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Presented by Common Ground Arts as part of the RISER New Works Festival.Produced by Philip HackbornFor full Festival details, click here: https://commongroundarts.ca/riser/riser-new-works-festival/ ABOUT (be)Longing(be)Longing is a play about trying to find and define a feeling of “returning home” when the subject is caught in the middle of 2 worlds. It explores an experience of perpetually feeling “in-between,” by starting over again at the “Once-upon-a-time’s” of multiple origins. Weaving emotional connections to folktales, picture books, and television, with cultural/ literary analysis of the same, an artist tries to find where they might establish roots by tracing themselves back to the beginning(s). With a pair of central questions; What stories can I claim? Who will even claim me? Learn more about the show, cast, and creative team here: https://commongroundarts.ca/event/belonging/
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Presented by Common Ground Arts as part of the RISER New Works Festival.Created by D'orjay JacksonFor full Festival details, click here: https://commongroundarts.ca/riser/riser-new-works-festival/ ABOUT POSTAL PROPHETSOur journey begins far into a dystopian future on planet Ared’baan. Solar system and gravitational anomalies have destroyed over 70% of Ared’baan’s ecosystems and the planet’s rotation has slowed and shifted on its axis. The people of Nation Firstile eventually become the last population on liveable land. To ensure survival in such precarious times, unscrupulous experimentation led to a human-made, automated, indestructible governing system: Parochial Synthetic Intelligence (PSI) was put into place to bring order and sustainability for the good of the Nation. As PSI came into power, word also came that a child was born with a blue birthmark and a voice that could turn the lights on and turn minds off. One thousand years later through brutal experimentation and dispossession, the Nation has been able to craft a society of perfect checks and balances, obedience, apathy and segregation for the Nation's preservation. PSI’s strict governance of Naturals is enforced by a legion of Blues through the Communications & Postal Consortium who control every aspect of information and resource exchange. Postal Prophets is a musical play that follows O’ludree, a young Blue and indentured vocal labourer who works under Nation Firstile’s & PSI's oppressive eye. O’ludree dreams of a different path and world shown to them in both sleeping and waking states. Are these visions a path to O’s own freedom or a prophecy of a grander cosmic plan? Which destiny will O’ludree fulfill; the revolutionary voice of a clandestine resistance or the subservient agent of order? Postal Prophets explores the power of both agency and passivity while embarking on a daring quest of liberation from the nation! Learn more about the show, cast, and creative team here: https://commongroundarts.ca/event/postal-prophets/
Backstage Theatre
Our Producer Lab Skill Shares are bite-sized offerings to add to your producing toolbox. Each Skill Share is a one-hour session including a 20-30 minute presentation and discussion on a particular topic in indie producing. Tech week is around the corner. I’m the producer, what’s my job now? Join RISER Production Manager and award-winning designer technician, and technical director Kat Evans as she runs through the producer’s role in the tech process, how to communicate effectively in times of stress, and how to set yourself and your team up for tech week success!
Backstage Theatre
Our Producer Lab Skill Shares are bite-sized offerings to add to your producing toolbox. Each Skill Share is a one-hour session including a 20-30 minute presentation and discussion on a particular topic in indie producing. I found the perfect for my designer for show: what now? In this introduction, award-winning designer Erin Gruber will talk about the Associated Designers of Canada (ADC), how design contracts work, how fee negotiations with designers may differ from other roles, and what producers need to provide designers to make everything go smoothly!
