Aluna Theatre

past productions

La Comunión

Rosa Laborde, Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, Zarrin Darnell-Martin.  photo Katherine Fleitas

Written and Directed by Beatriz Pizano

JANUARY 12-31, 2010, at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto

“War is easy.  It’s what I know.” — Pantera  (real name withheld)

After six years of fighting, one child soldier flles to Toronto under an assumed identity, where she confronts an even greater challenge: life as a civilian.

A World Premiere starring Micheline Calvert, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, Rosa Laborde, Sam Malkin, Natalia Naranjo, Marilo Nuñez, Michelle Polak, and introducing Carlos Arellano and Luis Delgado.

“Colombian-born Beatriz Pizano is one of Canada’s important Latin-Canadian writer/directors…La Comunión is compelling theatre.” – Paula Citron

DORA NOMINATIONS:

Outstanding New Play – Beatriz Pizano
Outstanding Set Design – Trevor Schwellnus
Outstanding Lighting Design – Trevor Schwellnus
Outstanding Sound Design – Thomas Ryder Payne
Outstanding Costume Design – Andjelia Djuric

Defenestration  (project: Entrada)

a collective creation

at the Corporacion Colombiana de Teatro, Bogota, Colombia:  November 2008

A co-production with the Corporacion Colombiana de Teatro, Theatre Revolve, and Tridha Arts, created in Toronto and Bogota with a team of 10 Canadian and 14 Colombian Artists and under the direction of Award-winning theatre-maker Patricia Ariza.

Featuring:  Claire Calnan, Lisa Codrington, Ravi Jain, Natalia Naranjo, Soheil Parsa, Beatriz Pizano, Victoria Mata, and Rakhi Mutta

Madre

Rosa Laborde.   photo: John Launer

written and directed by Beatriz Pizano

in the Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace, Toronto:  January – February 2008

Guilt.  Memory.  A mother and daughter
contend with Alzheimer’s in a country at war.

Featuring: Marcia Bennet, Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, Rosa Laborde, Anita La Selva, Rosalba Martinni, and introducing Juliette Burgos

“a brilliantly acted and directed play” –   Stewart Byfield, MONDOmagazine
“delivers an intense climax” –   Paula Citron, the Globe and Mail

DORA AWARDS:

Nominated, Outstanding New Play: Beatriz Pizano
Nominated, Outstanding Performance: Marcia Bennet
Nominated, Outstanding Lighting Design: Trevor Schwellnus
Winner, Outstanding Sound Design: Thomas Ryder Payne
Winner, Outstanding Set Design:    Trevor Schwellnus

For Sale

Michelle Polak and Lyon Smith

written and directed by Beatriz Pizano

in the Theatre Centre, Toronto:  September – October 2003

A dream-documentary for the women struggling to cope with 50 years of armed insurgency in Colombia.

Featuring: Treasa Levasseur, Loraine Pelletier, Beatriz Pizano, Michelle Polak, Lyon Smith, and Yashoda Ranganathan

“beautifully conceived and acted” –   Paula Citron,Classical 96.3 fm

DORA AWARDS:

Nominated, Outstanding New Play: Beatriz Pizano
Winner, Outstanding Performance: Michelle Polak
Winner, Outstanding Set Design:    Trevor Schwellnus