Cispersonnages en quête d'auteurice
Le Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario presents

Cispersonnages en quête d'auteurice

In-person Event
May 2nd 2025
7:30 pm – 8:45 pm / Doors: 7:15 pm

27, rue Larch, Sudbury, ON, Canada

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Five neurodivergent performers meet in the rehearsal studio to begin a new creative process. As it is impossible for them to do the unicorn show they had originally planned - given the fact they are not unicorns - each of them comes up with ideas to break the creative deadlock they find themselves in. Caught between their artistic desires and their many ethical principles, the performers realize that their playing field seems loaded and their artistic freedom rather limited. Who could extricate them from this cul-de-sac? An actor without a disability? A magical unicorn? What if it takes all that to break free?


In Luigi Pirandello’s play Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921), two groups are pitted against each other: actors and actresses, professionals in the art of drama-making, and a family unashamedly offering the story of their tragedies. The ensuing clashes - between identity and appropriation, experience and interpretation, truth and fiction - find an unprecedented echo a century later, as the acting profession finds itself at the heart of numerous debates on cultural appropriation and artist legitimacy. The usurpation of Pirandello’s title and the crude copying of its mise-en-abyme allow Joe Jack and John to delve into the heartbreak and questioning of a society painfully moving towards ideals of equity and inclusion. To this end, the company offers an unethical comedy that makes no pretense of reducing the prevailing confusion. Here’s to your laughter, whether uneasy or unabashed!


New: if you're on a tight budget and want a $0 ticket, please write to Maxime at mediation@letno.ca to request one. (Offer subject to availability)

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Until March 29th 2025
Free for children
No free access
Access for persons with mobility impairment
Yes
Free for Accompanying Person
No
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Five neurodivergent performers meet in the rehearsal studio to begin a new creative process. As it is impossible for them to do the unicorn show they had originally planned - given the fact they are not unicorns - each of them comes up with ideas to break the creative deadlock they find themselves in. Caught between their artistic desires and their many ethical principles, the performers realize that their playing field seems loaded and their artistic freedom rather limited. Who could extricate them from this cul-de-sac? An actor without a disability? A magical unicorn? What if it takes all that to break free?


In Luigi Pirandello’s play Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921), two groups are pitted against each other: actors and actresses, professionals in the art of drama-making, and a family unashamedly offering the story of their tragedies. The ensuing clashes - between identity and appropriation, experience and interpretation, truth and fiction - find an unprecedented echo a century later, as the acting profession finds itself at the heart of numerous debates on cultural appropriation and artist legitimacy. The usurpation of Pirandello’s title and the crude copying of its mise-en-abyme allow Joe Jack and John to delve into the heartbreak and questioning of a society painfully moving towards ideals of equity and inclusion. To this end, the company offers an unethical comedy that makes no pretense of reducing the prevailing confusion. Here’s to your laughter, whether uneasy or unabashed!


New: if you're on a tight budget and want a $0 ticket, please write to Maxime at mediation@letno.ca to request one. (Offer subject to availability)

Refunds
No refunds
Exchanges
Until March 29th 2025
Free for children
No free access
Access for persons with mobility impairment
Yes
Free for Accompanying Person
No

Place des Arts du Grand Sudbury is located at 27 Larch Street, Sudbury ON P3E 1B7.

La Place des arts du Grand Sudbury doesn't offer parking. The city parking area (B-10) and parking along Elgin and Larch streets is free in the evening and weekends. See this map for more parking options: https://www.greatersudbury.ca/live/transportation-parking-and-roads/parking/parking-pdf-documents/parking-map-pdf/

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Catherine Bourgeois (Text, Director and Set Design)

Catherine holds a degree in set design from Option-Théâtre de Ste-Thérèse, a BA in set design from UQAM's École supérieure de théâtre, and an MA in directing from London's Central School of Speech and Drama.


In 2003, she co-founded the Joe Jack and John company, where she has designed most of the productions since. Many of her creations have been seen nationally and internationally, and she is recognized as a leader in the performing arts for her unique aesthetic and the humanity of her casts. She was assistant to choreographer Margie Gillis and Associate Director of Imago Theatre, then taught at the National Theatre School of Canada from 2017 to 2022.


A committed woman, she works for the recognition of women and artists with disabilities. Recipient of the Prix artiste-mi-carrière from the Fondation de la Faculté des arts de l'UQAM (2018), the Prix Amyot (2019) from the National Theatre School of Canada, a MECCAs award (2008), two Cochons d'or (Best Direction 2011 and 2014), she was a finalist for the Prix Jovette-Marchessault awarded by the Conseil des arts de Montréal.

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