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When: Thursday, May 27, 2010 Where: asdas |
Event Details:
Catherine Montgomery presents a production of
CRACK’d
Written and Performed by Catherine Montgomery
Directed by Heather Davies
Stage Manager: Lauren Williams
Performances at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace, 16 Ryerson Avenue, Toronto
Wed.May 26
th – Sat.May 29th @7:30 pm*, Sat. matinee at 2:30pm*.Tickets $12.00 may be purchased online at
www.artsboxoffice.ca or by calling 416.504.7529 or by visiting TheatrePasse Muraille Box Office.
CRACK’d Synopsis:
Trace Morgan’s mother is dead. Trace will do whatever it takes to forget and fill the void. She begins as your waitress, desperately trying to escape and avoid the pain of loss. She then journeys to an earlier part of life when she is a young and thoughtful child dissecting love and her mother. Through bouts of ‘emotional overload’, jack daniels and sexual escapades, she fumbles through her grief, eventually finding that the journey is in the art of letting go. “Montgomery’s body movement, physical gestures, demented dance through words and space, her verbal virtuosity in delivering a rich text full of twists and turns, all this imprints the performance on the mind after one leaves the theatre. Montgomery is the author of the play as well as its performer, and she’s one to watch for her future stage work.” (Sharon Pollock, CBC)
* After Each performance Montgomery will Host
Scratch Night: An opportunity to expose Toronto TalentArtists: Adam Lazarus, Daniel Nimmo, Ronley Teper and the Lipliners, Aisha Sasha John, Falen Johnson, Jayson MacDonald, These Boots, Kristian Reimer, Chris Jackman, Meagan O’Shea, Smells Like the 80’s, Red One Theatre, Deanna Jones and more…
“Catherine Montgomery's
Crack'd is…bare-boned, personal, fiercely unique, and just a tad bit dangerous .…CRACK'd, with its high energy and raw, emotional display is an assault on all fronts, proving itself to be a beautiful example of the powers of live theatre.” ” Matt Roberson, NY Theatre.com“
Think Heath Ledger’s Joker in a tiara…Montgomery is a virtual force of nature onstage.”Joff Schmidt, CBC Winnipeg “Watching it is like grabbing the end of that electrical wire with a short.
You just can’t let go. It won’t let you. It’s highly charged…And it’s funny. Very funny and strangely touching.” Sharon Pollock, CBCCatherine recently toured CRACK’d to New York City and performed in the 2010 Frigid Festival. Crack’d (formerly known as Straight from that side of town) in a 7-City Canadian National Fringe Tour this past summer.
Catherine is a theatre artist whose experience includes writing, performance, music composition, choreography, sound design and teaching. Catherine is a voice teacher at the Centre of Indigenous Theatre and at Voice Power. From her Toronto home she is a Graduate of: York University’s MFA Acting Program with a Diploma in Voice. Heather recently completed a season as Artistic Associate and Apprentice Artistic Director at The Grand Theatre, London, Ontario where she directed
The Little Prince, Macbeth and short Canadian plays for The Playwrights’ Cabaret. Before returning to Canada in 2007 to complete an MFA at York University, Heather lived and directed in the UK for many years. She’s directed at the Royal Shakespeare Company, (Stratford Talking, Desire Under the Elms, The Witch and two seasons as Resident Director on eight other productions). Credits in Canada include Ernest, the Importance of Being (opera workshop, Stratford Summer Music, Stratford, Canada), Airline Icarus, (Opera Breve, Vancouver, Canada) and Toronto Noir, Summerworks, 2009.