Backstage Theatre
Presented by Common Ground Arts as part of the RISER New Works Festival.Produced by Liam MonaghanFor full Festival details, click here: https://commongroundarts.ca/riser/riser-new-works-festival/ ABOUT The Light of Other SkiesThe Light of Other Skies illuminates the love story of architect Arthur Erickson and his partner, interior designer Francisco Kripacz. Their story comes to life against the backdrop of their architectural creations, as seen through the eyes of a young artist who longs to connect with the queer past. At RISER 2026, Memory Box Theatre is proud to present a work-in-progress showing of this innovative piece, which combines archive-based and documentary storytelling with theatrical worldbuilding to share an extraordinary chapter of Canadian history. Learn more about the show, cast, and creative team here: https://commongroundarts.ca/event/the-light-of-other-skies/
Backstage Theatre
Presented by Common Ground Arts as part of the RISER New Works Festival.Produced by Philip HackbornFor full Festival details, click here: https://commongroundarts.ca/riser/riser-new-works-festival/ ABOUT (be)Longing(be)Longing is a play about trying to find and define a feeling of “returning home” when the subject is caught in the middle of 2 worlds. It explores an experience of perpetually feeling “in-between,” by starting over again at the “Once-upon-a-time’s” of multiple origins. Weaving emotional connections to folktales, picture books, and television, with cultural/ literary analysis of the same, an artist tries to find where they might establish roots by tracing themselves back to the beginning(s). With a pair of central questions; What stories can I claim? Who will even claim me? Learn more about the show, cast, and creative team here: https://commongroundarts.ca/event/belonging/
Backstage Theatre
Presented by Common Ground Arts as part of the RISER New Works Festival.Created by D'orjay JacksonFor full Festival details, click here: https://commongroundarts.ca/riser/riser-new-works-festival/ ABOUT POSTAL PROPHETSOur journey begins far into a dystopian future on planet Ared’baan. Solar system and gravitational anomalies have destroyed over 70% of Ared’baan’s ecosystems and the planet’s rotation has slowed and shifted on its axis. The people of Nation Firstile eventually become the last population on liveable land. To ensure survival in such precarious times, unscrupulous experimentation led to a human-made, automated, indestructible governing system: Parochial Synthetic Intelligence (PSI) was put into place to bring order and sustainability for the good of the Nation. As PSI came into power, word also came that a child was born with a blue birthmark and a voice that could turn the lights on and turn minds off. One thousand years later through brutal experimentation and dispossession, the Nation has been able to craft a society of perfect checks and balances, obedience, apathy and segregation for the Nation's preservation. PSI’s strict governance of Naturals is enforced by a legion of Blues through the Communications & Postal Consortium who control every aspect of information and resource exchange. Postal Prophets is a musical play that follows O’ludree, a young Blue and indentured vocal labourer who works under Nation Firstile’s & PSI's oppressive eye. O’ludree dreams of a different path and world shown to them in both sleeping and waking states. Are these visions a path to O’s own freedom or a prophecy of a grander cosmic plan? Which destiny will O’ludree fulfill; the revolutionary voice of a clandestine resistance or the subservient agent of order? Postal Prophets explores the power of both agency and passivity while embarking on a daring quest of liberation from the nation! Learn more about the show, cast, and creative team here: https://commongroundarts.ca/event/postal-prophets/
Backstage Theatre
Our Producer Lab Skill Shares are bite-sized offerings to add to your producing toolbox. Each Skill Share is a one-hour session including a 20-30 minute presentation and discussion on a particular topic in indie producing. Tech week is around the corner. I’m the producer, what’s my job now? Join RISER Production Manager and award-winning designer technician, and technical director Kat Evans as she runs through the producer’s role in the tech process, how to communicate effectively in times of stress, and how to set yourself and your team up for tech week success!
Backstage Theatre
Our Producer Lab Skill Shares are bite-sized offerings to add to your producing toolbox. Each Skill Share is a one-hour session including a 20-30 minute presentation and discussion on a particular topic in indie producing. I found the perfect for my designer for show: what now? In this introduction, award-winning designer Erin Gruber will talk about the Associated Designers of Canada (ADC), how design contracts work, how fee negotiations with designers may differ from other roles, and what producers need to provide designers to make everything go smoothly!
Backstage Theatre
Presented by Common Ground Arts as part of the RISER New Works Festival.Produced by Liam MonaghanFor full Festival details, click here: https://commongroundarts.ca/riser/riser-new-works-festival/ ABOUT The Light of Other SkiesThe Light of Other Skies illuminates the love story of architect Arthur Erickson and his partner, interior designer Francisco Kripacz. Their story comes to life against the backdrop of their architectural creations, as seen through the eyes of a young artist who longs to connect with the queer past. At RISER 2026, Memory Box Theatre is proud to present a work-in-progress showing of this innovative piece, which combines archive-based and documentary storytelling with theatrical worldbuilding to share an extraordinary chapter of Canadian history. Learn more about the show, cast, and creative team here: https://commongroundarts.ca/event/the-light-of-other-skies/
Backstage Theatre
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