UP COMING AND NOW
Welcome to Isle dell' Arte, where everyone and everything is a little bit Commedia!🏝
Dorothy Somerset Studio, UBC
Preview October 16th @ 7:30
October 17th @ 7:30
October 18th @ 7:30
October 19th @ 7:30
Every year the third year BFA Acting class of UBC, under the guidance of the legend herself Susan Bertoia, study the 16th century Italian theatre tradition of Commedia dell'Arte!
This year we bring you to the Island of The Tempest, as the characters of the classic Shakespeare play encounter the shipwrecked members of the hit 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island. Will the Gilligan crew ever manage to escape the Island madness? Can The Tempest Island Inhabitants find a way to keep their Island theirs? Come join us to find out!
This show is free of cost but has limited seating, so keep your arms and legs inside the boat at all times and join us for the ride!
Directed by Susan Bertoia
Devised by Susan Bertoia and BFA Acting Class of 2021
Featuring:
Abbey Laine Schwartz, Aiofe McAndless-Davis, Alain Tahir, Bonnie Duff, Chantal Gering , Charmaine Nomsa Sibanda, David Lundmark, Erin Purghart , Genevieve Guimond , Holly Collis Handford, Kirsten Kraemer, Kyle Preston Oliver, Mai Stone, Shannon Poole
Stage Manager: Jacob Wan, Assistant Stage Manager: Mikaela Kawaley-Lathan, Scenic Coordinator: Samantha Lam, Costume Coordinator: Amber Smith, Lighting Designer: Anita Jian, Assistant Lighting Designer: Mira Robinson, Sound Designer: Shiori Hatamoto
Masks: Gina Bastone, Melody Anderson
Welcome to Isle dell' Arte, where everyone and everything is a little bit Commedia!🏝
Dorothy Somerset Studio, UBC
Preview October 16th @ 7:30
October 17th @ 7:30
October 18th @ 7:30
October 19th @ 7:30
Every year the third year BFA Acting class of UBC, under the guidance of the legend herself Susan Bertoia, study the 16th century Italian theatre tradition of Commedia dell'Arte!
This year we bring you to the Island of The Tempest, as the characters of the classic Shakespeare play encounter the shipwrecked members of the hit 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island. Will the Gilligan crew ever manage to escape the Island madness? Can The Tempest Island Inhabitants find a way to keep their Island theirs? Come join us to find out!
This show is free of cost but has limited seating, so keep your arms and legs inside the boat at all times and join us for the ride!
Directed by Susan Bertoia
Devised by Susan Bertoia and BFA Acting Class of 2021
Featuring:
Abbey Laine Schwartz, Aiofe McAndless-Davis, Alain Tahir, Bonnie Duff, Chantal Gering , Charmaine Nomsa Sibanda, David Lundmark, Erin Purghart , Genevieve Guimond , Holly Collis Handford, Kirsten Kraemer, Kyle Preston Oliver, Mai Stone, Shannon Poole
Stage Manager: Jacob Wan, Assistant Stage Manager: Mikaela Kawaley-Lathan, Scenic Coordinator: Samantha Lam, Costume Coordinator: Amber Smith, Lighting Designer: Anita Jian, Assistant Lighting Designer: Mira Robinson, Sound Designer: Shiori Hatamoto
Masks: Gina Bastone, Melody Anderson
FALL 2019
SEPTEMBER
UBC THEATRE: Teaching/Devising- Commedia Project - 3rd Year BFA Class
OCTOBER
Commedia Performance October 17-19 Dorothy Somerset Studio Theatre (UBC)
ABCDE Conference (Oct 25-26) at SFU, School for the Contemporary Arts www.bcdramateachers.com/fall-conference.html
MEADOWRIDGE Secondary School, Maple Ridge - Physical Theatre Intensive with Senior Acting Class
NOVEMBER
Pt. Grey Academy Commedia Dell'arte Intensive (Grade 9s)
St.Johns's IB School - Commedia Dell'arte Intensive
ONGOING FALL PROJECTS
Lord Byng Sec. Theatre Residency - PROJECT 1ST: Devising Original Theatre (Sept-Nov), project made possible by an ARTSTARTS GRANT
RHYTAG - Some Assembly Theatre, Youth show. Physical theatre/movement direction. Show in Spring 2020someassembly.ca
SEPTEMBER
UBC THEATRE: Teaching/Devising- Commedia Project - 3rd Year BFA Class
OCTOBER
Commedia Performance October 17-19 Dorothy Somerset Studio Theatre (UBC)
ABCDE Conference (Oct 25-26) at SFU, School for the Contemporary Arts www.bcdramateachers.com/fall-conference.html
MEADOWRIDGE Secondary School, Maple Ridge - Physical Theatre Intensive with Senior Acting Class
NOVEMBER
Pt. Grey Academy Commedia Dell'arte Intensive (Grade 9s)
St.Johns's IB School - Commedia Dell'arte Intensive
ONGOING FALL PROJECTS
Lord Byng Sec. Theatre Residency - PROJECT 1ST: Devising Original Theatre (Sept-Nov), project made possible by an ARTSTARTS GRANT
RHYTAG - Some Assembly Theatre, Youth show. Physical theatre/movement direction. Show in Spring 2020someassembly.ca
SOLO WORK
On going and always on my mind...
Devising/Writing
THE RELUCTANT DIVA: life of 16thC commedia actress Isabella Andrieni blends with contemporary life of female theatre artist's plight
On going and always on my mind...
Devising/Writing
THE RELUCTANT DIVA: life of 16thC commedia actress Isabella Andrieni blends with contemporary life of female theatre artist's plight