SCA at the 2019 Vancouver Fringe Festival
There's excellent SCA representation at the . With help from SCA theatre alumni Jessica Del Fierro, who is part of the Ruckus Theatre Collective's staging of , we've collected a useful "SCA at the Fringe" guide. Read on...
was the last play by English playwright , who committed suicide in 1999. The play presents an intensely subjective experience of clinical depression, which Kane herself had, but also offers no explicit characters or stage directions for its twenty-four sections. This lack of instruction offers both a challenge and an opportunity for Del Fierro and the Ruckus Theatre Collective's version. You can see their take as part of the at the (1895 Venables St., Vancouver), opening Sept. 6 at 7:30pm. .
SCA theatre alumni Maria Yanagisawa is part of 's . Described by Broadway World as "hauntingly enigmatic, subtle and beautiful," Two Modern Noh Plays by Yukio Mishima is presented as part of at the (1895 Venables St., Vancouver), opening Sept. 6 at 9:10pm. .
Playing the eponymous Sumiko, "a dark humoured, hyper kawaii, raunchy clown," SCA theatre alumni June Fukumura plays solo in , which promises to dice, slice, and blend up "Japanese stereotypes" and serve up "a zany, East-meets-West comedy about life, death, and love." Produced by the , which includes Fukumura and fellow SCA theatre alumni Anjela Magpantay and Davey Caldero. You can catch My Name is SUMIKO at (1814 Pandora St., Vancouver), opening Sept. 7 at 5:00pm. .
Made and presented entirely by SCA theatre students and alumni, is created and performed by Eddy Van Wyk, stage managed by Marina Buston, and produced by Alexa Fraser and Matthew Winter's . Taking the audience "underneath the veil of mental health stigma and taboo" and into its "playful, dark, light and sensual side," tadpole: the last episode is at (1814 Pandora St., Vancouver), opening Sept. 6 at 6:45pm. .
SCA theatre alumni Arthi Chandra is in , writen by Laura Fukumoto with Sara Jellicoe & Elyse Kantonen. A story about queer friendship in Vancouver, Where the Quiet Queers Are is also the inaugural project by Amplify Choral Theatre, which is "an emerging performance ensemble exploring how choral music can help amplify stories from marginalized voices." Catch it at (1412 Old Bridge St., Granville Island), begining Sept. 6 at 8:00pm. .
A "feast for the senses," features SCA dance alumni Jenn Edwards, who's also the choreographer of the work, Jen Aoki, Kayla De Vos, Samantha Presley, and David Clennin, plus music by SCA alumni Mary Jane Paquette. Presented by , which has Edwards and Aoki as co-artistic directors, Conduit is "bristling with street punk energy" (Dance International). Don't miss it at (1895 Venables St., Vancouver), opening Sept. 6 at 7:00pm. .
SCA MFA alumni is restaging her 2017 grad project, , with the collaboration of fellow SCA alumni Marc Arboleda, Matthew Ariaratnam, Kayla De Vos (again!), and Mahaila Patterson-O'Brien. Offering an "enchanting choreography of space, memory and the body," in several times is at (1895 Venables St., Vancouver), opening Sept. 7 at 6:15pm. .
SCA alumni is music director for , a "a quirky-sweet creampuff" (Entertainment Weekly) based on the film of the same name. See and hear at the (280 E. Cordova Street, Vancouver), opening Sept. 6 at 10:15pm. .
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Great work, everyone!