Staged readings
Rehearsal for No Home Land by Sabrina Auclair at CBC 700
NO HOME LAND BY SABRINA AUCLAIR | MOVIN’ ON UP
STAIRCASE THEATRE | AUGUST 2018
No Home Land, by Sabrina Auclair, studies the affordability crisis through a dystopian Vancouver where the class gap is monstrous. After the housing market explodes, putting Vancouver in an unprecedented crisis, the employees of a local bagel restaurant do everything they can to survive.
“It leaves you with a lot to think about in terms of Vancouver’s affordability, accessibility, and diversity, which is exactly what Auclair intended.”
Dramaturgy by Sherry Macdonald
Directed by Mika Laulainen
Produced by Elizabeth Kirkland
Readings by Lara Abadir, Veenu Sandhu, Nicola Whitney-Giffiths, & Tina Teeninga
“For No Home Land, [Auclair] created characters who could “explore different perspectives on the housing crisis, and how it’s affecting people in different ways.” Mika Laulainen is directing both [No Home Land and The What For], which draw on the talents of local actors Tina Teeninga, Veenu Sandhu, Lara Amelie Abadir, Nicola Whitney-Griffiths, Corina Akeson, and Xander Williams. ”
Dramaturgy day for The What For by Brahm Taylor
THE WHAT FOR BY BRAHM TAYLOR | MOVIN’ ON UP
STAIRCASE THEATRE | AUGUST 2018
The What For, by Brahm Taylor, is a gender flipped reimagining of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Set in Vancouver, we follow two street-entrenched women as they pursue their dream of raising enough money to find a basement suite home in East Van by busking with a mystical, busted up two-string guitar.
Dramaturgy by Sherry Macdonald
Directed by Mika Laulainen
Produced by Elizabeth Kirkland
Readings by Corina Akeson, Lara Abadir, Veenu Sandhu, Nicola Whitney-Giffiths, Tina Teeninga, & Xander Williams
WINNIE THE POOH & TALES OF THE 100 ACRE WOOD
BY DAVID ELENDUNE | INTREPID THEATRE READING SERIES
INTREPID THEATRE | DECEMBER 2015
A children’s play for adults… An adult play for children – AA Milne’s endearing children’s classic about the adventures of a Canadian inspired bear comes to vivid life for Christopher Robin against the Nazi’s Christmas London Blitz of 1940.
Dramaturgy, Stage Management & Producing by Janet Munsil
Directed by Mika Laulainen
Readings by Ian Case, Katya Delancy, Kelly Hudson, Caroline Mackenzie, Tracey Roath, William Robertson, & Karita Sedun
born in a country that no longer exists
BY anja savcic | revolver READING SERIES
THE CULTCH FOUNDERS LOUNGE | MAY 2015
A young woman reflects on how her life has been affected by the Yugoslavian war. Fleeing the country at a young age, Anja investigates the scattered memories of her Canadian/Serbian upbringing. A search for identity begins as she pieces together the private moments that shaped her.
Directed by Mika Laulainen
Readings by Matt Reznek, Anja Savčić, & Anais West