Current & Upcoming Projects
After The Sirens - September 2018 at the LSPU Hall
Playwright - Stacy Gardner
Stacy was a student of Robert Chafe's Master Playwriting course at MUN (2018), where she completed a working draft of her play-in-progress: Not My Circus, Not My Monkey, and spontaneously chose to write After the Sirens to premiere at St. John’s Short Play Festival. Stacy credits Robert’s enthusiasm and encouragement for his students to ‘take risks’ as one of the reasons why she tackled this subject of this latest work.
Stacy has been facilitating writing workshops for more than 15 years, originally in Toronto, and since returning to Newfoundland. Stacy facilitates in St. John's, and has done so for: WANL, St. John’s Women’s Centre, The Newfoundland Writer's Guild, Women’s Works Festival, and the Neuropsychiatric Patients' Association of Newfoundland Labrador.
Stacy has a professional background in both social services (Covenant House Toronto), and Journalism (Toronto). Stacy wishes to use her playwriting to highlight social issues and raise awareness about systemic flaws and injustices through voices most affected: the vulnerable.
Stacy would like to thank friend and playwright, Heather Debling for her dramaturgical support. Stacy is thrilled and thankful to have both Jenn and Vicki give After the Sirens their talent and tenacity!
Stacy was a student of Robert Chafe's Master Playwriting course at MUN (2018), where she completed a working draft of her play-in-progress: Not My Circus, Not My Monkey, and spontaneously chose to write After the Sirens to premiere at St. John’s Short Play Festival. Stacy credits Robert’s enthusiasm and encouragement for his students to ‘take risks’ as one of the reasons why she tackled this subject of this latest work.
Stacy has been facilitating writing workshops for more than 15 years, originally in Toronto, and since returning to Newfoundland. Stacy facilitates in St. John's, and has done so for: WANL, St. John’s Women’s Centre, The Newfoundland Writer's Guild, Women’s Works Festival, and the Neuropsychiatric Patients' Association of Newfoundland Labrador.
Stacy has a professional background in both social services (Covenant House Toronto), and Journalism (Toronto). Stacy wishes to use her playwriting to highlight social issues and raise awareness about systemic flaws and injustices through voices most affected: the vulnerable.
Stacy would like to thank friend and playwright, Heather Debling for her dramaturgical support. Stacy is thrilled and thankful to have both Jenn and Vicki give After the Sirens their talent and tenacity!
Director - Jenn Deon
Jenn is a freelance theatre artist who has worked in St. John’s since the early 90’s. As artistic director with the Shakespeare by the Sea Festival from 1995-2015, she directed many of its productions over the years. She is a founder of and the producing artistic director with PerSIStence Theatre and most recently directed Robert Chafe's Isle of Demons in September 2017. Jenn is also currently directing Aaron Posner's Life Sucks. (playing September 25- 2018 at the Barbara Barrett) and is scheduled to direct Kristin Shepherd's Curved in March 2019 at the LSPU Hall. More at jenndeon.ca. |
Actor - Vicki Harnett
Vicki Harnett found her theatrical footing performing both lead and featured roles in many musical theatre productions in St. John’s, and now, with no song and dance numbers to fall back on, she is eager and honoured to bring After the Sirens by Stacy Gardner to life. Last seen as Alison Bechdel in Best Kind Productions’ run of Fun Home, she has also been a featured performer in Our Divas Do Christmas (TaDa! Events), All Shook Up (QVRRDF), Impresario (Best Kind Productions), Sister Act (Atlantic Light Theatre), and Fear of Flight (Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland). |