SUMMERWORKS THEATRE FESTIVAL

Artistic Producers
Keira Loughran & Kimahli Powell

August 3 - 13, 2006
ENGAGING INNOVATION - 47 PLAYS OVER 11 DAYS
16th annual SummerWorks Theatre Festival kicks-off with a stunning line-up of plays from the local and national indie roster. Canada's largest juried theatre festival celebrates its Sweet Sixteen with 47 plays, innovative off-site productions, a reading series of new scripts in development, special events, surprise performances and a special SummerWorks instalment of the Wrecking Ball. In a new initiative this year, SummerWorks presents The Canadian Pavilion, with the support of the Stratford Festival of Canada and in partnership with Harbourfront Centre, a brand new national stage featuring 4 original new works from some of Canada's most exciting indie theatre companies all the way from British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec and Nova Scotia.

Under the direction of Artistic Producers Keira Loughran and Kimahli Powell, this year's SummerWorks Festival boasts a commanding line-up of brand new and previously-produced work featuring such recognized theatre artists as Maggie Huculak, Layne Coleman, Linda Griffiths, Yvette Nolan, Kate Lynch, Alisa Palmer, Hume Baugh, Kate Hennig, Tanja Jacobs, Sarah Stanley, Bruce Hunter, Adam Pettle, Maja Ardal, Soheil Parsa and more. Watch out for up-and-coming playwrights Joseph Jomo Pierre, Stephanie Alexander and Hannah Moscovitch. This year's line-up also includes the English-language premiere of Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis, collective creations by Anandam, Carlos Bulosan Theatre, Collective Trinity and UnSpun Theatre and Rhubarb! hits knotty together, Garden and The Russian Play. SummerWorks is Ontario's premiere festival of cutting-edge, exciting, professional summer theatre. It is a breeding ground for the mainstage shows of the future (most recently the dora-award winning blood claat and dora-nominated Territories both premiered at SummerWorks) as well as the hub for Toronto's most dynamic and dedicated theatre professionals. Be the first to catch the next rising stars of Canadian theatre in their original productions.

For more information, visit our website: www.summerworks.ca