In this episode, Patricia Allison sits down with Andrew Gurza Disability Awareness Consultant to talk about their upcoming show with Boys in Chairs Collective Access Me. Join us as we unpack Disability, sex, queerness, and representation. *This episode is for mature audiences
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We have been blown away by your excitement and support this season. From your participation in Ruff Reads to selling out our Queen Margaret reading; from filling Blind
Imaginings beyond capacity to your words of celebration about our Richard Three casting announcement; from subscribing to Ruff Radio to spreading the word about the Young Ruffian
program. We love you, and we are grateful for you!
Could Disability justice be the answer to just about everything? Let’s find out.
The Future is Disabled: Prophesies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
*** Moved to Tuesday, July4th at 8pm on Zoom
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In this episode, Patricia Allison and Jeff Yung sit down to talk Multiverse – what is it? How on earth does this fit our seasons theme? And why do we think science fiction intersects with Shakespeare? Also, as a primer for our season, Patricia and Jeff each give 3 recommendations of their favourite pop culture references of multiverse or science fiction as suggestions for YOU the audience to maybe check out in advance of our production Richard Three this summer.
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The DisCo Forum is a FREE opportunity for early career Disabled artists to meet, talk, and share work with Alexia Vassos and the Ruff Leadership Collective. Curious about agencies that rep Disabled artists? Have a monologue you want some feedback on? Need someone to proofread your resume? Bring it! We’re here for you.
In this episode, Christine Horne sits down with director, artistic director, scholar, and educator Dean Gabourie about Shakespeare’s First Folio and the Folio 400 Project. This is a primer episode for our contribution to the Folio 400 project which will be released later in the season. Listen in!
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What might we learn about our present-day political landscape from Shakespeare’s plays? Let’s find out.
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Thanks to a $10,900 Resilient Communities Fund grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation in 2022, Shakespeare in the Ruff (Ruff) has been working to expand its accessibility capacity as an organization over the past year. The project has involved consulting with Deaf and disability community advisors Elizabeth Morris, Alex Bulmer, and Ophira Calof, and training to make Ruff’s website accessible.
In this episode, PJ Prudat and Patricia Allison sit down with Jenna Rodgers the director of Teenage Dick by Mike Lew, which is currently happening at the Alberta Theatre Projects. This is a companion piece to our season-long exploration of all things of Shakespeare’s Richard III and to the Ruff Reads book club which selected Teenage Dick by Mike Lew as our April read.
Listen in to this beautiful conversation with Jenna Rodgers where we talk about the play and working across difference. Enjoy!
We are thrilled to introduce Nicole Wilson as the Education Coordinator for the 2023 season. Nicole will be working with PJ Prudat and the Ruff Collective to develop the Young Ruffian Apprenticeship Program and dream BIG with us this summer.
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