Tune in to hear excerpts of the freshest work from some of today's most exciting playwrights, Anosh Irani (Bombay Black, Buffoon, The Men In White) and Shauntay Grant (The Bridge, WORD, Steal Away Home).  The event will be hosted by Weyni Mengesha, Frank Cox-O’Connell and Guillermo Verdecchia.

Tune in to hear excerpts of the freshest work from some of today's most exciting playwrights, Andrew Moodie (Toronto the Good, Riot, The Lady Smith) and Daniel MacIvor (In On It, House, New Magic Valley Fun Town). The event will be hosted by Weyni Mengesha, Frank Cox-O’Connell and Guillermo Verdecchia.

Andrew Moodie

Playwright

Daniel MacIvor

Playwright

Join some of today's most exciting playwrights Kanika Ambrose, Paprika Festival Artistic Producer (The Art of Traditional Head-tying, Reception, Ceremony) and Hannah Moscovitch (Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, East of Berlin, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story) as they read excerpts from their newest work! The event will be hosted by Weyni Mengesha, and Frank Cox-O’Connell.

KANIKA AMBROSE

Hannah Moscovitch

Playwright

Experience the very freshest work from some of today's most exciting playwrights! Join Augusto Bitter (CHICHO, Reina) and David Yee (carried away on the crest of a wave, lady in the red dress) as they read excerpts from their newest work. The event will be hosted by Frank Cox-O’Connell and Guillermo Verdecchia.

AUGUSTO BITTER

Artist

David Yee

Playwright

Experience the very freshest work from some of today's most exciting playwrights! Pour yourself a drink and join Hiro Kanagawa (Tiger of Malaya, The Patron Saint of Stanley Park, Indian Arm) and Andrea Scott (Eating Pomegranates Naked, Better Angels: A Parable, Don't Talk to Me Like I'm Your Wife), as they read excerpts from their newest work. The event will be hosted by Weyni Mengesha and Guillermo Verdecchia.  

ANDREA SCOTT

HIRO KANAGAWA

ART AND ACTIVISM - JUNE 12, 5PM

Last week’s postponed Fresh Ink returns with two incredible multidisciplinary artists and educators who have both used hip hop, theatre, and sometimes a blend of both, to tell stories shared across North America. Join Idris Goodwin (And In This Corner Cassius Clay, How We Got On, and Hype Man: A Break Beat Play) and Motion (Oraltorio: A Theatrical Mixtape, Aneemah’s Spot, Nightmare Dream) as they read excerpts from their newest work.  

The event will be co-hosted by Artistic Director of Soulpepper Weyni Mengesha, and special guest Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu, incoming Artistic Director of Obsidian Theatre Company.

IDRIS GOODWIN

MOTION

MUMBI TINDYEBWA OTU

WEYNI MENGESHA

The whole family is invited to grab some popcorn and tune-in to hear some of Canada’s leading artists read from their latest work for younger audiences; including Fiona Sauder and Landon Doak of Bad Hats Theatre (Peter Pan, Princess Frownsalot, The Bike Show), Bronwyn Carradine of Green Thumb Theatre (Honor, Polished, Numbers), and ERASER from Theatre Direct and the Eraser company, read by Tony Perpuse and Christol Bryan. The event will be hosted by Weyni Mengesha, Frank Cox-O’Connell, and guest host Lisa Marie DiLiberto. All ages welcome.

FIONA SAUDER

LANDON DOAK

BRONWYN CARRADINE

ANTHONY PERPUSE

CHRISTOL BRYAN

Experience the very freshest work from some of the today's most exciting playwrights! Pour yourself a drink and join Jill Connell (The Supine Cobbler, HROSES, The Tall Building), Lisa Codrington (The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, Up the Garden Path, The Aftermath), and Keith Barker (This Is How We Got Here, The Hours That Remain, Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts) as they read excerpts from their newest work. The event will be hosted by Weyni Mengesha, Frank Cox-O’Connell, and Guillermo Verdecchia.

JILL CONNELL

LISA CODRINGTON

KEITH BARKER

Experience the very freshest work from some of the today's most exciting playwrights! Pour yourself a drink and join Diane Flacks (Unholy, Waiting Room, Bear With Me), and Adam Lazarus (Daughter, The Art of Building a Bunker, Wonderland), read excerpts from their newest work. The event will be hosted by Weyni Mengesha, Frank Cox-O’Connell, and Guillermo Verdecchia.  

