“I begin with the etymology of ‘settler’ as a thing or person that settles, within the etymology of ‘settle’ as a thing or person that ‘comes to rest,’ that establishes a ‘permanent residence.’ But ‘settle’ also belongs etymologically to ‘reconcile’ or “reconciliation,’ which in turn belongs to ‘bring together’ (again), to ‘make friendly, and to make consistent.’”

~ Tequila Sovereign

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Columbus Chronicles by Carl Beam, 1992

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NEPA General Manager Donna-Michelle St. Bernard

free as injuns by Tara Beagan
A Native Earth Performing Arts Production

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
February 28th – March 18th 2012
12 Alexander St. Toronto
Tickets: 416.975.8555 or
www.totix.ca

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy4i4VzHEwI

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http://vimeo.com/7221391

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Tahirah Stanley is an actor/activist in Toronto. She is also the Founder/Project Coordinator for a project called Theatre for Peace. Theatre for Peace is a project that seeks to empower youth, ages 14-18, through the performing arts (acting, singing, dancing, spoken word etc). Over the course of the past 3 months the youth worked with professional artists to develop monologues, dances, songs etc. All of the pieces were then compiled and put together to make a show; OUR STORY.

OUR STORY is a play that is written and performed by the Theatre for Peace participants. It is about their experiences with love, defeat, violence, friendship, and discovery, among many other things. Through OUR STORY you will get a glimpse into the lives of these young people through the dramatic retelling of the issues they face and the joys they find being a young person in today’s society.

Our Story will be taking place today @ 2:30pm @ 60 Rowena Drive. Check out the poster for more information.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc3B-xqoyug

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There is a village
which sits on my shoulders
like a vulture …
Despite this
O my village
I uninvited relate with you
as you fly
within and outside of me
like a vulture

- Sukhveer Singh

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiSbf6BW2aA

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Sasha Kovacs is director of The Washing Machine at The Next Stage Theatre Festival Jan 5-15th 2012.

Learn more about the show here.

Buy tickets for the show here.

Learn more about The Next Stage Festival here.

Streets of Berlin, will you miss me?
Streets of Berlin, will you care?
Streets of Berlin, will you cry out
if I vanish into thin air?

~ Streets of Berlin from BENT, by Martin Sherman

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QXJ3OXWaOY

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Photo by Scarlet O'Neill Photography

Soup Can Theatre‘s critically acclaimed show Love is a Poverty You Can Sell is returning to the stage as part of the 2012 Next Stage Festival.

The show pays tribute to the timeless music and musical influence of German composer Kurt Weill with a production that marries the bold and naked theatrical style he and writer/director Bertolt Brecht pioneered with the bravado of traditional musical theatre – all with the ambiance of a 1920′s Berlin cabaret program.

Playing @ Factory Theatre (upstairs bar) $10, Jan 5th to 15^th – Click here for dates, times & tickets.

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far we can go.”

~ TS Elliot

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcE8YWdGtnI

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Readings in the Rough Play reading Series presented by Fairly Lucid Productions invites the audience to play a part in the dramaturgical process of writing a script. In an open discussion the audience helps to form what the play can become in this important stage of first public readings.

The playwright will present a few questions to you prior to the reading. Once you watch, you can then provide feedback for the playwright that will assist in their next stage of redrafting. The series will feature a new play every two months from around the world.

Monday 17th October 7pm
Comedy Bar

She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange
by Award Winning Australian Playwright – Amelia Roper.

Moderated by Mariko Tamaki

All tix $5 and can be purchased at the door.

For a live feed of the read and discussion go to USTREAM and follow FairlyLucidProd’s channel.

ANALYZE, CRITICIZE AND THEORIZE

“In creating the man that we want to be, there is not a single one of our acts which does not at the same time create an image of man as we think he ought to be.  To choose to be this or that is to affirm at the same time the value of what we choose, because we can never choose evil.”

~ Jean-Paul Sartre, from the 1945 lecture “Existentialism Is a Humanism”.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SYBZwWdQgU

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surface/underground theatre presents:

The Jones Boy

A play written by Tom Walmsley
Directed by Peter Pasyk

Starring: Nick Abraham, Cyrus Faird, Cara Gee, Dov Mickelson, Shannon Taylor

A hard tale of heroin addicts and hookers.

September 30th  – October 15th

Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor St. W. (@ Lansdowne Station)

A portion of proceeds will be donated to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

For tickets, email thejonesboy2011@gmail.com

“Do unto others 20% better than you would expect them to do unto you, to correct for subjective error.”

- Linus Pauling

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOJ8NmGyGbk

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In 2005, unbeknownst to almost everyone, theatre and dance artists Ame Henderson, Chad Dembski, and Jacob Zimmer spent a summer at Hub 14 making a “play”. Six years later, after more than a dozen shows and national and international tours, they return to spend another August at Hub 14.

Perhaps in a Hundred Years is a tender science fiction story about three friends stuck in outer space, waiting for the future to arrive. Despite an almost overwhelming pessimism for the long term future, which many of us share, Perhaps in a Hundred Years endeavors to keep it upbeat, or at least tenderly, militantly, hopeful.

Runs August 4th to 14th at Hub 14.

Click here for dates, times and ticket info on the SummerWorks website.

You cried, keeping it real, but you should try keeping it right.

-Posdnuos

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z78EHtJHEcc

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Photo by Benjamin Ayres

Noah Davis is an actor, writer, and founder of Chainsaw Theatre.  His play Point No Point is onstage now at Tarragon’s Extra Space.

David Tompa directs Noah Davis and Mylène Dinh-Robic in the premiere of Point No Point.

July 21^st to 31^st at Tarragon Theatre’s Extra Space
Box Office:  416 531 1827 or click here.
www.ChainsawTheatre.com

“Hold back the edges of your gowns, Ladies, we are going through hell.”

William Carlos Williams

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArTMlYIcdNo