Come See why reviewers are saying:
"The stories are complex and the character relationships are real, raw and beautifully neurotic." -mooney on theatre
"Krolik has a solid and smart voice, his eyes vulnerable but sizing you up at the same time; Barker has the kind of energy that could take care of a power outage"
-MyGayToronto.com
The Next Stage Theatre Festival
FACTORY THEATRE
Dear Toronto,
We came. We saw.
We showed up at the beer tent.
We’re back.
Love your favourite Hollywood Refugees,
Randy and Evi Quaid
The show that brought iconoclastic Hollywood couple Randy and Evi Quaid out of hiding. Amanda Barker and Daniel Krolik explore media, fame, and loss in their critically acclaimed and sold out hit of the 2012 Toronto Fringe.
FACTORY STUDIO THEATRE – 60 mins.
GENRE: Comedy/Drama
WARNINGS: Adult themes
BUY TICKETS: Click here
SCHEDULE:
Wed Jan 8, 9:00pm
Fri Jan 10, 5:15pm
Sat Jan 11, 7.30pm
Sun Jan 12, 9:30pm
Tue Jan 14, 9:00pm
Wed Jan 15, 6:45pm
Fri Jan 17, 7:15pm
Sat Jan 18, 2:45pm
Sun Jan 19 5:15pm
We came. We saw.
We showed up at the beer tent.
We’re back.
Love your favourite Hollywood Refugees,
Randy and Evi Quaid
The show that brought iconoclastic Hollywood couple Randy and Evi Quaid out of hiding. Amanda Barker and Daniel Krolik explore media, fame, and loss in their critically acclaimed and sold out hit of the 2012 Toronto Fringe.
FACTORY STUDIO THEATRE – 60 mins.
GENRE: Comedy/Drama
WARNINGS: Adult themes
BUY TICKETS: Click here
SCHEDULE:
Wed Jan 8, 9:00pm
Fri Jan 10, 5:15pm
Sat Jan 11, 7.30pm
Sun Jan 12, 9:30pm
Tue Jan 14, 9:00pm
Wed Jan 15, 6:45pm
Fri Jan 17, 7:15pm
Sat Jan 18, 2:45pm
Sun Jan 19 5:15pm
It has been exactly one year since "Release the Stars: The Ballad of Randy and Evi Quaid" We came, we saw, we fringed...we met the Quaids...we got critical acclaim.....so what's next for our show?
Well, we are so proud to announce that our show will be featured at the Association for Theatre in Higher Learning's Annual Conference in Orlando, on August 4th, 2013. The Conference theme this year is: P[L]AY: Performance, Pleasure and Pedagogy and our show will be brought to a round table discussion by internationally acclaimed theatre academic Susanne Shawyer.
Shawyer will examine "the intersections of celebrity culture with personal experiences of loss and death in “Release the Stars: The Ballad of Randy and Evi Quaid”; as part The Theory and Criticism Focus Group panel presentations at the conference round table discussion known as Play/Ground. This panel discussion explores how performances of social norms and community rituals of leisure and celebration test theories of reception, representation, and community formation.
For more, click here.
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While we rewrite the show and prepare for the next Releasing of Stars, we have all had an exciting year. Here's a snippet:
Writer/performer Daniel Krolik embarked on a tour with the Dora Award winning Roseneath Theatre, touring with the show "Dib and Dob and the Journey Home". He took the show to young audiences throughout Ontario and will take the show the the National Arts Centre in Ottawa next year. After working with the Toronto Fringe Festival this summer he will be heading to Sudbury in the late fall to perform in "The Snow Queen" with The Sudbury Theatre Centre.
Writer/Performer Amanda Barker began a tour of the show "SPANK! A 50 Shades of Grey Parody" last October. She has travelled with the show throughout major theatres in the United States and in June took the show Off Broadway to NYC's Gramercy Theatre. In July she will be headlining the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and will take the show to Charlotte, NC in September and Boulder, CO in October. Amanda will be heading to Fredericton in November to perform in "A Miracle on 34th Street" with Theatre New Brunswick. She continues to work on her webseries "Harper Puppet Pals" and is a staff writer for Riotwire. For more on Amanda, check out www.amandajbarker.com
Director Jack Grinhaus spent the past year in London, Ontario where Jack spent the season at The Grand Theatre as the Apprentice Associate Artistic Director where he was able to mentor under Susan Ferley, initiate the GAB Artist Development Program co-direct the Playwright's Cabaret and direct the "hilarious, captivating and masterful" HSP The Taming of the Shrew. During this time he was also able to direct The Classical Theatre Project's Macbeth in Toronto and recently spent three weeks on Manitoulin Island at Debajehmujig co-creating and directing a new show with Meegwun Fairbrother. His company Bound to Create Theatre's hit production 'dirty butterfly' will be returning this fall as part of the OBSIDIAN THEATRE 2013.2014 Season Presentation Series. For more on Jack, check out www.boundtocreate.com
Well, we are so proud to announce that our show will be featured at the Association for Theatre in Higher Learning's Annual Conference in Orlando, on August 4th, 2013. The Conference theme this year is: P[L]AY: Performance, Pleasure and Pedagogy and our show will be brought to a round table discussion by internationally acclaimed theatre academic Susanne Shawyer.
Shawyer will examine "the intersections of celebrity culture with personal experiences of loss and death in “Release the Stars: The Ballad of Randy and Evi Quaid”; as part The Theory and Criticism Focus Group panel presentations at the conference round table discussion known as Play/Ground. This panel discussion explores how performances of social norms and community rituals of leisure and celebration test theories of reception, representation, and community formation.
For more, click here.
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While we rewrite the show and prepare for the next Releasing of Stars, we have all had an exciting year. Here's a snippet:
Writer/performer Daniel Krolik embarked on a tour with the Dora Award winning Roseneath Theatre, touring with the show "Dib and Dob and the Journey Home". He took the show to young audiences throughout Ontario and will take the show the the National Arts Centre in Ottawa next year. After working with the Toronto Fringe Festival this summer he will be heading to Sudbury in the late fall to perform in "The Snow Queen" with The Sudbury Theatre Centre.
Writer/Performer Amanda Barker began a tour of the show "SPANK! A 50 Shades of Grey Parody" last October. She has travelled with the show throughout major theatres in the United States and in June took the show Off Broadway to NYC's Gramercy Theatre. In July she will be headlining the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and will take the show to Charlotte, NC in September and Boulder, CO in October. Amanda will be heading to Fredericton in November to perform in "A Miracle on 34th Street" with Theatre New Brunswick. She continues to work on her webseries "Harper Puppet Pals" and is a staff writer for Riotwire. For more on Amanda, check out www.amandajbarker.com
Director Jack Grinhaus spent the past year in London, Ontario where Jack spent the season at The Grand Theatre as the Apprentice Associate Artistic Director where he was able to mentor under Susan Ferley, initiate the GAB Artist Development Program co-direct the Playwright's Cabaret and direct the "hilarious, captivating and masterful" HSP The Taming of the Shrew. During this time he was also able to direct The Classical Theatre Project's Macbeth in Toronto and recently spent three weeks on Manitoulin Island at Debajehmujig co-creating and directing a new show with Meegwun Fairbrother. His company Bound to Create Theatre's hit production 'dirty butterfly' will be returning this fall as part of the OBSIDIAN THEATRE 2013.2014 Season Presentation Series. For more on Jack, check out www.boundtocreate.com
