Set in an Escape Room An Atlas, A Necktie & Other Concerns Tackles the Pressure on Women to Choose Between Work, Family, Creativity & Self

An Atlas, A Necktie & Other Concerns, playing at the Tarragon Theatre Mainspace as part of the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival, centres around four 30-something women with wildly differing views on how to live a fulfilling life. When these lifelong friends find themselves trapped in a mysterious escape room, old grudges start to bubble. If they can’t get past the pain they’ve caused each other and learn to work together, they may never escape. 

“A delightful play with as many twists and turns as an escape room game—Greenwood’s writing and her cast shine,” commented Deborah Smith, Artistic Director, Scripted Toronto where it was first staged in May 2019 at the inaugural juried Scripted Toronto Festival. Written and directed by Telefilm New Voices Award-winning screenwriter Lauren Greenwood, An Atlas, A Necktie & Other Concerns was selected as one of three finalists for the 2019 Cayle Chernin Award for Theatre Production. 

This one act screwball dramedy featuring an all-female cast and crew stars four Fringe darlings: Yvonne Addai (Overhear Saskatoon, 2018 Saskatoon Fringe), Blythe Haynes (Six Stories, Told at Night, 2018 Toronto Fringe; Mary’s Wedding, 2011 Toronto Fringe), Chantel McDonald (tears of a bullet, 2018 Toronto Fringe; Professionally Ethnic, 2017 Summerworks) and Myrthin Stagg (Me With You, 2015 Toronto Fringe; Noises Off, Soulpepper, 2016). 

Can you solve the riddles of An Atlas, A Necktie & Other Concerns? Join us at the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival for this mentally and emotionally stimulating spectacle! 

Period. Productions
in association with the Toronto Fringe Festival presents
An Atlas, A Necktie & Other Concerns
written and directed by Lauren Greenwood starring Yvonne Addai, Blythe Haynes, Chantel McDonald, Myrthin Stagg
stage managed by Duaa Zahra
sound design by Tasha Schumann

Opens July 4, 2019 runs to July 14, 2019

TARRAGON THEATRE MAINSPACE, 30 Bridgman Ave, Toronto

Performances:
July 4, 10:15pm
July 5, 4:45pm
July 6, 1:15pm
July 9, 8:00pm
July 11, 9:30pm
July 13, 6:15pm
July 14, 4:15pm

Please note that there is absolutely no latecomer seating. 

Tickets:
Purchase online: fringetoronto.com
By Phone: 416-966-1062
In Person: During the festival at POSTSCRIPT, the patio at the Toronto Fringe. Located in the Hockey Rink at 275 Bathurst Street (Dundas + Bathurst).

From Press Release

From Press Release

Anesti Danelis returns to the Toronto Fringe to help you bury all your existential dread…

Fresh off of a Canadian Comedy Award nomination for Best Variety Act, musical comedian on the rise, Anesti Danelis returns to the Toronto Fringe Festival to premier Six Frets Under, a delightfully dark musical comedy tackling the happy highs and lousy lows of our everyday lives.

Having been surrounded by loss this past year, Anesti Danelis took refuge in his guitar and created a brand new hour of comedic music.

Directed by Tricia Black (The Second City, She the People, Extravaganza Eleganza) this brand new hour reflects on all the fun moments in life like: identity crisis, invincible youth,
inescapable rumours, stealing from work, goats? and more! Now with 100% more piano and violin.

With a style snuggled between Tim Minchin and Flight of the Conchords, Anesti Danelis’ unique concert comedy and music experience asks life’s biggest questions like ‘why are we here?’ and ‘if people print their missing cat posters in black and white, do they even want to find their cats?’ in hopes to help us understand
our existence and toe-tap that existential dread away.

About Anesti Danelis
Anesti Danelis (writer, performer) is a Toronto-based musical comedian who has charmed sold-out audiences on both sides of the Atlantic with his unique blend of optimistic yet dark, witty but ridiculous humour. His 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show ‘Songs for a New World Order’ was nominated for Best Comedy Show in the Amused Moose Comedy Awards and now lives as an album on Spotify and iTunes.

He was recently nominated for Best Variety Act in the Canadian Comedy Awards, and he just taped his television debut for CBC at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival.

About Tricia Black
Tricia Black (Director) is the artistic producer of a Broadway World award winning theatre company, Tweed & Company Theatre, where she has written and composed several new Canadian musical works. Currently she can be seen as part of The Second City’s second edition of the smash hit She the People, and in the
upcoming remount of the hit queer sketch comedy Extravaganza Eleganza.

‘Brilliant blend of sharp wit, optimism, and perfectly dark humour’
★★★★★ Edinburgh Festivals Magazine

‘Anesti Daniels delivers the funny with a hefty side of heart. Not only were his songs expertly composed, the
lyrics were freaking hilarious’ Mooney On Theatre

Written and Performed by: Anesti Danelis, Directed by: Tricia Black
Location: Tranzac Club Tiki Room: 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 2M7
Performances: July 3rd, 4th, 5th, 10th, 11th, 12th at 8:00 PM — July 6th, 13th at 5:30 PM & 7:00 PM
Tickets: $13 ($11 ticket, $2 service charge) and can be purchased online at (www.fringetoronto.com), by
telephone (416-966-1062), or from the Festival Box Office at Scadding Court (707 Dundas St. W.).
Accessibility: This venue is wheelchair accessible
*Fringe performances always start exactly on time, and latecomers are never admitted.

