Hurrah!

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make the 2007 FR!NGE Festival such a smashing success! Last night at the Afterparty of Infamy, we announced our award winners:

Best Play: The Dream Blood Gallows of Retribution

People’s Choice Golden Kangaroo: Now Hiring

Best Film: Buddhapop!

Best Director: Meghan Bunce (Mortimer)

Best Script: Brittany Lavery (I, Dispossessed)

Excellence in Stage Management: Kelly Moore (The Dream Blood Gallows of Retribution)

Best Choreography: Prince or Playa?

Best Actress: Andrea Kessler (Doppelganger)

Best Actor: Dan Cristofori (Now Hiring)

Best Supporting Actress: Marta Orlowska (I, Dispossessed)

Best Supporting Actor: Paul Carere (Now Hiring)

Best Ensemble Cast: Dr. Doctor Ultramagnus vs. The Great Wizard

Evilest: Ryan Ferland (Dream Blood Gallows and Prince or Playa?)

Worst Accent: Nadim Kurji (15 Minute Hamlet)

The You Make Us Want to Live Bursary of Excellence: Nadim Kurji

The “There’s No Business Like Show Business” Bursary for Really Hard Workers: Alex Lekawski (Doppelganger)

2007 Fringe Festival Lifetime Achievement Award: Shane Fallowfield

Fringe Ticket Info!

Going to the Fringe Festival? Then you'll probably need some tickets.

Tickets are $6 in advance, or $8 at the door. For advance tickets, visit us at our super-swank box office in the Concourse or Hall of Fame all this week and next week. At the box office, you can also get our Super-Duper Deal: 2 shows for $10! Yowza! (The Super-Duper deal is only available at our Concourse/Hall of Fame box office!)

Yes, it's true. A classy night on the town for a trailer-trash price. Brought to you courtesy of your new best friends at the Laurier Fringe Festival.

This just in . . . Fringe Festival Program REVEALED!

Here's what's playing at this year's fantastic and fabulous WLU Fringe Festival!

SHOW 1: Thursday, January 18 (7pm) and Saturday, January 20 (7pm)

Doppelganger - Written and directed by Dave Rogers

Prince or Player? - Written and directed by Kaitlyn Patience

Green Eyes - A film by Bryan Richardson

Buddhapop! - A film by Marc Heroux and Bryan Richardson

The Dream Blood Gallows of Retribution - Written and directed by Phil Wolters

Tom Stoppard's The Fifteen Minute Hamlet - Directed by Alexandra Apolloni, starring the Fringe Festival All-Stars!

SHOW 2: Friday, January 19 (7pm) and Saturday, January 20 (2pm)

Mortimer - A Theatrical Chamber Work - Composed by Meghan Bunce, based on the book by Robert Munsch

I, Dispossesed - Written and directed by Brittany Lavery

Now Hiring - Written and directed by Kyle Wood and Meredith Brydon

Library - A film by New Height Industries

Fix - A film by New Height Industries

Jesus F#$%ing Christ: A Love Story - Written and directed by Andrew Kannegiesser

Dr. Dr. Ultramagnus vs The Great Wizard - Written and directed by Nadim Kurji


Watch this space for play descriptions! Coming soon (ie: tomorrow sometime)!

Dr. Doctor Ultramagnus vs The Great Wizard (pronounced Wizaaahhrrd)

A fabulous love story for the ages surrounding the yearning of Dr. Doctor Ultra Magnus for his love; World domination and earning the right to his name. However, a kink develops in his plan as the evil duo of The Great Wizard (pronounced Wizahhhhrd), and his mindless brute, Ugh The Barbarian, invade the good Dr. Doctor's tower high atop the darkest mountain in all the land. Can the heroes All American Joe, Limited Mobility Boy/Girl, and Dr. Doctor Ultra Magnus thwart the invaders in time? Or will it degenerate into kitten-eating madness? Is this description even accurate? Find out when you see the epic tale that is: Dr. Doctor Ultra Magnus vs. The Great Wizard (pronounced Wizahhhrd).

Written and Directed by Nadim Kurji

Adam Cilevitz --Dr. Doctor Ultra Magnus
Yandrik Leclerc-Desjardins --The Great Wizard (pronounced Wizahhhrd)
Kevin Pentz --All American Joe, Orc 2
Jessica Easter --Limited Mobility Boy/Girl
Anthony Virgillio --Ugh The Barbarian
Orc 1 : Nadim Kurji

See Dr. Doctor Ultramagnus and friends January 19, 7:00 PM and January 20, 2:00 PM

Jesus F#$%ing Christ: A Love Story

"Winthrop was a widower, a fireman by trade.

Sylvia a songstress singing lovely serenades.

Bishop was the black sheep but he did not gather wool.

Frederic slept in fridges when his living room was full.

And we make up the family flock, forever playing fools."

-Anon

Q: What does this have to do with anything?

A: Precisely.

Jesus Fucking Christ: A Love Story

It's not for everyone.

Michael Matheson - Jeeves, Man #1, Doctor

Nathan Wettlaufer - Mr. Rockefeller, Man #2,

La Loup-Garou

Andrew Kannegiesser - Man #3, Benedict "Skippy" St. Dubois

See Jesus: January 19, 7:00 PM and January 20, 2:00 PM

Now Hiring

Welcome to Matt and Rocky’s apartment. Grab a seat on the couch. Have some pizza if you're hungry, but make sure you check with Rocky first. Make yourself comfortable, really, please do. Just sit back, hang out if you like or be productive if you prefer. After all, that’s what the characters of Now Hiring are doing anyway.

