2024 Directors' Showcase

The CDTPS presents its 2024 DRM402 Directors’ Showcase featuring three short plays presented over two evenings and one matinee performance in a Fringe Festival style theatrical event from November 22 to 24. The Directors’ Showcase is a capstone course which gives student directors the opportunity to flex their muscle onstage at the Playhouse.

The titles of the three productions, play descriptions, production and cast teams can be found below. There will also be an opening night reception on November 22, 2024. 

Admission is free! Reservation details are coming soon!

Shows will run at the following dates and times:
Friday, Nov. 22, 7:30 PM 
Saturday, Nov. 23, 7:30 PM 
Sunday, Nov. 24, 2:00 PM 

Each show is approximately 20 to 30 minutes with a total run time of approximately 1 hour 30 minutes. 

Pool (No Water) 

“A pool. She had a pool.” Set in the 2000s, in an age shifting from physical to digital media, a friend group of artists navigate their feelings as one finds fame and success, flying above the others. For one night only the group is backkkk toooogetherrr, drinking and reminiscing, and sk-iii-nn-eeee-dippp-pinninggg. But a tragic accident puts an end to the nostalgia and begins the story of artistic ambition, jealousy, and exploitation…?  

Creative Team: 
Playwright: Mark Ravenhill 
Director: Rebecca Robitaille 
Set Designer: Salma Wennekers 
Costume Designer: Salma Wennekers 
Lighting Designer: Jingyuan (Jessie) Chen 
Projection Designer: Liz So 
Sound Designer: Sichun Xia 
Stage Manager: Sichun Xia 
Assistant stage manager: Jingyuan (Jessie) Chen 
Assistant Lighting and Sound Designer: Hero Emmanuel Dela Cruz 

Cast: 
Artemis Riedmueller  
Tessa Kramer 
Madeleine Thompson 
Farah Fatola 

Suppressed Desires 

Suppressed Desires satirizes Psychoanalysis, a theory developed by Sigmund Freud which involves analyzing people’s dreams and behaviours to determine their “suppressed desire.” Henrietta insists that both her husband Stephen and her sister Mabel go get psychoanalyzed. But when they finally do get “psyched,” Henrietta is shocked by the results. As psychoanalysis threatens to destroy relationships and family ties, the absurdity of their situation is taken to new heights.    

Creative Team: 
Playwrights: Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook 
Director: Athena McIsaac 
Set Designer: Amitis Mashayekhi 
Costume Designer: Valeria MacGregor-Ordonez 
Lighting Designer: Niamh Moll 
Sound Designer: Winston Zang 
Stage Manager: Niamh Moll 
Assistant Stage Manager: Winston Zang 

Cast:  
Henrietta: Isabella Black  
Stephen: Soroosh Kahnemuyipour  
Mabel: Priscilla Dhaussy 

The Worker 

The Worker is a dark comedy set in a near-present future. After a series of cutbacks at the Company, a worker and their partner try to manage the demands of the job without losing their heads. A satirical look at survival and human connection under the tightening fist of corporate power.  

Creative Team: 
Playwright: Walter Wykes 
Director: Mika Deneige 
Set Designer: Abigail Kowalski 
Costume Designer: Abigail Kowalski 
Lighting Designer: Xinyi Zhang 
Sound Designer: Casper Yang 
Intimacy Coordinator: TBD  
Stage Manager: Xinyi Zhang 
Assistant Set and Costume Designer: Adele Thomson 

Cast:  
The Worker: Erika Dowd 
The Partner: Grace Keeping 
The Messenger: Emily Beaubien