In: PlaySmelter Workshops

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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