Blog Posts - 10x10 Thunder Bay

Write NOWW LitFest

4/30/2018

Join us to celebrate Northwestern Ontario writers and enjoy Amanda Doig's 10x10 play Of Marriage Minded Misses at the Write NOWW LitFest Awards Dinner on Saturday May 5th at the Prince Arthur. Tickets going quickly!

Two days of literary celebrations that include a reading and conversation
with author Angie Abdou, a writing workshop, and a gala dinner
featuring the announcement of
the NOWW annual writing contest winning entries.
May 4-5, 2018

10x10 Playwright Featured by ISC

4/28/2018

Heart of our City - Alycia Novak

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My name is Alycia Novak and I am an ARTIST!

... I want to tell every young girl with dreams of the big city, NEVER underestimate the healing power of home. You are rooted with the trees, Lake Superior flows in your veins and you are strong like the Sleeping Giant. Some of my best work emerges when I am at our camp surrounded by Mother Nature.

SUNDAY DINNER is one of the first 10-minute plays that I wrote. It hit the stage at Thunder Bay’s 10x10 Showcase in 2015. I adapted the script for the screen, then produced, starred in and co-directed the short film. (You wear many hats when you are just starting out.) I am thrilled to announce we are in the final editing stages. SUNDAY DINNER will be hitting film festivals across Canada later this summer...

[Read the entire post HERE]

Playwrights featured on LU Radio

4/21/2018

"That's interesting -- ten-minute plays? I think I could do that!"

Enjoy this interview with Susan Rogers and Bronson Carver on LU Radio's Paradigm Shift Cafe. Many thanks for featuring the Sixth Annual 10x10 Play Showcase!

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Complete podcast HERE

TBT News & CBC Radio Feature 10x10

4/21/2018

TBT News interviews Artistic Director Cathi Winslow with clips from the Sixth Annual Play Showcase (coverage begins at 8:24):

CBC Radio's Lisa Laco interviews Project Manager Sheena Albanese and Playwright Thomas McDonald on Superior Morning:

Audience Favourite Awards

4/15/2018

Announcing the Audience Favourite Awards for 2018:

Thanks to our audience for three sold-out performances of the Sixth Annual Showcase--over 700 voters. Congratulations to all ten plays for vibrancy and passion. The scores were extremely close.

Here is how the audience voted:

FIRST PLACE: Of Marriage Minded Misses (written by Amanda Doig; directed by Beverley Gravelle MacLeod; starring Bailey Giroux, Hilke Grunys, Ken Horton, and Lauren Payette)

SECOND PLACE: Extended Warranty (written by Susan Rogers; directed by Brandon Walker; starring Steven Gothard and Barb Philp)

THIRD PLACE: Dirty Rotten Pictures (written by Roy Ellis; directed by Maranda Dumas; starring John Christopher Welyki)

Of Marriage Minded Misses will be performed at the NOWW LitFest Awards Dinner on Saturday May 5th.

Director Beverley Gravelle-MacLeod, Playwright Amanda Doig,
Bailey Giroux, Ken Horton, Hilke Grunys, Lauren Payette

Showcase Program Now Available!

4/13/2018

We are delighted to present our 2018 Showcase Program:

DIGITAL PROGRAM

Please feel free to share widely!
Our program is available online (and not printed on paper).
You are welcome to print your own copy if you wish!

See you at the showcase!

Friday Gala SOLD OUT!

4/13/2018

We have released a few more seats for tonight's Gala Showcase. Tickets available at the Magnus box office or at the door until they're gone. Theatre opens at 6:30 pm, showtime 7:30 pm.

Some seats still available for our Saturday matinee at 2:00 pm and Saturday evening showcase at 7:30 pm. See you there!

TICKETS HERE

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LU Radio Interview!

4/9/2018

Catch this in-depth interview with playwrights Jordan Lehto and Amanda Doig. Many thanks to Betty Howls and LU Radio - CILU 102.7 FM for featuring the 10x10 Play Showcase!

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Complete podcast HERE.

Lake Superior News Features 10x10

4/5/2018

Showcase features ten short plays
written by ten Northwestern Ontario playwrights

Lakehead Unviersity student Bronson Carver wrote a 10-minute play

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO April 4, 2018 (LSN) 10x10 is a year-round theatre creation project in Thunder Bay, Ontario, featuring the 10x10 Play Showcase, our annual production of original ten-minute plays by regional playwrights, developed and performed by local directors, actors and technicians.

Lakehead University student Bronson Carver thought that trying something new seemed like a fun idea, so he wrote a ten-minute play and submitted it to the Sixth Annual 10x10 Play Showcase. Carver’s play, The Soul-Mate, has been selected to open the show, presented this year for the first time on the Magnus Theatre stage...

Read the full article here: SHOWCASE FEATURES TEN SHORT PLAYS

Anishinabek News Features 10x10 Playwright

3/23/2018

Wiikwemkoong playwright to showcase production
in Thunder Bay
By Rick Garrick

Gina Gasongi Simon (PHOTO: Rick Garrick)

THUNDER BAY—Wiikwemkoong’s Gina Gasongi Simon is looking forward to the upcoming production of her play, The Sleeping Giant, at the Sixth Annual 10×10 Play Showcase in Thunder Bay.

Simon’s play is one of ten 10-minute plays that will be performed by up to four actors each on April 13-14 at Magnus Theatre.

“It’s about a young man named Will who is dealing with the harsh realities faced in a technological world,” says Simon, who is currently living in Thunder Bay while studying in an electrical apprenticeship program. “And he’s trying to ignore the teachings of his grandfather.” ...

Read the full article here: Wiikwemkoong Playwright/Anishinabek News