Routes
by Collin Doyle
Directed by Mieko Ouchi
WINNER! of the 2010 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for:
- Outstanding Production for Young Audiences
NOMINATED! for 4 2010 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards for:
- Outstanding New Play (Collin Doyle)
- Outstanding Direction (Mieko Ouchi)
- Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role (Joshua Beaudry)
- Outstanding Artistic Achievement in TYA Set Design (David Fraser)
“...it packs a punch. There wasn’t a sound from the teen audience during the school performance I saw, and if a play doesn’t hold this audience’s attention, you’ll know it right away. There are a number of reasons for the quiet house, including production designer David Fraser’s detailed projections behind the live action and also the work of actor Joshua Beaudry, who plays Tom as well as all the other characters. Always emotionally true, Beaudry’s expert at creating all the figures we meet. The play’s last five minutes, as Tom tries on different scenarios to change the cycle of abuse and bullying in his life, is riveting.”
Jon Kaplan, NOW Magazine, Toronto
Touring to the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People
Toronto, Ontario
November 9-19, 2010
Touring Alberta Junior and Senior High Schools
November 24 – December 3, 2010
Family Violence Prevention support at every show.
Support will be provided in Edmonton and Area by the Canadian Red Cross RespectED: Violence and Abuse Prevention Program. Alberta Coordinator – Edmonton and area Monique Methot monique.methot@redcross.ca
Support will be provided in Toronto at the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People by: BOOST Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention www.boostforkids.org and the Child Development Institute www.childdevelop.ca
Appropriate for age 14 and older.
A powerful and emotional exploration of public and private acts of violence…
Routes is a riveting one man play that delves into the impact of violence through the eyes of Tom, a fifteen year old boy living in Millwoods. Tom escapes violence at home by riding his local bus until closing. As he journeys along the route of his nine previous homes, we discover the ties that connect the violence at home to acts of bullying between students at his school and the killing of a man by four youth on this very route. Starring Joshua Beaudry.
Curriculum Ties: CALM: wellbeing and respect, conflict resolution, relationships, making change; Health and Life Skills: wellness choices, safety and responsibility, relationship choices. Family violence, bullying, life strategies, support.
November is Family Violence Prevention Month. Click here for more information.
For more information about Routes and the other work that Concrete Theatre does, please check out our website www.concretetheatre.ca
School Tour Information:
60 minutes with a 5 - 10 minute Q&A
Max audience: 275
Base Price: $725
For more information or to book a school show in your gym or community please contact:
Irene Kunda, Bookings Coordinator
780-439-3905 or bookings@concretetheatre.ca
2010-2011 Production Information:
Starring:
Joshua Beaudry
Directed by Mieko Ouchi
Production Design by David Fraser
Sound Design by Dave Clarke
Stage Manager Nicole Piotrkowski
Photography by Epic Photography Inc.
Routes was originally produced with assistance by our community partners:
The Support Network
Canadian Red Cross RespectED: Violence & Abuse Prevention Program
YOUCAN
Rat Creek Design
And with the support of the Alberta Children and Youth Services Prevention of Family Violence and Bullying Community Incentive Fund.
