From the press release:

I SAID “I’M NOT QUEER, GIVE ME A YELLOW STAR,” AND THEY SAID, “SURE MAKE HIM A JEW, HE’S NOT BENT.” AND THEY LAUGHED.

BUT I GOT MY STAR.

When one finds their life in immediate peril – the survival instinct kicks in. People can uproot their lives, give up relationships, make unimaginable sacrifices just to live another day. But what happens when the very thing threatening one’s life is their life itself? How much can one deny their own identity for survival – and how long can that denial last?

Continue reading Coming Soon: Bent – Theatre Engine (June 25 – 30, 2009) →

By Dana Lacey

If you don’t like the first ten minutes of the Inspirato Festival, it doesn’t matter: you’ll get nine more 10-minute plays to compete for your love and affection. The festival of short plays at the Lorraine Kisma Theatre for Young People tackles Big Pharma, death, love and jelly bean morality. In other words: there’s something for everyone. Continue reading Inspirato Festival- Lorraine Kisma Theatre for Young People →

From the press release:

Toronto, ON (June 5, 2009) – The Canadian Stage Company’s Festival of Ideas and Creation ramps up Monday, June 8 and continues to Saturday, June 27 at the Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley Street.

Continue reading 2009 FESTIVAL OF IDEAS AND CREATION: Explore new plays and live theatre behind-the-scene →

by Sam Mooney

And the winners are…

Canadian poet A. F. Moritz and American poet C. D. Wright. 

Read more about the poets at the Griffin Trust site.

(maybe one of the criteria was that the winners had no names, just initials)

From the press release (Complete list of nominees in the previous post):

Toronto, June 3, 2009 – At a press conference held today at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 176 nominations from 218 eligible productions that opened between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009 for the 30th annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards which honour excellence in the performing arts in Toronto.

Continue reading Dora Nominations Announced →