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Ruff News

Oct 01
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FOREST BATHING IN WITHROW PARK

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One of the defining pillars of Ruff is that we get to call the beautiful Withrow Park home. We are fortunate to have a rich, vibrant and natural stage from which we perform our work and build our community. 

For this year’s fundraiser, we invite our friends, family and community to connect with the more-than-human world of Withrow Park by forest bathing in Withrow Park. 

Your guide to forest bathing will be Melanie Hazell – an ANFT certified Forest Therapist and long-time friend of Ruff. Melanie’s story can be found here. 

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Sep 30
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RUFF SKILLS

JOIN IN ON THE RUFF SKILLS FUN

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A month-long fundraising celebration of the wild and beautiful intersections of the Ruffians. 

Overview:
Friday, October 14th – Restorative Meditation and Creative Writing with PJ Prudat
Sunday, October 16th – 1:1 Coaching Sessions with Christine Horne
Saturday, October 22nd – Introduction to Kung Fu in Withrow Park with Jeff Yung
Saturday, October 29th – Non- Dancer Music Video Choreography with Patricia Allison

For Forest Bathing on Sunday, October 16th CLICK HERE

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Aug 19
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Audience Accessibility

READ ABOUT THE OPTIONS WE HAVE AVAILABLE

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This season, Ruff has been working with consultants Alex Bulmer, Elizabeth Morris, Jeff D’Hondt, and Angela Sun to explore new accessibility options for our production of Otîhêw. We acknowledge that these offerings won’t make the show accessible for everyone, but our hope is that this is a first step towards achieving greater and more comprehensive accessibility each season.

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Aug 15
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OTIHEW - IMPORTANT UPDATE

Some News to Share About Otîhêw Performances

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Our 2022 production of Otîhêw has been a big, beautiful undertaking, and one that we realized pretty early on in the process hadn’t been given enough time to fully bloom. Out of a desire to give our creative team and crew more time to breathe and create, we are adjusting our performance schedule.

August 19th and 20th, originally planned as preview and opening, will now be rehearsal evenings. You are still welcome to join us! The process is open to witnesses from 7-10pm, and our front-of-house team will have chairs and cushions ready for you if you’d like to drop by. All are welcome, and in fact we’d love to have you there.

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Aug 03
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Update: Rufflings Story Time

Update: Rufflings Story Time

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When we were brainstorming our first season at Ruff, and the new initiatives we wanted to launch, I was super excited about two things: Ruff Reads (our monthly book club), and Rufflings Story Time, which I imagined as a weekly gathering in the park, adjacent to rehearsals, where members of the mainstage company and the Young Ruffian Apprenticeship Program could gather park kids and read them stories, play games, etc.

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Jul 07
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Ruff Reads - July

Ruff Reads: July 2022

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For our final installment of Ruff Reads for the season, we’re discussing a piece that has been called “a decolonization of the novel” and a “fierce reclamation of Anishnaabe aesthetics”. We can’t wait to get into it.

Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 

Thursday July 28th at 8pm on Zoom

DM us or contact ruffreads@shakespeareintheruff.com for the Zoom link. (Don’t have time to read the book but still interested in the conversation? Join us anyway!)

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Jun 18
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Community Event

YOU ARE INVITED ! Yes, YOU!

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Friends, we are excited to invite you to a FREE Shakespeare in the Ruff Community Event on June 29th from 6pm – 8pm in between the tress (Jack and Diane) where we seasonally perform.

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Jun 01
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Ruff Reads: June 2022

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Listen here:

Turning away from Shakespeare’s original and towards our summer production, Ruff Reads delves into a book that has had great influence on playwright PJ Prudat and Otîhêw, her Indigenous, fur trade-era reimagining of Othello.

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May 23
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musician / composer call 2022

Call for Submissions – Musician/Composer

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Otîhêw
Written by PJ Prudat
Directed by Philip Geller

Shakespeare in the Ruff presents Otîhêw, an Indigenous reimagining of Shakespeare’s Othello by PJ Prudat. 

Set during the fur trade era, Otîhêw is the story of an Indigenous woman warrior bound in the historical “custom-of-the-country” to Desmond, a fur-trader under HBC conquest. Otîhêw will be directed by Philip Geller.

Seeking:


Composer/Musician – Proficient with strings and drums. Familiar with composing atmospheric and non-diegetic sound. Will accompany every performance live. First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists will be prioritized. 

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May 23
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Audition Call 2022

Call for Submissions – Performers

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Otîhêw
Written by PJ Prudat
Directed by Philip Geller

Shakespeare in the Ruff presents Otîhêw, an Indigenous reimagining of Shakespeare’s Othello by PJ Prudat. 

Set during the fur trade era, Otîhêw is the story of an Indigenous woman warrior bound in the historical “custom-of-the-country” to Desmond, a fur-trader under HBC conquest. Otîhêw will be directed by Philip Geller.

Seeking:

Magpie – Female/non-binary identifying – Age 25+ – Indigenous.
Outlier and fiercely defended by sister Otîhêw. She is the oracular voice and their language is expressed through strong physicality.

Hamish (Iago) – Any gender – Age 30+ – Indigenous.
Not your typical Iago. Fuelled by an insatiable hunger for control, they are the colonial construct of a perfect storm. Sibling to Otîhêw.

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