Between Breaths is a one-act play telling the true story of Dr. Jon Lien, well-known in Newfoundland as the Whale Man. Lien pioneered techniques for rescuing whales trapped in fishing nets. Often risking his very life in the water with the formidable and frightened animals, he would seek to earn their trust as much as the fishermen’s. His ability to free more than 500 whales, while doing as little damage to the fishing gear as possible, won the hard-earned respect of the fishermen. Despite his risky work, Lien’s biggest fight came at the hands of a lengthy illness. Before he passed away in 2010, his body was slowly conquered by immobility and dementia.
Between Breaths jumps time backwards, from the final moments of Lien’s life – in a wheelchair and dealing with brain damage – to his very first whale intervention. As his life becomes further and further confined, his mind stretches itself in memories of release and salvation.
Between Breaths is a one-act play telling the true story of Dr. Jon Lien, well-known in Newfoundland as the Whale Man. Lien pioneered techniques for rescuing whales trapped in fishing nets. Often risking his very life in the water with the formidable and frightened animals, he would seek to earn their trust as much as the fishermen’s. His ability to free more than 500 whales, while doing as little damage to the fishing gear as possible, won the hard-earned respect of the fishermen. Despite his risky work, Lien’s biggest fight came at the hands of a lengthy illness. Before he passed away in 2010, his body was slowly conquered by immobility and dementia.
Between Breaths jumps time backwards, from the final moments of Lien’s life – in a wheelchair and dealing with brain damage – to his very first whale intervention. As his life becomes further and further confined, his mind stretches itself in memories of release and salvation.
A follow-up script to the Nationally recognized production, We Were Here, Clyde A. Wray has created an imaginative glimpse into the lives of Georgina Whetsel and Lena O’Ree. ON SALE JAN 25.
FEBRUARY 23-25, 2023 SERIES: Atlantic Repertory Company
Created by Clyde A. Wray Featuring: Dr. Timothy Christie, Tanya Macpherson, and Ajalie Rufina
A whimsical account of the lives of two remarkable Black women, Georgina Whetsel and Lena O’Ree, as they meet at the gates of Heaven and engage in an enchanting conversation with Saint Peter!
The Good the Bard & The Ugly is a smorgasbord of Shakespearean delight as we follow the bard’s confusing journey with his compatriots to unravel his hastily put together draft of a new play. In an adventurous evening of half baked rehearsal, we see how it’s all coming together, or – how it isn’t!
Coming to Miramichi at the Carrefour Communautaire Centre, January 28th, at 7:30PM.
The Woman in Black is a modern horror classic written by Stephen Mallatratt and Susan Hill. Where a lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectre of a Woman in Black engages a skeptical young actor to help him tell his terrifying story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul.
Purchase tickets online or call: 506-652-7582
Main Stage subscribers receive $5 off regular tickets. Thursday, April 13th is Industry Night! Theatre-makers receive a $20 ticket.
Black Box Productions Presents: The Fofana Kingdom Location: Black Box Theatre 51 Dineen Dr. St. Thomas University Campus
Dates/Times: Thursday Feb 2nd – Time: 7:30pm Friday Feb 3rd – Time: 7:30pm Saturday Feb 4th – Time: 2:00pm Saturday Feb 4th – Time: 7:30pm
Cost: PWYC, Tickets available at the door or to reserve email theatre@stu.ca
Fredericton, NB – Black Box Productions is honoured to invite you to join us on the St. Thomas University campus for the premier of the original production, FOFANA KINGDOM, that celebrates diversity and strives to reimagine what theatre can be. Join Princess Ozanna of Fofana Kingdom, as she embarks on a quest in search of an answer to the timeless question, ‘Where is home?’. Told through the lens of ancient Africa from the seat of Sierra Leone – The Lion Mountain, this epic tale examines globalization and immigration in the modern era. Co-Directed and Written by two incredible STU alum, Saa Andrew Gbongbor, an artist and activist and former refugee from Sierra Leone and Lucas Gutiérrez-Robert, an emerging artist and first-generation Argentinian, who harness their unique artistic skills and personal experiences to bring you a beautiful, heart opening work of theatre.
Saa Andrew Gbongbor, through the generous support of ArtsNB, has been Artist in Residence with Black Box Productions since September 2022. During his residency Saa created a welcoming space where the most diverse cast in the history of the company, featuring students and community members of all ages, could come together to play, create, and build community. Lucas Gutiérrez-Robert joined this wild ride in September and the two immediately forged a collaborative relationship that fostered the creation of a dynamic script and a joyful rehearsal process.
The cast and crew have also all brought their own stories, cultures, and experiences to the work, making Fofana Kingdom a true modern tapestry. Trinidadian, Incan, Mayan, and Indian cultures guide Ozanna, a face cream mogul and her smooth henchman are perfect villains and a trio of gossipy girls from Fofana provide comic relief. All set against a background of lush African fabrics, cascades of gold and stands of grass, Fofana Kingdom will light up your heart and invite you to ask yourself, ‘Where is home’?
Are You In ISOLATION JONES ~ Distending an Earlier Work ~ PART II-Q of “THE GREAT SECULSION” MYTH Written/Directed/Performed by Scott Shannon
X is back in another Solo-Shadow-Session but instead of offering a Confessional, this time he’s preparing to share some bad news and hoping the audience can help him practice the sad saga he has to share with the Other Shadows. Join X for this theatrical Eulogy to a Storyteller, a Tale of Woe he has to weave to soothe the sorrow.
X is here; You are not
Fundy Fringe 2022 Outstanding Solo Show
Memorial Hall, UNB Campus ~ FRIDAYS ~ Jan 13th @7:30pm Feb 24th @7:30pm Apr 21st @7:30pm May 19th @7:30pm
The Good, The Bard and the Ugly – written by and featuring Michelle Daigle, Ron Kelly Spurles, and Don Rigley. Presented by Live Bait Theatre and Frantically Atlantic.
Will Shakespeare needs a new play for the Queen – in less than a week. Desperately he puts together bits and pieces of plays he’s been working on but has yet to produce. The result is a show with many of Shakespeare’s most famous characters, speaking some of his most famous lines – out of order, to the wrong character, and sometimes confused with other lines! The outcome is a humorous smorgasbord of love lost, love found, lust, dramatic tension and absurdity with love potions, sleeping potions and death potions! All of this, and music to boot.
Music from Frantically Atlantic at 7 pm, performance to follow at 7:30 pm.
Saint John Theatre Company. February 15-18, 2023 at the BMO Studio Theatre, 112 Princess St., Saint John.
By Michael Frayn Directed by Dean Turner
In 1941, the German physicist Werner Heisenberg made a strange trip to Copenhagen to see his old teacher and colleague, Niels Bohr. These two Nobel Prize winning physicists had revolutionized atomic physics in the 1920’s with their work together on quantum mechanics and the uncertainly principle. But now the two men were on opposite sides in a world war.
On sale December 19!
Tickets are $25 for adults. Students are $20.
Thursday, February 16 is Industry Night! Theatre-makers receive a $20 ticket
