I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

May 5, 2013
- Photo Essay: Dahlia Katz on Wordsmyth's The Dumb Waiter
- (American) Steven Patterson on his Canadian Connection (especially Brad Fraser)
- Jessica Ruano on Sappho...in 9 fragments (Fringe - Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto)

April 28, 2013
- Gillian English on the creation of Love in the Time of Time Machines and on its journey to the Fringe
- Artistic Director Gwynne Hunt on the new Fringe Festival in Alberni Valley

April 21, 2013
- Janis La Couvée on Promoting Fringe Shows
- TJ Dawe on directing Never Shoot a Stampede Queen
- Robert McQueen on directing Falsettos

April 14, 2013
- Amy Lee Lavoie on her play Stopheart (interviewed by Nicolas Billon)

April 7, 2013
- Tara Litvack on creating music for theatre - a case study (The Laramie Project)
- Adam Brazier, artistic director of Theatre 20, on lessons he has learned so far

March 31, 2013
- Marilo Nuñez, artistic director of Alameda Theatre, on Chile Con Carne
- Kate Applin, artistic director of Metro Youth Opera, on Triple-Bill

March 24, 2013
- Carly Chamberlain, artistic director, on mounting a Shaw/LaBute Double-Bill for Neoteny
- Louis Patrick Leroux on his play Ludwig and Mae

March 17, 2013
- Marshall Pynkoski, artistic director, on The Magic Flute at Opera Atelier

March 10, 2013
- John Ng, actor, on Ching Chong Chinaman

March 3, 2013
- Nicolas Billon, playwright, on his play Iceland (interviewed by Amy Lee Lavoie)
- Shawn MacDonald on directing Four Dogs and a Bone

February 24, 2013
- Four participants in Against the Grain Theatre's Kafka/Janáček/Kurtág break down the experience of preparing the production
- Cassie Muise, actor, inside Avenue Q and Lower Ossington Theatre

February 17, 2013
- Joel Greenberg, artistic director, on the tenth anniversary of Studio 180 Theatre
- Andrew Cuk, director, on Marriage of Figaro at Opera da Camera (and the history of opera)

February 10, 2013
- Nina Lee Aquino, playwright, on her play Every Letter Counts
- David Reudelhuber, director, on his production of Art with Brave New Productions

February 3, 2013
- Paul Van Dyck, director, on adapting Oroonoko for the stage
- Sascha Cole on acting in Shakespeare's Nigga

January 27, 2013
- Mansel Robinson, playwright, on his collaboration with translator Jean Marc Dalpé

January 20, 2013
- Dahlia Katz gives a Mini-Masterclass on Theatre Photography
- Natalie Gershtein, artistic director, on mounting Godspell at Beautiful City in Montreal

January 13, 2013
- Joel Ivany, director, on Les Contes D'Hoffman at Edmonton Opera
- Connie Manfredi and Ryan Segal, producers, on Into The Woods at Winnipeg's Master Playwright Festival

January 6, 2013 
- Dáirine Ní Mheadhra, artistic director, on Ana Sokolović and Svadba - Wedding

2012

December 16, 2012
- Interview: Alisa Palmer, artistic director (English) National Theatre School

December 9, 2012
- Sue Edworthy, pubicist, on Emerging Companies and Marketing

December 2, 2012
- Matthew Gorman, artistic director, on Cart/Horse
- Keith Waterfield on his Follies

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