30 minutes of Throat will be fully staged as part of Buzz on Thursday, October 14th, starting at 7:30pm at Theatre Passe Muraille (16 Ryerson Avenue). The event is pay-what-you-can.
It would be outstanding if you could come out and see the work.
Jason
PS
And a very special thanks to Sophie Jodoin for providing us with the amazing artwork for the e-vite (From the Series Small Dramas & Little Nothings, 2008-09 Conté and collage on Mylar).
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Tarragon Playwrights Unit
Jason Maghanoy was invited to be a member of the 2010/2011 Tarragon Playwrights Unit, working on his new play Hangman. Congratulations to Jason from the rest of the jsquared.theatre team!
Monday, July 19, 2010
Hangman Reading
An excerpt of Hangman is going to be read as part of Kultura, this Saturday, July 24th, starting at 7pm at the Kapisanan Centre (167 Augusta Ave. in Kensington Market).
The reading will feature: Richard Zeppieri, Andrew Craig, Kevin Walker and Andrew Church, and the night will also feature some exciting new work from other great artists.
Hope to see you there!
J
PS
Just wanted to give a very special thank you to Sophie Jodoin for providing the incredible artwork for the reading's e-vite (Hood #7, Black gesso & Conté on Mylar, 2008).
The reading will feature: Richard Zeppieri, Andrew Craig, Kevin Walker and Andrew Church, and the night will also feature some exciting new work from other great artists.
Hope to see you there!
J
PS
Just wanted to give a very special thank you to Sophie Jodoin for providing the incredible artwork for the reading's e-vite (Hood #7, Black gesso & Conté on Mylar, 2008).
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Publication!
A monologue Throat will be published this fall as part of Refractions Solo, an anthology of monologues for Playwrights Canada Press. For more information on Playwrights Canada Press please visit:
http://www.playwrightscanada.com/index.html
http://www.playwrightscanada.com/index.html
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Throat
Throat
Written by Jason Maghanoy
Directed by Nina Lee Aquino
Featuring
Noah Reid
Audrey Dwyer
Sean Baek
Richard Zeppieri
Sharon Lewis
A life-changing storm. A displaced community. Throat follows three friends who start a business cleaning up the government sanctioned trailer park they live in. Their goal: to raise money to buy back their old lives... or live a better one.
Read as part of the 2010 CrossCurrents New Play Festival at the Factory Theatre (125 Bathurst Street, corner of Bathurst and Adelaide).
Show Date: Sunday April 25th, starting at 2pm
www.cahoots.ca
http://www.factorytheatre.ca/PFcrosscurrents.htm
Written by Jason Maghanoy
Directed by Nina Lee Aquino
Featuring
Noah Reid
Audrey Dwyer
Sean Baek
Richard Zeppieri
Sharon Lewis
A life-changing storm. A displaced community. Throat follows three friends who start a business cleaning up the government sanctioned trailer park they live in. Their goal: to raise money to buy back their old lives... or live a better one.
Read as part of the 2010 CrossCurrents New Play Festival at the Factory Theatre (125 Bathurst Street, corner of Bathurst and Adelaide).
Show Date: Sunday April 25th, starting at 2pm
www.cahoots.ca
http://www.factorytheatre.ca/PFcrosscurrents.htm
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Publication!
Some great news: Gas and Dust are slated for publication in a single volume, this fall by Scirocco Press, edited by Glenda MacFarlane. Congratulations to Jason from the jsquared.theatre team!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Gas Reviews
"The script, full of language both heightened and coarse, is gruesome and gripping. Maghanoy directs it himself with violent precision... The cast works at the top of their abilities with Kevin Walker creepy and compelling as a redneck soldier with his own unorthodox set of ethics."
The Globe and Mail
"Anchored by a remarkably assured, powerful script, Gas tells the story of five U.S. soldiers fighting the war in Iraq and the war raging within each of them."
The Toronto Star - Highly Recommended
"The young cast devour their characters with the relish of new recruits, especially Sabryn Rock as the sole female holding her own in a desert of machismo. Filled with dread, this is riveting, troubling theatre where hope is as grim as despair."
EYE Weekly - 4 Stars
The Globe and Mail
"Anchored by a remarkably assured, powerful script, Gas tells the story of five U.S. soldiers fighting the war in Iraq and the war raging within each of them."
The Toronto Star - Highly Recommended
"The young cast devour their characters with the relish of new recruits, especially Sabryn Rock as the sole female holding her own in a desert of machismo. Filled with dread, this is riveting, troubling theatre where hope is as grim as despair."
EYE Weekly - 4 Stars
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Release
For Immediate Release:
It’s a busy time of year for jsquared.theatre, with two (2) productions (both plays about Iraq) opening in the same week, in two (2) different cities! jsquared.theatre’s dust opens January 7th as part of the Wildside Festival, at the Centaur Theatre, Montreal, while its play gas, opens January 8th as part of the Next Stage Theatre Festival at the Factory Theatre! For more information on dust please visit: http://www.centaurtheatre.com/wildside_festival.html
December 4, 2009 - The 343 Co-op and jsquared.theatre are proud to present the Toronto premiere of gas, written and directed by Jason Maghanoy and starring Kevin Walker, Andrew Church, Sabryn Rock, Prince Amponsah and Marc Senior. Stage management by Kat Chin, Lighting Design by Alaina Perttula.
