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[Patricia Joyce]

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The Toronto Theatre Alliance is proud to support

FEARS OF LAUGHTER?
(Get over it...)

a voice/movement/mime workshop with an emphasis on comedy
for performers with physical disabilities
by MARYE BARTON

The workshop is designed to help participants develop performance techniques
and be given an opportunity to create the 'first draft' of their own
performance pieces, either in groups or individually. Time will be allowed
between sessions for reflection, practice, sharing and idea development.
There will be periods of vocal and physical warm-ups, practices in mime,
movement, acting and voice with a focus on comedy.Techniques will be used
from the works of Laban, Stanislavsky, Rother,Way, Le Coq, Lessac, Berry,
King, McGaw. Improvisation and other disciplines needed for professional
performance will be featured, the first being safety, both internal and
external.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Eighteen hours: April 22 - May 3, 2002
Monday April 22, 1-4pm
Tuesday April 23, 1-4pm
Thursday April 25, 1-4pm
Monday April 29, 1-4pm
Thursday May 2, 1-4pm
Friday May 3, 1-4pm

Tarragon Theatre Rehearsal Space, 30 Bridgman Avenue, Toronto
Workshop led by Marye Barton  with guest instructors, Linda Carter and Alan
Shain and Miriam Rother via video.
Please send resume and/or written reason for wishing to participate to:

Marye Barton, 50 Coleridge Ave, Toronto, ON M4C 4H5:
or E-mail to: mbarto80 at hotmail.com.
Workshop Fee: $20.00 payable by cheque or cash to Marye Barton
Deadline for Registration and Fee: April 12, 2002. Space is limited – please
register early!
Participants with disabilities should be EXPERIENCED in some form of theatre
practice. (unfortunately, personnel necessary for the deaf and hearing
impaired are not available). Participants who are ABLE BODIED but who wish
to participate may apply.

Resumes and screening interviews necessary for all. Sense of humour
essential.
Biographies

Marye Barton is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London,
England, and an Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto and member of
both ACTRA and CAEA. As an actor she has performed with the Stratford and
Shaw Festivals, Canadian Mime Theatre and numerous Toronto and Provincial
Theatre Companies. She has performed in and helped create three shows with
Dis This, a company based in Toronto for performers with disabilities. Most
recently Marye appeared in Alex Bulmer’s "Killer Keller" for the Rhubarb
Festival, 2002. She has appeared many times on C.B.C. Radio and T.V.

She is also a playwright with two plays published by Playwrights' Union of
Canada, "TRACKS" and "EVOLUTION CHEER". Her play for clowns, "ONE FOR ALL",
was performed at the Fringe Festival of Toronto and she has presented three
one-woman shows. Her children's musical play, "EVOLUTION CHEER" toured
schools in and around Toronto, music by Doug Barr.Marye coaches drama skills
privately and has for many universities and colleges and has given numerous
workshops to community theatre groups as a member of Theatre Ontario Talent
Bank.

Linda Carter has clowned from Victoria to St. Petersburg. She studied
originally with Richard Pochinko and then as a graduate from The School of
Physical Theatre toured a one-woman show to Fringe festivals. Linda directed
and led theatre/movement/clown workshops for five years for Puzzle Factory.
She appeared in the play for three clowns,"One For All", at the Fringe
Festival of Toronto and now enjoys the visual arts.

Alan Shain's comedy has attitude and you won't forget his act very quickly.
His disability is obvious and his brand of comedy is unique. Shain uses
humour to attack the idea that disabled people are passive and helpless,
which is reflected in the name of his company, Smashing Stereotypes
Productions.He performs across Canada, the United States, and holds the
honour of being the only Canadian artist invited to perform at the 2000
Paralympics Arts Festival in Australia. Shain is a favorite at conferences,
schools and universities. His act broaches such questions as 'Do people in
wheelchairs ever go to the bathroom? Are they all related to each other? Do
they ever think about sex?' You may learn just a little more from Alan Shain
than you really wanted to know. Last fall in Calgary Shain was the co-host
of Picture This - the Disability Film Festival's Award ceremony. He
delivered a 2-day workshop in stand-up comedy at this festival. Shain's
current project is at The School of Dance in Ottawa, where he is creating
and running an outreach programme on creative movement for people with
disabilities. Shain is also pursuing his Masters' of Social Work degree, and
is writing on Performing artists, the Disability Movement and community
development.

Miriam Rother is a Canadian-born dancer and choreographer who has taught in
Canada and internationally including Budapest, Bangkok, Jerusalem, and
Blantyre, Malawi. Currently she is living in France and working as a
choreographer and workshop presenter in the area of physical theatre. Miriam
was choreographer and guest director of E.merge(ncy) for the 2000
SunnerWorks Festival and the guest director for the DIS THIS! Group’s
presentation of HOLD ON ME at the KickstART Celebration of Disability Arts
and Culture in Vancouver in August , 2001.

Toronto Theatre Alliance is the service organization representing the
largest professional performing arts centre in Canada. Members are producing
companies of all sizes and associate groups and services in the community.
The Toronto Theatre Alliance works to make the performing arts accessible,
relevant and welcoming to artists and audiences of all cultural backgrounds
and physical abilities. The TTA’s website is theatreintoronto.com. For more
info contact Rose Jacobson, Cross Cultural Director: 416-536-6468x 24.