Performances in Gibsons

Gibsons Heritage Playhouse - 2008-2011

• Little Shop of Horrors, book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, screenplay by Roger Corman *various roles
• Quilters, a musical play by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek * Stories of many played by seven women
• Sleeping Beauty - a Pantomime by Michael Buchanan-Smart * role of Witch Way

Lenaia Theatre Foundation/Collaborations

Kokol from Massett
Winter in the Haida Nation: Love, Politics and the Potlatch

Written by Valen Watson
Performed by Sally Williams (Pardee)

This play for a solo performer was presented in Vancouver in its earliest phase of development (see resume).

The (LA based) playwright from Toronto had recently returned from living in Masset on the northern tip of Haida Gwaii.

In its last incarnation Valen Watson brought together a production team in Los Angeles and the Hollywood Court Theatre became the venue, richly adorned with Eagle and Raven Button Blankets and tall angles of stretch jersey that transformed into anything from rain forest to laundry on the clothesline.

The (LA) director, Justin Ross came from a background in dance, acting and directing. His credits included A Chorus Line (stage and film), Pippin (Broadway) and his directorial debut ‘Lipsynchia’ that played Off Broadway for close to a year.

Musical composer, Mark Fifer, assembled five musicians who were situated in an open loft above the stage.

Justin tried to arrange a longer run of “the Haida piece” but he wasn’t able to make it work as we all went off in various directions.

Next Stop: Kirov, Russia

Sally in Kirov performed excerpts from Kokol from Massett for participants of The Theatre for Young Spectators. The Russian troupe was working with a school of thought from one of the current studios at the Moscow Art Theatre. They were also involved with methods of Constantin Stanislavsky.
May, June and July 1994

Lost in the Divine
Deep Cove Shaw Theatre

Written by Valen Watson
Directed by Sally Williams

A woman’s complex, soulful story told with flashbacks to suburban Toronto, ‘60’s & ‘70’s depicting relationships with five siblings.

We ‘work-shopped’ Lost in the Divine for four weeks before beginning rehearsals.
July/August 1992

Fundraising on the North Shore

Collaborative efforts for fundraising purposes have been focused upon ISIS CULTURAL OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL, founded by Monica Gold of West Vancouver. Monica and the members of ISIS have been aiding and working with doctors and teachers in Russian and Georgian cities for seventeen years. Monica’s seventeenth journey into Russia was last July 2005.

Performances for ‘ISIS’ have included projects with Rita Radzikowski and members of The Vivaldi Chamber Choir.

Particularly memorable was the Celebration of the Life and Creativity of Hildegard Von Bingen, 12th Century Abbess and outspoken advocate for a new consciousness within the church. Autumn 1997

THE TALE OF THE FIREBIRD

Ancient Tale
Performed by Sally Williams

Performed at an Isis fundraiser
Musical accompaniment by Ali Roth
November 13, 2004

Monica Gold has been researching and writing the symbolic meaning that underscores the ancient tale of the journey of Ivan.