9th Annual St. John’s Short Play Festival

September 8 at 7:00 PM
General: $35.00
Senior/Artist: $25.00
Student: $20.00
12 & under: $10.00
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Torn Between Two Worlds by Patrick Curtis – Produced by Power Productions
“My monologue aims to immerse the audience in the profound journey of my life with a physical disability. Throughout the presentation, I will weave a tapestry of personal stories and impactful experiences that have shaped my perspective. These narratives encompass my initial realization of being different from others, the emotional impact of the revelation of my diagnosis with Cerebral Palsy, numerous visits to the Janeway hospital, and the internal struggle I faced in deciding whether to participate in the Easter Seals summer camp or accept a wish from the Sunshine Foundation.

Furthermore, I will delve into the challenges of grappling with pity parties and insincere flattery, the emotional burden of accepting accommodations at university, the vulnerability felt during my job search, and the resilience required to combat unfair job recruitment practices. Alongside these struggles, I will illuminate moments of triumph, revealing the resources that played a crucial role in shaping my current position.”
Content Warnings: Mild ableism

Corpo Terra by Ana Luisa Ramos, Vanessa Cardoso, Bruno Vinhas
Musician Ana Luisa Ramos, Multidisciplinary artist Vanessa Cardoso and Textile Artist and Curator Bruno Vinhas have chosen to call the island of Ktaqamkuk home and to develop their art as uninvited guests of the unceded territory of the Beothuk and the Mi’kmaw.

In Corpo Terra, these artists’ embodied knowledge both from their homeland and their current home is placed on stage. This project is culturally specific to the land and people they once were and they are now. In a ritual presentation full of patience, relationship, community, inter-dependence, mutuality, gratitude and tending, they weave together sound, dance and textile art in a meaningful narrative that honours the people and their sacred relationships with the surrounding environment and its impact on one’s body. Through processes and research, movement and sounds repeated throughout one’s life, ancestral transmissions are passed through embodied experiences, and over time becomes a deep knowing of place, collectivity, and relational belonging within it.
 

A Flight to Remember by Shoeless Jo – Produced by Rabbittown Travelling Theatre Company
The pandemic ruined a lot of things for a lot of people, including air travel. On one particular flight the fresh hell of flying reaches new heights as 2 strangers unpack what it means to join the mile high club.
Content Warning: sexual harassment and contains graphic discussion of a sexual nature, simulated masturbation, and drug use.