When gas premiered in 2007 (produced by Montreal’s Infinitheatre and directed by Canadian Theatre great Guy Sprung), it was hailed as “an achievement” (Pierre Landry - CBC Montreal), as well as a “fast-paced, character-driven Middle East misadventure” striking “an impeccable balance between intimacy and claustrophobia” (Brett Hooton - Hour). The Montreal Mirror concluded that gas "tells a specific story about one conflict that becomes a universal comment on the nature of war... Do not miss this show” (Amy Barrett - Montreal Mirror). In short, gas was one of the theatrical events of Montreal’s 07/08 theatre season; a vibrant and important play that sought to challenge and provoke its audience.
A highly theatrical, violent and ultimately moving examination of the young men and women currently fighting in Iraq, gas follows two American soldiers who kill two Iraqis and dump their bodies in a bombed out building. This story is inter-cut with that of Rocky, a young soldier who goes AWOL after refusing to escort a tanker full of contaminated diesel to another military base. This play examines the collision of these two stories, the tragic aftermath.
The Toronto premiere will be radically different from its world premiere (which featured the actors in full army fatigues, performing in a pool filled with sand). Not only will Toronto see a brand-new version of the script, but location and feel will be created by minimal costume elements, creative and dynamic lighting design and by the performers, moving and creating in space, physically working together as a chorus.
“gas is about these young soldiers struggling to endure” says playwright and director Jason Maghanoy. “They are doing all that they can to survive in the darkest of times... and sometimes this involves becoming a part of the darkness.”
Stay tuned: after its Toronto premiere, gas will be produced in-translation in Japan, at the People’s Theatre, Tokyo, opening on May 24, 2010.
Get your tickets now!
http://www.fringetoronto.com/nstf/nstf_tickets.html
It’s a busy time of year for jsquared.theatre, with two (2) productions (both plays about Iraq) opening in the same week, in two (2) different cities! jsquared.theatre’s dust opens January 7th as part of the Wildside Festival, at the Centaur Theatre, Montreal, while its play gas, opens January 8th as part of the Next Stage Theatre Festival at the Factory Theatre! For more information on dust please visit: http://www.centaurtheatre.com/wildside_festival.html
December 4, 2009 - The 343 Co-op and jsquared.theatre are proud to present the Toronto premiere of gas, written and directed by Jason Maghanoy and starring Kevin Walker, Andrew Church, Sabryn Rock, Prince Amponsah and Marc Senior. Stage management by Kat Chin, Lighting Design by Alaina Perttula.
When gas premiered in 2007 (produced by Montreal’s Infinitheatre and directed by Canadian Theatre great Guy Sprung), it was hailed as “an achievement” (Pierre Landry - CBC Montreal), as well as a “fast-paced, character-driven Middle East misadventure” striking “an impeccable balance between intimacy and claustrophobia” (Brett Hooton - Hour). The Montreal Mirror concluded that gas "tells a specific story about one conflict that becomes a universal comment on the nature of war... Do not miss this show” (Amy Barrett - Montreal Mirror). In short, gas was one of the theatrical events of Montreal’s 07/08 theatre season; a vibrant and important play that sought to challenge and provoke its audience.
A highly theatrical, violent and ultimately moving examination of the young men and women currently fighting in Iraq, gas follows two American soldiers who kill two Iraqis and dump their bodies in a bombed out building. This story is inter-cut with that of Rocky, a young soldier who goes AWOL after refusing to escort a tanker full of contaminated diesel to another military base. This play examines the collision of these two stories, the tragic aftermath.
The Toronto premiere will be radically different from its world premiere (which featured the actors in full army fatigues, performing in a pool filled with sand). Not only will Toronto see a brand-new version of the script, but location and feel will be created by minimal costume elements, creative and dynamic lighting design and by the performers, moving and creating in space, physically working together as a chorus.
“gas is about these young soldiers struggling to endure” says playwright and director Jason Maghanoy. “They are doing all that they can to survive in the darkest of times... and sometimes this involves becoming a part of the darkness.”
Stay tuned: after its Toronto premiere, gas will be produced in-translation in Japan, at the People’s Theatre, Tokyo, opening on May 24, 2010.
Get your tickets now!
http://www.fringetoronto.com/nstf/nstf_tickets.html
Friday, October 9, 2009
Tokyo
gas will be produced in translation at the People's Theatre, Tokyo Japan, opening on May 24th 2010. Congratulations to Jason from the rest of the jsquared.theatre team!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Upcoming: Next Stage and Wildside
gas was selected as part of the 2010 Next Stage Theatre Festival at the Factory Theatre this January! For more information on the festival please visit http://fringetoronto.com/nstf/index.html
In other good news, dust was selected as part of the 2010 Wildside Theatre Festival at the Centaur Theatre in Montreal this January! For more information on the festival please visit http://www.centaurtheatre.com/wildsidefestival.html
Congratulations to the jsquared.theatre team!
J
In other good news, dust was selected as part of the 2010 Wildside Theatre Festival at the Centaur Theatre in Montreal this January! For more information on the festival please visit http://www.centaurtheatre.com/wildsidefestival.html
Congratulations to the jsquared.theatre team!
J
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