Kutz & Dawgs

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Trailer for MISCELLANEOUS Productions' Ghosts of Productions Past MISCELLANEOUS Productions’ 5-minute short film, Ghosts of Productions Past - a new and nasty feminist satire of the whiteness of the Canadian theatre scene, #MeToo, #TimesUp and the recent disturbing events at various North American theatre companies.... Featuring youth alumni alongside professional actors, Ghosts of Productions Past is written by Megan de Leon Solis, directed by Elaine Carol, with a new hip hop song composed and performed by Natasha Pheko, and choreographed by Sabera Hamid with youth dancers. With premiere of Monsters - based on Frankenstein, the novel by a teenaged Mary Shelley - is the latest production from MISCELLANEOUS Productions a youth-focused theatre company based in Vancouver, Canada. Date: Thursday, November 8 Time: Doors 6pm / Screening 7pm Venue: THE ANNEX, 823 Seymour Street, Vancouver Admission: FREE. Limited Seating. WARNING: Scenes of violence. Not recommended for children 12 and under. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr5bUJugKYk&feature=youtu.be

Our Canadian workshop tour is in full swing! Today, our team delivered a performing arts workshop in Mission at the Fraserview Learning Centre. Upcoming tour stops include: Prince George, Calgary and Kelowna. We are so excited to continue providing free, quality performing arts programming to all these communities! MISCELLANEOUS Productions' Monsters... March 7, 2018 Photos by Chris Randle Fight Choreography by David Bloom and Nathan Kay Circus Choreography by Katie Cresswell Hip Hop Choreography by Sabera Hamid and Megan de Leon Solis Costumes and Make-up Designed by Megan Leson Set Designed by Yvan Morissette Lighting Designed by Brad Trenaman Directed and Co-written by Elaine Carol Performed and co-written by the Youth Ensemble: Aleksandra Koel, Emily Lê, Pearl PJ Alingig, Klaudija Muznikaite, Gwen Kyla Ocampo, Tiffany Yang, Bella Avila Gil, William Billy Robert Smith, Tiffany Shim and Kamalia Coetzee.

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"...misery made me..." 18 year-old author Mary Shelley in Frankenstein Loosely based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Monsters is an entertaining hip hop and contemporary music theatre work that is strongly anti-bullying, anti-violence, anti-racism and designed for young people age 12 and older, and performed by youth. The play explores how and why a community creates and supports a ‘monster’, how collusion functions and how many are unaware of how incredibly damaging bullie...s can be. This is a perfect theatrical experience for ages 12 - 24 years old. Two shows only. Friday, October 6 at 8 PM Saturday, October 7 at 8 PM TIckets on sale now! < www.misc.brownpapertickets.com > The FREE matinee for schools and youth-serving groups is Saturday October 7 at 3 PM - to reserve, email -- < [email protected] >. MISCELLANEOUS Productions is a Vancouver-based non-profit society using the performing arts as a means for social change and personal transformation in culturally and socially diverse youth. Past projects include THE REENA Project/Outcasts and Angels (2001); What You Carry With You (2003); e-race (2005); Stock Characters: The Cooking Show (2007); POWER and POWER 2 (2009); Kutz & Dawgs (2011-2013); and Haunted House (2015).

MISCELLANEOUS Productions' Monsters - Original anti-bullying music theatre work premieres soon! Friday, October 6 - doors 7:30 PM, show 8:00PM... Saturday, October 7 - doors 7:30 PM, show 8:00PM Venue: Faris Family Studio Theatre 1st floor of the Dance Centre 677 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC Loosely based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Monsters is a strongly anti-bullying, anti-violence, anti-racism play designed for young audiences aged 12 an older, and performed by youth, exploring how and why a community creates and supports a ‘monster’, how collusion functions and how people are often attracted to individuals with loud, brash, forceful or aggressive personalities but are unaware of how incredibly damaging they can be. Tickets found here: < www.misc.brownpapertickets.com > Tickets $15 + service fees for the two evening shows. Limited seating, purchase tickets now to avoid disappointment. SPECIAL MATINEE for middle & secondary schools and youth groups only. Saturday October 7 at 3:00 PM - contact Megan for group bookings. Send us an email at < [email protected] > with ticketing inquiries, or to notify us if you need a wheelchair accessible seat, or to subscribe to our emailing list. We have a GREAT newsletter to share. Follow us on social media: www.instagram.com/misccommunity www.twitter.com/misccommunity

MISCELLANEOUS Productions' "Monsters" Open Rehearsal and Community Forum of our work-in-progress production Friday, April 28 at 7 PM at The Dance Centre... Vancouver BC Canada Come on down! It's FREE and recommended for everyone age 9 and older.

Happy birthday, William Shakespeare: we celebrate you through our filmed document of MISCELLANEOUS Productions' "Kutz & Dawgs." MISCELLANEOUS Productions' Kutz & Dawgs is online at YouTube for ***FREE.*** Please see the link below and share with *everyone!* It is an excellent educational tool and we are very proud of it! The production values are excellent - best sound ever on a theatre documentation video and very strong cinematography.... MISCELLANEOUS Productions' "Kutz & Dawgs" - set in the Fair Verona Junkyard at the end of the world - is an original hip hop musical based on Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet and Broadway's West Side Story. This video is the document of the 45-minute play featuring youth from the community as alley cats and junkyard dogs. It is a strongly anti-gang, anti-violence, anti-bullying and anti-racism work. This community-engaged theatre creation was directed by Elaine Carol. It is suitable for ages 9 and older. We have also had many children age 5 - 9 that enjoyed the work immensely. It is up to their parents if they think it is suitable as there is simulated violence in the play. "Kutz & Dawgs" was commissioned by and had its World Premiere at the Vancouver International Children's Festival and went on tour in November 2012. This video document was recorded with three cameras and two camera operators in front of a live audience at the Matsqui Centennial Auditorium in Abbotsford, BC and Heart of the City Festival in Vancouver, BC. Elaine Carol served as head writer and the script was co-written by Jorge Escobar, Godfrey Cheng, Silvia Leung, Jorge Alcala, Laura Contreras, Cecilia Cui, Gustavo Diaz de Leon, Marchel Eang, Astrid Herrera, Tim Mok, Chloë Macdonald-Chow, Clarita Ritchie, Rowan Sylvester and Agnes Szenàki. Featured performers are Jorge Alcala, Christina Cuglietta, Cecilia Cui, Lena Dabrusin, Gustavo Diaz de Leon, Roy Dilbert Jr., Marchal Eang, Jorge Escobar, Tim Mok, Murry Peeters, Alan Pronger, Clarita Ritchie, Rowan Sylvester. Please let us know what you think! Thanks so much, take care! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ur8wSmae4w

Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare Born 23 April 1564, died 23 April 1616 10 Famous William Shakespeare Quotes... 1. To be, or not to be: that is the question. 2. Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. 3. Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em. 4. If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? 5. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. 6. ‘Tis better to be brief than tedious. 7. If music be the food of love, play on. 8. Love is a smoke and is made with the fume of sighs. 9. Love sought is good, but giv’n unsought is better. 10. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones. All quoted from website attached.

The best part is about 1/2 way through. Great dancing!