- TODOS' 2021 Writing Unit -
February-April, 2021
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TODOS Productions, in association with Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, was delighted to announce in December 2020 an open call for submissions for our “2021 Writing Unit” lead by Robert Chafe, award-winning Canadian playwright, and Santiago Guzmán, TODOS’ Artistic Director and playwright.
This unit will guide three writers (no previous experience required) based in Newfoundland and Labrador that self-identify as Black, Indigenous, Person of Colour, deaf, person with different abilities, and/or 2SLGBTQIA+, in the development of a new 20-30 minute script that tells a story from the perspective of a character that identifies with a social minority.
The three selected writers for our 2021 Writing unit are:
This unit will guide three writers (no previous experience required) based in Newfoundland and Labrador that self-identify as Black, Indigenous, Person of Colour, deaf, person with different abilities, and/or 2SLGBTQIA+, in the development of a new 20-30 minute script that tells a story from the perspective of a character that identifies with a social minority.
The three selected writers for our 2021 Writing unit are:
Mark Harnett, Ana Maria Alcantara, and Sobia Shaheen Shaikh
These writers will meet with Robert and Santiago once every two weeks for ten sessions total, where they will talk about their progress, challenges, and discoveries during the writing of their pieces. Dramaturges will provide continuous feedback and dramaturgical support through the developing process of these scripts.
This unit will take place remotely, starting in February 2021.
This unit will take place remotely, starting in February 2021.
- Santiago Guzmán's ALTAR -
April, 2021
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Santiago Guzmán’s ALTAR (originally produced by TODOS Productions in September of 2019 at the 4th Annual St. John's Short Play Festival) will be part of RCAT’s 2020-2021 season this spring.
The show has been under development since the fall of 2020 with Meghan Greeley (dramaturge/director) and will be produced by RCAT in April of 2021. TODOS Productions is thrilled to support this project through community engagement. |
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- Santiago Guzmán's Urn -
June, 2021
TODOS Productions is honoured to have been invited by Eastern Front Theatre (EFT) to present Santiago Guzmán’s Urn during their annual STAGES Festival in Halifax, NS, happening from May 31st - June 13th, 2021. After having the premiere of Urn in Halifax, we will bring the successful production back to St. John’s for the Newfoundland and Labrador premiere at LSPU Hall for our community. Urn has been developed with the support of Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre (PARC) through the PARC/EFT RBC Emerging Playwrights Unit since 2019.
In Urn two siblings decide where to put their mother's ashes after her passing: their adopted country or their home country.
In Urn two siblings decide where to put their mother's ashes after her passing: their adopted country or their home country.
Home? Where-what is home?
Urn follows the journey of Esteban and Mariana, two siblings that reconnect at their mom’s funeral after years of Esteban being estranged from the family. Despite their fractured relationship, they will have to decide where to inter their mother's ashes: their adopted home, St. John’s, NL, or their homeland, Mexico City.
Urn explores the concept of ‘home’ from the perspective of two immigrants who have spent more years in their adopted country than their homeland. They have to deal with the consequences of what happens when the only person who has grounded them to their cultural identity is gone.
Santiago Guzmán’s first-ever full-length play has a non-conventional narrative with a sense of magical realism, where flashbacks give us small glimpses of Esteban and Mariana’s relationship before their rupture as well as their lives before arriving in Newfoundland and Labrador. The siblings in Urn have so much to resolve as they explore their feelings about identity, belonging, and family unity, but have avoided these questions and conflict, until the death of their mother forces them to face these issues head-on.
Written by Santiago Guzmán
Dramaturgy by Pamela Halstead
Directed by Nora Barker
Produced by Ruth Lawrence
Assistant Directed and Produced by Robyn Huxter
Starring:
- Vanessa Cardoso as MARIANA
- Santiago Guzmán as ESTEBAN
Urn explores the concept of ‘home’ from the perspective of two immigrants who have spent more years in their adopted country than their homeland. They have to deal with the consequences of what happens when the only person who has grounded them to their cultural identity is gone.
Santiago Guzmán’s first-ever full-length play has a non-conventional narrative with a sense of magical realism, where flashbacks give us small glimpses of Esteban and Mariana’s relationship before their rupture as well as their lives before arriving in Newfoundland and Labrador. The siblings in Urn have so much to resolve as they explore their feelings about identity, belonging, and family unity, but have avoided these questions and conflict, until the death of their mother forces them to face these issues head-on.
Written by Santiago Guzmán
Dramaturgy by Pamela Halstead
Directed by Nora Barker
Produced by Ruth Lawrence
Assistant Directed and Produced by Robyn Huxter
Starring:
- Vanessa Cardoso as MARIANA
- Santiago Guzmán as ESTEBAN