DIANE FLACKS

ADAM LAZARUS

Experience the very freshest work from some of the today's most exciting playwrights! Pour yourself a drink and join Damien Atkins (Real Live Girl, miss chatelaine, We Are Not Alone), Rose Napoli (Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells), Oregano, That’s Amore), and Martín Zimmerman (Ozark, Seven Spots On The Sun, On The Exhale), read excerpts from their newest work. The event will be hosted by Weyni Mengesha, Frank Cox-O’Connell, and Guillermo Verdecchia. 

Please note: this event may not be suitable for younger audiences. There may be language and references to adult content, torture, and trauma. Viewer discretion is advised.

ROSE NAPOLI

Martín Zimmerman

DAMIEN ATKINS

Experience the very freshest work from some of the today's most exciting playwrights! Pour yourself a drink and join Beverley Cooper (The Lonely Diner, Janet Wilson Meets the Queen, If Truth Be Told), Judith Thompson (White Biting Dog, The Other Side of the Dark, Palace of the End), and Carole Fréchette (The Four Lives of Marie, The Seven Days of Simon Labrosse, Helen's Necklace), read excerpts from their newest work. The event will be hosted by Weyni Mengesha, Frank Cox-O’Connell, and Guillermo Verdecchia. 

BEVERLEY COOPER

JUDITH THOMPSON

Playwright

Carole Fréchette

Experience the very freshest work from some of the today's most exciting playwrights! Pour yourself a drink and join Susanna Fournier (always still the dawn, The Empire, antigone lives*), Carmen Aguirre (Chile Con Carne, The Trigger, The Refugee Hotel), and Leah-Simone Bowen (Code Word: Time, The Hallway, The Flood), read excerpts from their newest work. The event will be hosted by Weyni Mengesha, Frank Cox-O’Connell, and Guillermo Verdecchia. 

CARMEN AGUIRRE

SUSANNA FOURNIER

LEAH-SIMONE BOWEN

Experience the very freshest work from some of the most exciting playwrights across Canada! Pour yourself a drink and join Guillermo Verdecchia (Fronteras Americanas, Insomnia, bloom), Tara Beagan (Reckoning, Free As Injuns, Miss Julie: Sheh’mah), and Nicolas Billon (The Elephant Song, Iceland, Butcher), read excerpts from their newest work. The event will be hosted by Weyni Mengesha, Frank Cox-O’Connell. 

NICOLAS BILLON

TARA BEAGAN

GUILLERMO VERDECCHIA

Director of Play Development, Academy Faculty

Experience the very freshest work from some of today's most exciting playwrights! Pour yourself a drink and join Sarah Treem (Creator of Golden Globe Winning series The Affair, When We Were Young and Unafraid, A Feminine Ending), Marcus Youssef (Winners and Losers, King Arthur’s Night, Leftovers), and Erin Shields (If We Were Birds, Piaf/Dietrich, Beautiful Man), read excerpts from their newest work. The event will be hosted by Weyni Mengesha, Frank Cox-O’Connell and Guillermo Verdecchia. 

The very freshest work from some of Toronto’s most exciting playwrights! Pour yourself a drink and join Haley McGee (Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale; I'm Doing This for You), Jordan Tannahill (Draw Me Close; Concord Floral), and Ngozi Paul (The Emancipation of Ms. Lovely) read excerpts from their newest work. The event will be hosted by Weyni Mengesha, Frank Cox-O’Connell and Guillermo Verdecchia. We hope you can join us as we try this new digital initiative!

Readers for Ngozi Paul's work: Lisa Berry and Liisa Repo-Martell.

We invite you to join us at 4:30 PM to hear the very freshest work from some of Toronto’s most exciting playwrights. Pour yourself a drink and join Kat Sandler (Mustard,Yaga), Anton Piatigorsky (Eternal Hydra), Ngọc Hân Trần (emerging, new generation playwright), and Rosamund Small (Sisters,Vitals) read excerpts from their newest work. The event will be hosted by Weyni Mengesha, Frank Cox-O’Connell and Guillermo Verdecchia. We hope you can join us as we try this new digital initiative!