In: PlaySmelter 2014

PlaySmelter 2014 (Video)
March 12, 2015

Check out our highlights from PlaySmelter 2014!  

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PlaySmelter 2014 Program
June 10, 2014

Click the image to peruse our 2014 Program!

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To Speak or Not to Speak: Exploring Direct Address in Kristin Shepherd’s Hope Op
May 22, 2014

We kicked off the first of our PlaySmelter readings with a unique situation: Kristin Shepherd’s raw talent led her straight from…

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Triplets: Examining how to birth multiple story lines in Cora Eckert’s Conception
May 22, 2014

Our second reading came from PlaySmelter-veteran Cora Eckert, whose play Conception is one of our private readings this year. Eckert’s piece…

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Chimerism in Lara Bradley’s Sperm Wars
May 22, 2014

Lara Bradley is another of our PlaySmelter veterans. We featured her first play last year Blind Nickel Pig, which is set to…

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Breathing Together in Jenny Hazelton’s Dead Pan Land
May 22, 2014

We expanded the PlaySmelter program this year by including Jenny Hazelton’s Dead Pan Land, a piece that blends silent theatre, mime,…

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Finding the Magic: Combining mythology with reality in Karen Thistle’s The Intermediaries
May 22, 2014

Like with last year’s PlaySmelter creators, there is a distinct voice and connection to the Sudbury landscape. Karen Thistle’s first play…

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Who’s the singing for? Exploring the concept of the narrator in Jesse Brady’s The Ballad of the Locked Out Gang
May 22, 2014

We concluded our first round of PlaySmelter readings with Jesse Brady’s The Ballad of the Locked Out Gang. As a Sudbury…

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Northern Life covers PlaySmelter 2014
May 9, 2014

Northern Life’s Heidi Ulrichsen covered PlaySmelter 2014. Check out her article, and the video and interviews, here.  

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PlaySmelter
May 7, 2014

PlaySmelter 2014 – Sudbury’s reading series of local plays-in-progress expands for its second year From May 6– 10, four new plays…

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Actor France Huot discusses PlaySmelter on Radio Canada
May 7, 2014

Le Matin du Nord (Radio Canada) interviewed Sudbury actor France Huot this morning about PlaySmelter. You can click HERE to listen….

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PlaySmelter Professional Development Intensives
May 5, 2014

PlaySmelter presents Professional development sessions for writers on Saturday, May 10th, 2014   2:00-3:15 p.m. A Director’s Perspective on New Play…

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Colleen Murphy talks PlaySmelter on CBC’s Points North
May 5, 2014

Jason Turnbull of CBC’s Points North sat down with Governor General Award winning playwright Colleen Murphy today to discuss new play…

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Matthew Heiti honored with Mayor’s Art Award
May 4, 2014

Playwright and author Matthew Heiti and artist Heather Topp were the big winners at the inaugural Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts…

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Sudbury Star covers PlaySmelter 2014
April 28, 2014

The Sudbury Star spoke to Pat the Dog and playwright Karen Thistle. Click HERE for the article!  

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