From Press Release

WOKE ‘N BROKE, the millennial experience of navigating race, sexuality and avocado toast in a fast-changing world.

Woke ‘n Broke is the ultimate millennial experience told through sketch comedy. Featuring a full cast of people of colour, the show explores themes of identity, religion, and politics from a range of perspectives. Highlighting the cultural clash between navigating the present-day as a young adult versus the experience your parents had, Woke ‘n Broke encourages the audience to challenge their current views of millennial life.

Woke ‘n Broke’s diverse cast was brought together in an effort to speak to the different experiences and backgrounds of each performer. Written cooperatively, the show features unique perspectives from each cast member and presents millennial life in a completely new light that has never been brought to the stage before. “It is about how we fit into a world that is rapidly changing and finding our place within it,” Zohaib Khan says, one of the cast members of Woke ‘n Broke.

Woke ‘n Broke is directed by Anand Rajaram, Second City alumni and creator of the award-winning mime fantasia, Cowboys & Indians. The cast features Zohaib Khan, a member of Bad Dog’s Featured Players Season 3 and creator of the very successful improv show Sixty in 60; Rob Michaels, co-creator of the successful sketch channel Wishful Genies and graduate of The Second City Conservatory; Nkasi Ogbonnah, a comedian who has been featured at JFL42 and is a current member of The Second City’s House Co.; Carolyne Das, a fellow of the Second City’s 2018 Bob Curry Diversity Fellowship; Sima Sepehri, an actor and comedian who has been featured in TV shows and commercials including Private Eyes and Condor and is the producer and host of Working Nights – a monthly standup comedy show featuring some of Toronto’s best acts; and Neha Kohli, producer and co-host of the wildly popular comedy variety show OTHER and graduate of The Second City Conservatory.

Woke ‘n Broke is guaranteed to bring big perspectives and even bigger laughs to its audience. From parental acceptance to a sketch about terrorism, this show explores everything that comes with millennial life in 2019.

Woke ‘n Broke
Written by and Starring: Zohaib Khan, Rob Michaels, Nkasi Ogbonnah, Carolyne Das, Sima Sepehri, and Neha Kohli
Directed by: Anand Rajaram
Stage Managed by: Jana (Liz) Gillis

https://www.wokenbroke.show/

Opens July 3, 2019 runs to July 13, 2019
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
79 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E5

Performances:
July 3, 6:15pm July 5, 2:30pm July 6, 8:45pm
July 7, 10pm July 9, 9:45pm July 11, 6:45pm
July 13, 1pm

Tickets:
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse is located at 79 St. George St. and is a wheelchair accessible venue. Tickets go on sale June 9, 2019.
Purchase online: fringetoronto.com
By Phone: 416-966-1062
In Person: During the festival at POSTSCRIPT, the patio at the Toronto Fringe. Located in the Hockey Rink at
275 Bathurst Street (Dundas + Bathurst).

From Press Release

UNRAVELLED: A NEW MUSICAL

3 Classic Love Stories Intertwined & Reimagined plays at Fringe Toronto, Ontario…

Three of the greatest love stories of all time, intertwined and reimagined in a new musical by “ECHOES” writer, Andrew Seok.

Chaos & Light is pleased to announce that UNRAVELLED: A NEW MUSICAL will play as part of the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival (July 3 – July 14). UNRAVELLED will be performed at Grace Toronto Church (383 Jarvis Street, 2 blocks east of College subway station) in its beautiful Sanctuary.

It opens on Thursday July 4, 2019 with showtimes of:

Thurs July 4 at 7pm

Fri July 5 at 7pm

Sat July 6 at 6pm

Mon July 8 at 7pm

Thurs July 11 at 7pm

Fri July 12 at 7pm

Sat July 13 at 6pm

UNRAVELLED is written and directed by Andrew Seok, who after the sold out success of his 2016 Fringe show “ECHOES” (which subsequently became a feature film premiering at the Montreal World Film Festival) drew upon classics in literature to tell this story of love and sacrifice.

“Romeo & Juliet”, “Orpheus & Eurydice”, and “The Gift Of The Magi” are all brought together in this new musical with soaring songs in the style of “Les Misérables” and cleverly interwoven plot akin to “Into The Woods”. These three classic tales are retold and reimagined to create an entirely new and epically romantic story.

The principal cast of UNRAVELLED: Jeff Lillico (Dora Award Winner / Soulpepper, Shaw), Laura Larson (Could I Have This Dance?), Andrew Seok (ECHOES), Victoria Houser (Foreign Tongue), Michaela Mar, Keenan Smits.