TPM Conf. 2007: The Shipping of Souls and the Reception of Cultures

[Robin Whittaker]

Hi Everyone,

Theatre Passe Muraille is once again hosting a 3-day artist/scholar  
conference themed around one of their season shows. This year the  
conference runs Feb 26-28 and the theme is theatre and migration.  
You'll note that we've once again managed to negotiate an excellent  
registration rate of $20/$15 for all 3-days of the conference (or as  
much as you can manage). The Feb 28 matinee of TPM's The Sheep and the  
Whale (with talkback) is included in this price! Please let us know if  
you have any questions!

Sincerely,

Robin Whittaker and Barry Freeman
Co-Convenors, The Shipping of Souls and the Reception of Cultures @ TPM

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February 8, 2007

THEATRE PASSE MURAILLE PRESENTS:

The Shipping of Souls and the Reception of Cultures:
Staging Migration in Intercultural Performance

(Toronto)  Following last winter's successful conference on Canadian  
collective creation, Theatre Passe Muraille is pleased to announce a  
second three-day artist/scholar conference. The Shipping of Souls and  
the Reception of Cultures runs February 26-28, 2007 at Theatre Passe  
Muraille. It focuses on the staging of migration in intercultural  
performance.

The conference will provide all those interested in the performing  
arts at the local and international levels a unique opportunity to  
engage in discussion with leading Toronto-area theatre artists,  
historians, theorists and commentators.

The Shipping of Souls and the Reception of Cultures features  
presentations and papers by speakers whose work involves and  
challenges intercultural performance. Presenters include Judith  
Rudakoff (YorkU) and the "Common Plants: Cross Pollinations in Hybrid  
Reality" Web Project, fu-GEN Theatre, Carlos Bulosan Theatre,  
Guillermo Verdecchia (theatre artist), Damiano Pietropoalo (CBC  
Radio), Ato Quayson (UofT), Alan Filewod (UGuelph), Holly Lewis  
(UofT), Naila Keleta Mae (theatre artist) and Aktina Stathaki (UofT).

Keynote Addresses will be given by theatre artist, producer and  
cultural advocate Jean Yoon and University of Guelph Professor Ric  
Knowles.

Accompanying the presentations is a Roundtable Discussion on  
"Producing Intercultural Theatre" moderated by Kathleen Gallagher  
(UofT OISE) and featuring some of Toronto's leading theatre producers  
and instructors: John Van Burek (Pleiades Theatre), C. Derrick Chua  
(independent producer), Soheil Parsa (Modern Times Stage Company),  
Michal Schonberg (UTSC) and Jovanni Sy (Cahoots Theatre Projects).

The Shipping of Souls and the Reception of Cultures expands on themes  
raised by Theatre Passe Muraille's second show of the season, The  
Sheep and the Whale (Feb 20 - Mar 11, 2007), a co-production between  
Cahoots Theatre Projects and Modern Times Stage Company, in  
association with Theatre Passe Muraille. The conference features a  
special matinee performance of the play, with post-show talkback, on  
Wednesday (2pm).

February 26 - 28, 2007 at Theatre Passe Muraille. 16 Ryerson Ave., Toronto
3-Day Conference Registration: $20 ($15 for students)
Order in advance at the Bell Arts Box Office: 416.504.7529 or visit
artsboxoffice.ca
For more information, please contact Bramwell Pemberton at 416.504.7529 x2140

CONFERENCE PROGRAM (subject to change):

Theatre Passe Muraille, February 26-28, 2007

Monday, February 26
10:00am gallery opens, registration and coffee
10:30   Welcome, and Opening Keynote Address: Jean Yoon
11:30   break
11:45   Panel 1: Guillermo Verdecchia, Holly Lewis, TBA
   1:15  lunch
   2:30  Panel 2: Naila Keleta Mae, Aktina Stathaki, Ato Quayson
   4:00  break
   4:15-5:00 The Tide Effect: Theatre Makes Your Whites Whiter (fu-GEN Theatre)

Tuesday, February 27
  10:00am gallery opens, registration and coffee
  10:30  Panel 3: Damiano Pietropaolo, Alan Filewod, TBA
  12:00  lunch
   1:30  Roundtable Discussion: Producing Intercultural Theatre,  
Kathleen Gallagher (moderator), John Van Burek, C. Derrick Chua,  
Soheil Parsa, Michal Schonberg, Jovanni Sy
   3:30  Break
   3:45-5:15 Common Plants: Cross Pollinations in Hybrid Reality:  
Judith Rudakoff

Wednesday, February 28
10:30am gallery opens, registration and coffee
11:00   Presentation: Carlos Bulosan Theatre
12:30   lunch
2:00    The Sheep and the Whale Matinee & Talkback
         break
4:45-6:00 Closing Keynote Address: Ric Knowles
           Closing Remarks: Layne Coleman

Co-Convened by Barry A. Freeman and Robin C. Whittaker
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