This year’s festival was a tremendous success.
Thank you to everyone who participated for your hard work and dedication.
See you next year!
Come on out to the closing Day/Night of the 2012 Brave New Play Rites Festival.
There are still tickets available to be purchased at the door.
Come early to ensure you get a seat!
Seats are few so get your tickets now Here!
Check out the great article in The Ubysses and watch this great piece on the festival on Shaw TV’s the EXPRESS (the segment on the festival starts at about 8 minutes in)
Check out these great pic’s from the rehearsals and tech weekend.
You can now purchase your tickets online HERE!
Or you can call: 604-822-2678
Book Early! Festival normally sells out!
There are two programs and an afternoon of Staged Readings.
Program One - Performances; Wednesday March 28 & Friday March 30 at 7:30pm & Sunday April 1 at 2:00pm
Window Parade
by Neal Giannone
Directed by Megan Gilron
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I Search and I Hide
by Erica Wright Directed
by Michelle Harrison
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Little Roundy Things
by Tara Armstrong
Directed by Hayley Petersen
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Another Shot
by Chloe Packer
Directed by Wade Kinley
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I’m Not There
by Nathan Smith
Directed by Paul Weston
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The Prince of Bales
by Julie Farr
Directed by Trina Moran
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Program Two - Performances: Thursday March 29, Saturday March 31 & April 1 at 7:30pm
Clark the Lark
by Andrew Parsons
Directed by Kathy Yan Li
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A Table for Three
by Tristan Koster
Directed by Matthew Willis
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Zip Zang Bot
by Hamilton Hollands
Directed by Christina Dao
Divided Allegiance
by Elisabeth Astwood
Directed by Danielle Bourgon
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Consent
by K.L. Lee
Directed by Jennette White
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The Pursuit
by Kelsey Straight
Directed by Helen Wrack-Adams
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Staged Readings - Sat March 31 at 2:00 (by donation)
What My Sister Would Say by Joelle Barron
Musings by Rebecca Schaeffer
Pumping Up by Azuka Nduka-Agwu
Life Sentence by Spencer Christenson
Survival Skills by Michelle Kelm
To all those talented brave souls who came out for this year general auditions,
we thank you!
They were a grand success.
Casting is still ongoing. (Thank you for your patience)
We are so excited to bring your wonderful insights into rehearsals and see where these new plays can go.
We are pleased to announce that it is audition time again.
We will be holding general auditions on
Sunday January 8th from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
and
Monday January 9th from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
If you would like to audition please fill out the following online form :
AUDITION FORM
Be a part of the 26th Brave New Play Rites Festival of Original Plays
March 28 – April 1, 2012!
OPEN CALL: Actors of All Ages. Male and Female
(Sorry only Non-Equity, and this is a Non-Paying gig, but really fun!).
Brave New Play Rites Festival, UBC. Twelve Short Plays by Up-and-coming Young Playwrights. Tech and Production runs March 16 – April 1. Auditions: Sunday January 8 (10:00 AM-6:00 PM) and Monday January 9 (5:00 PM to 9:00 PM) in the Dorothy Somerset Studio. Please prepare two contrasting contemporary monologues of no more than 2 minutes each in length.
An incredible experience in a professional theatre environment, and unparalleled networking opportunities. Work with the writers, directors and designers of tomorrow, mentored by resident professional theatre artists on faculty. Students from Theatre at UBC and Creative Writing’s acclaimed training programs write, direct and design for the festival.
After you have submitted the form we will contact you with a specific time.
Brave New Playrites is a joint venture, supported by the Creative Writing Program as well as the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of British Columbia.
Email us at: bravenewplayrites@gmail.com
