The Birds by Aristophanes adapted by Yvette Nolan

Theatre@York | Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Theatre | March 2016

A powerful adaptation of one of western theatre's earliest comedies: the classical Greek play by Aristophanes. Nolan re-situates the birds in the play to Turtle Island (North America), recasting the two humans who visit the land of the birds as colonizers-come-lately, intent on remaking this Indigenous paradise in their own image. This comic fable brings a 21st century audience inside an Indigenous subjectivity, underscoring the striking realities underlying Indigenous and settler relationships. The production is a creative collaboration between theatre, dance, digital media, and music students. Learn more about The Birds.

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
Acting Ensemble: Alex Allan, Nadine Bhabha, Larissa Currie, Cate D’Angelo, Marisa Boudreault, Joel Edmiston, Cassidy Furman, Kyle McWatters, Ken Northfield, Terrah Nitkin, Chelsea Russell, Michael Pintucci, Ben Siapas

Dancers: Robyn Bedford, Madison Burgess, Natalie Giankoulas, Kezia-Alexis Kelson, Shaelynn Lobbezoo, Christina Logan, Amanda Marrone, Josh Murphy, Emily Rapley, Paige Sayles, Kiera Shaw, Dakota Stevenson, Julianna velocci, Teodora Vukosavlijevic

Musicians: Christopher Cerpnjak, Jessica Kanowitz, Keiran Maraj, Mark McGugan, Daniel Sheahan, Pat Sloan, Yeganeh Sotudehnia, Stephen Sparling, Denise Wright, Darya Zonoozi

Director of Script: Michael Greyeyes
Director & Devisor of Land: Andrew Ritchie
Choreographer: Susan Lee Director of Script: Michael Greyeyes
Composer: Christopher Cerpnjak
Stage Designers: Erica-Maria Causi, Natalie Voorn, Rachel Annen, Jason Thomson, Kevin Feliciano, Madeleine Monteleone
Digital Producer: Don Sinclair
Mask Designer: Mike Dangeli
Stage Manager: Meghan Maguire
Associate Directors & Devisers: Barbara Cotado Martinez, Patrick Fowler, Deanna Galati, Taliesin McEnaney, Kevin Woolridge, Deniz Yumbul, Keith Pike

This is War by Hannah Moscovitch

Theatre@York | Studio Theatre | November 2016

An insightful and emotional look into the embittered psyche of soldiers in the aftermath of combat. Master Corporal Tanya Young, Captain Stephen Hughes, Private Jonny Henderson, and Sergeant Chris Anders have lived through an atrocity while holding one of the most volatile regions in Afghanistan. As each of them is interviewed by an unseen broadcasting organization, they recount their version of events leading up to the horrific incident with painful, relenting replies. What begins to form is a picture of the effects of guilt and the psychological toll of violence in a war where the enemy is sometimes indiscernible.

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
Tanya Young: Meredith Jonatan
Jonny Henderson: Victor Ostrovsky
Chris Anders: Henry Wells

Director: Andrew Ritchie
Assistant Director: Genevieve Canavan
Stage Manager: Ashley Frederick

The Gathering Project (Collective Creation)

Theatre@York | Joseph G. Greene Theatre | September 2016

A director led performance creation project. Transformation. What does Transformation mean to you? Combining undergraduate students and graduate students in a devised theatre creation.

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
Ensemble & Collective: 13 undergraduate and graduate acting students

Director: Andrew Ritchie

The Devised Theatre Festival

Inverted Spotlight devised by typo theatr | Studio Theatre | February 2017

Come one, come all to witness a circus filled with thriving and successful spectacles and a range of hypnotizing artists. It is one of the world’s most renowned circuses, until a catastrophic fire puts the circus and its patrons in flames. Inverted Spotlight interactively follows the lives and personal struggles of circus workers unveiling isolation through the backstage lens of loneliness within themselves and society. An intricate tale in a non-linear order encourages a perceptional take on piecing together five unique narratives co-existing under one big top.

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
Ensemble & Collective: Melanie Petriw, Ryan Boulet, Yasaman Nouri, Rowena Tam, Sofia Demidova

Mentor: Andrew Ritchie

Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare

Theatre@York | Joseph G. Green Theatre | April 2018

Part of the annual Shakespeare Project at York University.

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
Ensemble: Kelly McKenna, Asha James, Carmen Paterson, Maggie Cook, Carina Salajan, Victoria Mero, Sabrina Marangoni, Claudia Morgan, Adrienne Ramsingh, Cassandra Henry, Katie St. Jean, Guilia Pittiglio, Christa-Marie Waugh

Director: Andrew Ritchie

*Production cancelled due to the York University strike.