On the playwrighting front, The Possible Lives of Dolores Garcia Rodriguez, which I co-wrote with the marvellous Zoe Green for ACTivist Theatre Collective and Amnesty International, had a great run at the 2011 Vancouver Fringe Festival, along with plays by Trina Davies & Lucia Frangione. We had great reviews, packed houses and even had to put out extra seats for the crowd on closing weekend. And, in addition to Kayak being available from Samuel French, I’m excited to announce that Red is going to be published by Signature Editions for their “Out on a Limb” Collection, edited by Kit Brennan. And of course, this November and December I’ll be diving back into Travelling Light at PTC with the phenomenally talented Heidi Taylor.
In short film news, WIFTV has chosen Run Dry as one of its submissions for the 2011 WIFT International Showcase, which is a real honour for everyone involved. Love Sucks will be screening in Toronto sometime in November (I’ll keep you posted), and I’m just putting touches on the script for a third short, entitled Do Over which will be going into production in early 2012. I can hardly wait to have a reel up on the site.
Finally, In addition to my work as a mentor for Booming Ground, I’ve been working with Christine Leclerc and the stellar collective at the Enpipeline Project to get a collection of the wonderful poems that were submitted to site ready for publication in The Enpipe Line, forthcoming from Creekstone Press. All proceeds of the collection will be channeled into opposition to the Northern Gateway and Keystone XL pipelines, so get your copy fresh off the press!