“The play was crafted tremendously by director Arianna Muñoz...”
- Varsity (Vinegar Tom, 4 stars)
REHEARSED READINGS & WORKSHOPS
In addition to staged productions, Arianna has also led workshops and directed rehearsed readings of new works.
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In addition to staged productions, Arianna has also led workshops and directed rehearsed readings of new works.
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IVY DAY
by Arianna Muñoz
“It’s gonna take a lot for me to get in; I can’t afford to play nice.”
In an American high school, six friends eagerly await the release of admissions decisions. But tension grows as the hour passes, forcing them to grapple with the pressures and prejudices driving their desire to get into The Ivy League.
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by Arianna Muñoz
“It’s gonna take a lot for me to get in; I can’t afford to play nice.”
In an American high school, six friends eagerly await the release of admissions decisions. But tension grows as the hour passes, forcing them to grapple with the pressures and prejudices driving their desire to get into The Ivy League.
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10 September 2024
Golden Goose Theatre
Golden Goose Theatre
GASLIGHT
by Shaira Berg
“You all know what’s wrong with me. You just don’t care.”
After blacking out at a party, Scarlet is wakes up to discover a bleeding wound in the middle of her chest. As she tries to get help, she is met with disbelief, betrayal and apathy. A new play in which our emotional traumas are rendered into physical wounds, Gaslight highlights the impact of traumatic experiences on mental health, relationships and everyday life.
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by Shaira Berg
“You all know what’s wrong with me. You just don’t care.”
After blacking out at a party, Scarlet is wakes up to discover a bleeding wound in the middle of her chest. As she tries to get help, she is met with disbelief, betrayal and apathy. A new play in which our emotional traumas are rendered into physical wounds, Gaslight highlights the impact of traumatic experiences on mental health, relationships and everyday life.
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17 – 20 August 2023
Etcetera Theatre
Etcetera Theatre
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST
by William Shakespeare
“Our wooing doth not end like an old play;
Jack hath not Jill: these ladies' courtesy
Might well have made our sport a comedy.”
King Ferdinand and his men - Dumaine, Longaville, and Berowne - make a pact: to study rigorously and avoid the company of women for three years. But their vow is challenged by the arrival of the Princess of France and her ladies-in-waiting, whose presence sparks the beginnings of love. But will the young lovers’ romances endure against all odds?
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by William Shakespeare
“Our wooing doth not end like an old play;
Jack hath not Jill: these ladies' courtesy
Might well have made our sport a comedy.”
King Ferdinand and his men - Dumaine, Longaville, and Berowne - make a pact: to study rigorously and avoid the company of women for three years. But their vow is challenged by the arrival of the Princess of France and her ladies-in-waiting, whose presence sparks the beginnings of love. But will the young lovers’ romances endure against all odds?
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21 – 22 June 2023
Maria Bjornson Theatre
Maria Bjornson Theatre
THE BACCHAE
by Euripides, in a version by David Greig
“I’ve always been careful with gods. I praise them. Sing hymns to them. Pay them full attention. Because if you don’t…well, it doesn’t bear thinking about.”
A charismatic preacher arrives in the city of Thebes, accompanied by his frenzied followers. He offers a choice: acknowledge him as a god, or face punishment beyond comprehension. Reimagined in the mid-20th century American South, The Bacchae is a chilling and darkly humorous play that prompts difficult questions on what it means to believe, to submit, and to resist.
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by Euripides, in a version by David Greig
“I’ve always been careful with gods. I praise them. Sing hymns to them. Pay them full attention. Because if you don’t…well, it doesn’t bear thinking about.”
A charismatic preacher arrives in the city of Thebes, accompanied by his frenzied followers. He offers a choice: acknowledge him as a god, or face punishment beyond comprehension. Reimagined in the mid-20th century American South, The Bacchae is a chilling and darkly humorous play that prompts difficult questions on what it means to believe, to submit, and to resist.
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16 – 17 June 2023
Frankopan Hall
Frankopan Hall
MARIE ANTOINETTE
by David Adjmi
“You can't understand it, but I was born to be a queen. And I wasn't raised I was built: I was built to be this thing, and now they're killing me for it.”
Spoiled, pretty, rich – Marie Antoinette has it all. Except her friends are fake, her husband is incompetent, the French people are baying for her blood, and a strange sheep keeps reminding her of her impending death. Totally. Not. Cool.
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by David Adjmi
“You can't understand it, but I was born to be a queen. And I wasn't raised I was built: I was built to be this thing, and now they're killing me for it.”
Spoiled, pretty, rich – Marie Antoinette has it all. Except her friends are fake, her husband is incompetent, the French people are baying for her blood, and a strange sheep keeps reminding her of her impending death. Totally. Not. Cool.
