CORKSCREW CITY
July 6th – 17th, 2009
1pm – 4pm and 6pm – 9pm.

Be part of a new music theatre workshop  in Owen Sound.

From the creators of TOM, Snow Wonder and Far From the Heart.

Sheatre's music theatre workshop invites you to learn and grow as a performer as you work on a new music theatre piece about Owen Sound's rambunctious past. Set at the time when Owen Sound went dry, with the rising tide of the temperance league and the fall of the saloons, “Corkscrew City” will tell the tale of star-crossed young lovers, divided families and friends, and unequalled peer pressure.   Starting with a strong story idea, the workshop actors and singers develop scenes and songs guided by the leaders: Joan Chandler, theatre, improvisation, writing, and david sereda, voice, singing and songwriting. Build on the basics of acting, improvisation, voice, movement and singing in  action-packed workshops of discovery and creation.

Pre-registration required.
Contact us at sheatre@sheatre.com

MAKING OUR MARK,  2008
A summer arts training program for youth
Learn by doing: learn techniques from professional artists as you make your mark with

    * a mural you design,
    * a scene you write and act in,
    * a poem you create and perform
    * and a song you write and sing.

MAKING OUR MARK WITH MURALS
July 2 – July 25
Led by Trevor Pfeffor, participants created graffiti style murals from sketches to full two-storey wall-size paintings.  If you ever wanted permission to draw on the walls or to cover them with graffiti – this is it!!!

MAKING OUR MARK ON THE PAGE
July 7 – 11
Kateri Akewenzie-Damm led the group in creative writing and poetry and performance technique.   

MAKING THE MURALS COME TO LIFE
July 21 – August 2
Joan Chandler and david sereda led this stage of the workshop, where participants responded to the stories in the murals by creating theatrical scenes and characters and songs, and by integrating their poetry.

The project culminated in a public unveiling and performance on August 2 that brings together the best of everything we've developed over this month-long exploration.

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	Making our Mark was brought to you by Sheatre in partnership with The United Way of Bruce-Grey and with the support of The Metis Nation of Ontario, and generous funding from Theatre Ontario and The Ontario Arts Council.

"A Jokers' International Day of Action on Global Warming"

This idea was brought to us by Headline’s Theatre in Vancouver after Adam Ward, a Joker* from Fairhaven, Washington, USA attended some of Headline’s global warming events in November called: 2º of Fear and Desire.  These events were "an intimate evening of theatre (without a play) that investigate our fears, desires and challenges to change our behaviours that hurt the planet".  

What would happen if Jokers* from around the world all created local events on climate issues on the same day? What kind of energy could be created on this issue to, even in a small way, move responses to global warming forward?

Sheatre responded with events that were held on March 16, 2008.

OFF THE PAGE AND ON TO THE STAGE! (Spring 2005)
Song Choral workshops led by David Sereda

Participants worked with composer and singer David Sereda on brand new arrangements of original songs, and tried new vocal ideas in this five-part workshop. They played with and learned about using their voice applying techniques from both music and theatre. The workshops were presented by Sheatre and the Georgian Bay Folk Society.

The workshops were designed to give participants the chance to:

• Learn and work on new material with local resonance;
• Meet and sing with new people;
• Sing material from a variety of contemporary styles including folksong, popular song, hymns, ballads and rounds;
• Use your voice in new ways; and help bring a music-theatre score off the page and on to the stage.

In a relaxed and fun environment, each song session began with a good vocal and physical warmup and a mini-class on aspects of the voice, singing and performing. There were varying levels of difficulty. We welcomed all who enjoy singing and have an appetite for music! The sessions took place at the Courtroom Theatre in the Old Courthouse Arts Building.

For more information, call Sheatre (519) 534 3039, or the Georgian Bay Folk Society (GBFS) at (519) 371 2995; or email, sheatre@log.on.ca; or drop by the Georgian Bay Folk Society office at the Old Courthouse Arts Building, 1235 ­ 3rd Ave. E, Suite 112 in Owen Sound.

Note: Included in the price of the series was a membership to the Georgian Bay Folk Society.
Some of the benefits:

• All Members are entitled to have their name on the Volunteer List. If you would like to be a Volunteer (limited number required) please ask for a Volunteer Package.
• All members have access to Courthouse Activities (admission charges may apply).
• All members have access to Youth Activities (must be 13 to 18 years old).
• All members are entitled to receive e-mail notification when our quarterly publication "Sound Waves" is posted to www.summerfolk.org

Sponsored by Sheatre, the Georgian Bay Folk Society and the Laidlaw Foundation.

About David Sereda
David's work in the performing arts spans both music and theatre. He is a singer, composer, music director, actor, vocal coach, producer and teacher. His work as a singer and songwriter includes concert and festival performances from coast to coast (including performances at the Glenn Gould Studio and Harbourfront in Toronto and the Vancouver, Winnipeg and Edmonton Folk Music Festivals), performances and commissions for choirs and choruses (Montreal Jubilation Choir, Vancouver Men's Chorus, Denver Women's Chorus, Youth Outreach Mass Choir and the Nova Scotia Mass Choir) and three full-length recordings of his own material. He is putting the finishing touches on his new CD.

In theatre, he specializes in new Canadian productions: plays, music theatre works, performance poetry and cabarets. He has been nominated for two Dora Awards and has written or music directed for over a dozen shows from Vancouver to Montreal including the Tarragon Theatre, Public Dreams Co. and Buddies in Bad Times.

From his studio near Owen Sound, David is currently working on new arrangements for the music and songs of 'Brush', an original production of Sheatre based on the life and art of Tom Thomson. He's begun teaching in area schools with theatre artist Joan Chandler in week-long music-theatre workshops. Last fall he was music director for the Canadian musical 'The Destruction of Eve' with music by Connie Kaldor and Rufus Wainwright (School of the Arts, McMaster University, Hamilton). In September he helped lead a music-theatre workshop in Algonquin Park and in August led a two-week intensive choral workshop for the Erin Gilmour Arts Workshops (Toronto). He developed a songwriting workshop held at the Ginger Press in Owen Sound and gave a voice class to young songwriters this summer through the GBFS. He wrote music for four voices and piano for a poem by Liz Zetlin, performed in November 2004 during the opening of the Limestone Barrens Project at the Tom Thomson Gallery. He co-produced a series of songwriters in concert with Keira McArthur entitled Cafe Lyrica in Owen Sound. He has also taught voice and composition through special projects for young people under the auspices of Opera Hamilton and the National Ballet of Canada.

BRUSH Workshop Performance 2004:
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David Sereda, Talia Azzano, Parris Greaves, Sam Murray, Julie Vidacs and Joan Chandler
Photo: Michael McLuhan

M’Wik Survival
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Workshop at M’Wikwedong Native Cultural Centre