Written and directed by Kyle Wood and Meredith Brydon

Jule Bozyk – Stage Manager

Meredith Brydon – Natalie
Paul Carere – Rocky
Dan Cristofori – Matt
Mike Howanyk – Than
Kayla Thompson – Jill
Lea Tzembelicos – Kat
Kyle Wood - Will

See Now Hiring January 19, 7:00 PM and January 20, 2:00 PM

I, Dispossessed

Dreams. Necrophilia. Chinese Food.

A disembodied ghost. A coroner and an anesthetist who argue about the cosmic import of their respective jobs. A hospital department head with a very inconvenient sense of timing. A corpse named Ella. And a predictably morbid and rather tiresome art school student named Raven, who falls in love with Ella. The author hopes you will be by turns amused, repulsed, and touched. If you felt all these things simultaneously, you’d be, like, even more swell. Oh yeah, and there’s Chinese food.

Written and directed by Brittany Lavery

Kerry Adams – Stage Manager

Zinta Auzins – The Herald Angel
Trevor Loughborough – Coroner
David Shore – Anesthetist
Marta Orlowska – Raven
Shane Fallowfield – Department Head
Corpse - Special Mystery Guest!

See I, Dispossessed January 19, 7:00 PM and January 20, 2:00 PM

Mortimer: A Theatrical Chamber Work

Mortimer is a miniature opera based on the children’s story of the same name by Canadian author Robert Munsch. It is Mortimer’s bed time. He is taken upstairs, tucked into bed and told to “be quiet.” Mortimer refuses this command and breaks into song, making all the noise he can. Everyone tries to silence Mortimer and chaos ensues.

Composed by Meghan Bunce
Based on the book by Robert Munsch

Waleed Hafeez – Stage Manager

Laura McQuire – Accompanist

Pam Patel – Mortimer
Moira King – Mother
Kirk Keirnander – Father
Brothers and Sisters - Roger Chabot, Nicole Dubinsky, Clara Hilts, Stefanie Pisani
Policeman #1 - Tavis Weber
Policeman #2 - Lucas Tensen

See Mortimer January 19, 7:00 PM and January 20, 2:00 PM

Tom Stoppard's the Fifteen Minute Hamlet

Fifteen minutes. Fifteen glorious minutes. Oh, Tom Stoppard. How we love thee.

Directed by Alexandra Apolloni
Danielle Causarano – Stage Manager

Starring the Fringe Festival All-Stars!

Marc Heroux – Hamlet
Shane Fallowfield – Bernardo/Marcellus/Gravedigger
Meredith Brydon – Ghost/Osric/Fortinbras
Jeremy Woodcock – Fernando/Horatio
Brittany Lavery – Gertrude
Kyle Wood – Claudius
Nadim Kurji – Polonius
Phil Wolters – Laertes
Liz Parker – Ophelia
Andrew Kannegiesser – William Shakespeare

See Hamlet January 18 and 20, 7:00 PM

The Dream Blood Gallows of Retribution

The Dream Blood Gallows of Retribution is a heartwarming journey of self-discovery. It’s also an epic battle between good and evil. But mostly it’s a comedy. It revolves around a monster who reforms, a long-standing feud between Steve Hitler and Trevor Gandhi, and a Narrator who’s just trying to do her best. Like all good stories, it involves both an evil mastermind and an extended dream sequence. Plus! Lots of surprises!

Written and Directed by Phil Wolters

Stage Manager - Kelly Moore

Ryan Ferland - Vincent

Phil Wolters - Phil

Juliette Baird – Alexis, the monster

Leanne Richards - Narrator

Andrew Posen -Jim

Erin Moore - Helen

Dan Guillemette – Steve Hitler

Adam Nagel – Trevor Ghandi

Christina Ainsworth - Christina

Josh Smyth and Britt Burechails – The Trees

See The Dream Blood Gallows of Retribution January 18 and 20, 7:00 PM

Prince or Playa? A Fictitious Fiction Tableaux

This whimsical tableaux (the term describes a striking group of suitably costumed models, carefully posed and often theatrically lit. Throughout the duration of the paused display, the people shown do not speak or move.) takes us on a STD-free romantic adventure to uncover the truth behind the infamous Prince Charming. Led by the narration of a pompous Mirror-On-The-Wall, viewers are taken into the pages of the true fairy tales and into the dirty knicker drawers of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White.

Costumes provided by Queen of Hearts Costumes

Written and directed by Kaitlyn Patience

Holly Smith – Stage Manager

Jennilee Hodgson – Cinderella

Michael Henry – The Mirror on the Wall

Stephanie Blight – Snow White

Ryan Ferlando – Prince Charming

Andrea Halupka – Rapunzel

Nadim Kurji – One little pig

Kaitlyn Patience – Sleeping Beauty

See Prince or Playa January 18 and 20, 7:00 PM

Doppelganger

On a winding highway in Pennsylvania

There is a mystery.

And fear.

This is how things work themselves out.

This is how things are.

Written and Directed by Dave Rodgers

Joel Thelosen – Stage Manager

Alex Lekawski and Pete Lamont – Production Assistants

Andrea Kessler – The Waitress

Drew Jamieson - The Other Man

Mike Mathieson - The First Man

Alex Lekawski - The Second Man

Ivan Culum - The Third Man

See Doppelganger on January 18 and 20, 7:00 PM