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31 Jan – 4 Feb 2023
Corpus Playroom
Corpus Playroom
EDWARD II
by Christopher Marlowe
"To die, sweet Spenser, therefore live we all;
Spenser, all live to die, and rise to fall.”
When Gaveston, favourite to King Edward, returns from exile in France, he is faced with a court intent on his removal. Once the establishment closes ranks against an infatuated king, how long can Edward hold onto his lover?
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by Christopher Marlowe
"To die, sweet Spenser, therefore live we all;
Spenser, all live to die, and rise to fall.”
When Gaveston, favourite to King Edward, returns from exile in France, he is faced with a court intent on his removal. Once the establishment closes ranks against an infatuated king, how long can Edward hold onto his lover?
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18 – 19 June 2022
Christ’s College Chapel
Christ’s College Chapel
VANITY FAIR
by Kate Hamill
We love and we hate, we lust and we mourn. And in the face of these immensities, do you still care? Do you still want what you want? Time can't stop us, death can't stop us, war can't stop us! The power of Vanity Fair!
Amelia is kind and gentle; Becky is ambitious and rebellious. Amelia longs for love; Becky wants wealth and popularity. Despite all their differences, when both women are swept up by the tides of romance, money, gossip, power, war, and death, they quickly discover that their fortunes can fall just as swiftly as they rise. In the world of Vanity Fair, only one thing is certain: that nothing is certain.
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by Kate Hamill
We love and we hate, we lust and we mourn. And in the face of these immensities, do you still care? Do you still want what you want? Time can't stop us, death can't stop us, war can't stop us! The power of Vanity Fair!
Amelia is kind and gentle; Becky is ambitious and rebellious. Amelia longs for love; Becky wants wealth and popularity. Despite all their differences, when both women are swept up by the tides of romance, money, gossip, power, war, and death, they quickly discover that their fortunes can fall just as swiftly as they rise. In the world of Vanity Fair, only one thing is certain: that nothing is certain.
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24 – 28 May 2022
ADC Theatre
ADC Theatre
SLEEPING BEAUTY
based on the original choreography by Marius Petipa
A powerful fairy. An evil enchantress. A prince who longs for love. And a beautiful princess trapped in endless slumber...
When an evil fairy curses Aurora to die on her sixteenth birthday, the good Lilac Fairy does everything in her power to save the princess, changing the sentence of death to one of slumber, an endless sleep that can only be broken with true love's kiss.
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based on the original choreography by Marius Petipa
A powerful fairy. An evil enchantress. A prince who longs for love. And a beautiful princess trapped in endless slumber...
When an evil fairy curses Aurora to die on her sixteenth birthday, the good Lilac Fairy does everything in her power to save the princess, changing the sentence of death to one of slumber, an endless sleep that can only be broken with true love's kiss.
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4 – 5 March 2022
West Road Concert Hall
West Road Concert Hall
BLOOD AND ICE
by Liz Lochhead
“It is easy, describe what haunts you. Frankenstein, you have thought of a story. Mary Shelley, you have seized the spark of life. Now write this.”
1816, Switzerland. Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and Claire Clairmont vacation together. A challenge is made: who can write the most horrific story? As past and present intertwine, friendships fade and die, and a mysterious voice haunts the room, Mary Shelley reflects on the circumstances that led to her greatest work - Frankenstein.
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by Liz Lochhead
“It is easy, describe what haunts you. Frankenstein, you have thought of a story. Mary Shelley, you have seized the spark of life. Now write this.”
1816, Switzerland. Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and Claire Clairmont vacation together. A challenge is made: who can write the most horrific story? As past and present intertwine, friendships fade and die, and a mysterious voice haunts the room, Mary Shelley reflects on the circumstances that led to her greatest work - Frankenstein.
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9 – 12 February 2022
Brickhouse Theatre
Brickhouse Theatre
VINEGAR TOM
by Caryl Churchill
“Am I the devil? ...You don’t need be the devil, I been hurt by men.”
Alice sleeps with a mysterious man. Joan throws curses at her enemies with her old tomcat by her side. Susan is burdened with an unwanted pregnancy. As these women’s lives intertwine, they find themselves subject to all the horrors of hysteria, superstition, and patriarchy as they are pressured to confess - are they a witch?
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by Caryl Churchill
“Am I the devil? ...You don’t need be the devil, I been hurt by men.”
Alice sleeps with a mysterious man. Joan throws curses at her enemies with her old tomcat by her side. Susan is burdened with an unwanted pregnancy. As these women’s lives intertwine, they find themselves subject to all the horrors of hysteria, superstition, and patriarchy as they are pressured to confess - are they a witch?
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19 – 23 October 2021
Corpus Playroom
Corpus Playroom