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DISS: From the Streets to the Stage Special Events
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Project ACT
From Silver to Gold: Mixed Company's Next 25 Years Get a Healthy Start - December 1 2009 - As fans, friends, and family celebrated Mixed Company 25th Anniversary on November 25, the 1st Annual STARS Awards Gala was highlighted with the announcement of Project ACT by Ontario’s Minister of Health Promotion, Honourable Margarett R. Best...
Educational Tour
LATEST RELEASE - CIBC Steps Up to Help Mixed Company Theatre Engage, Educate and Empower Student Resiliency - March 8 2010 - CIBC has provided $6,000 for a lead sponsorship of “DISS,” Mixed Company Theatre’s newest interactive play. Developed through a collaborative creative partnership with youth, the Toronto Police Service and support from the Toronto District School Board, this project focuses on gang presence in our neighbourhoods and the pressures youth face finding social connection and identity...
DISS is What Matters to the Rotary Club of Toronto - February 8 2010 - It is with great excitement that Mixed Company Theatre announces a new sponsorship from the Rotary Club of Toronto for their new play about youth violence DISS, that will tour schools March 22 – April 16.
Mixed Company Theatre Springs into 2010 with Ontario Arts Council Support - December 18 2009 -The Ontario Arts Council has confirmed their support for Mixed Company’s Spring 2010 Educational Tour. This assistance from the Ontario Arts Council will help students understand issues from the perspective of others through Mixed Company’s delivery of interactive, entertaining, and age-appropriate theatrical presentations.
Fall Tour Marks Another Silver Anniversary Highlight - December 9 2009 - After performing for 20,000 students and teachers this Fall, Mixed Company Theatre wraps the current Educational Tour for elementary and secondary schools today...
Coverage: Toronto Sun - October 8 2009
Showdown Spreads Anti-Violence Message - Oct 7 2009 - Mixed Company Theatre’s interactive anti-bullying presentation, Showdown, kicked off a youth-focused TAVIS Event today at York Memorial Collegiate Institute...
Show Up for Showdown - September 21 2009 - Mixed Company Theatre’s interactive anti-bullying presentation, Showdown, kicks off the Safe Schools for All: Peacemaking Education Conference this Saturday at University of Toronto OISE...
Spreading the Message - August 24 2009 - Follow the story of Teesha, a young woman determined to balance academics and a new social life in her first year at a new school in Mixed Messages, Mixed Company Theatre’s interactive production. Mixed Messages addresses the issue of sexual assault on university and college campuses, asking students, "How far is too far?”
Coverage: Hamilton Wentworth District School Board News Desk - July 22 2009
Coverage: Hamilton Spectator - June 10 2009
Morro and Jasp...BOO BULLYING! - June 8 2009 - Loveable and laughable clowns, Morro and Jasp, from Mixed Company Theatre return to R A Riddell Public School in Hamilton on Tuesday to perform Boo Bullying...
DISS - From the Streets to the Stage
Coverage: The Badge - September 1 2009 Toronto Community News - August 19 2009
Toronto Sun - August 30 2009 Metro - August 14 2009
How DISS Gets Started - August 14 2009 - Collaborating with professional artists including Chalmers Award-winning playwright, Rex Deverell, Toronto area youth will be performing a play based on the violence they have experienced in their communities. DISS tours across Toronto August 14 – 21...
Coverage: CityTV News - August 14 2009
Coverage: CBC Metro Morning - August 12 2009
Youth DISS Gang Violence - August 10 2009 - Youth will perform raps based on their experiences with violence while a DJ spins live beats throughout the show. Developed in partnership with the Toronto Police Service, the play presents the worst-case scenarios of gang involvement, catalyzing audience members to express their voices, making our communities safer.
Coverage: Toronto Sun - July 30 2009
Gang Violence: From the Streets to the Stage - July 27 2009 - Mixed Company Theatre partners with the Toronto Police Service to create theatre for social change with youth affected by gang violence...
Coverage: North York Mirror - June 11 2009
Coverage: CFRB - Toronto at Noon with Dave Trafford - June 9 2009
Mobilization through Dramatization - June 8 2009 - As part of Toronto’s Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (TAVIS), Mixed Company Theatre will assist in the training of more police officers assigned to Toronto’s priority neighbourhoods...
Bouncing Back
Holding Boundaries at Shelters Accross Toronto - February 22 2010 - “Yo, The tag is T. I'm like the B.I.G. of this shelter, see?” Mixed Company’s ‘Bouncing Back’ troupe tours shelters and community centres with Holding Boundaries this week.
Rebecca Applebaum Jumps Into New Joker Internship Initiative at Mixed Company - February 1 2010 - As we cross the threshold of our next 25 years, Mixed Company Theatre is pleased to announce a new Joker Internship initiative with emerging playwright and actor Rebecca Applebaum the first to step into this role...
Mixed Company Theatre: 'Bouncing Back' from Homelessness - January 11 2010 - Every year Mixed Company Theatre’s initiatives include a homelessness project. Betty Joe Morris, a 2009 project participant described her experience as: “It kept me clean and off the streets of the drug life...
Coverage: Toronto Star - January 28 2006
CBC Metro Morning - November 25 2008
Workshops
Joking Around with Mixed Company Theatre - June 15 2009 - Actors, playwrights, counselors and educators come together next week as Mixed Company Theatre hosts its annual Forum Theatre Joker Master Class in Toronto, June 22 – 25.
Mixed Company Theatre Announces the Forum Theatre Joker Master Class - May 7 2009 - Mixed Company Theatre hosts its annual Forum Theatre Joker Master Class in Toronto, June 22 – 25. Facilitated by Artistic Director and founder of Mixed Company Theatre, Simon Malbogat, this 4-day interactive workshop, is designed for people experienced in Forum Theatre who want expand their knowledge and become jokers, or group facilitators.
Grants and Special Funding
Mixed Company Theatre has a Playwright in the House! - July 6 2009 - Mixed Company Theatre is thrilled to announce that Heather Marie Annis will be the “Playwright in the House” for six weeks. Generous funding from the Ontario Arts Council allows for a Playwright in Residence...
Special Events
First Annual 25th Anniversary STARS Gala
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First Annual STARS Awards Gala: Act I - November 25 2009 - Mixed Company Theatre is thrilled that the Honourable Margarett R. Best will join the company and its guests during the 1st Annual STARS Awards Gala to announce an exciting new partnership between Mixed Company Theatre and the Ministry of Health Promotion...
Stories, STARS, and Surprises - November 24 2009 - Mixed Company Theatre is delighted to announce the inaugural recipients of the RISING STARS Award....
Seven STARS on the Rise - November 17 2009 -Overwhelmed by the quality of nominations for their inaugural Rising Stars Award, Mixed Company Theatre is delighted to announce a new constellation of young, hot stars rising in Toronto’s communities...
Coverage: Inside Toronto - November 20 2009
Jackie Richardson Adds Soul to the STARS Gala - Oct 13 2009 - Mixed Company Theatre is delighted to announce that Jackie Richardson will be performing at the 1st Annual STARS Awards Gala, Mixed Company Theatre’s 25th Anniversary celebration.
Meharchand for MC - September 14 2009 - Suhana Meharchand hosts Mixed Company Theatre’s 1st Annual STARS Awards Gala, honouring past, present and future STARS. Celebrating Mixed Company Theatre’s 25th Anniversary, the STARS Awards Gala will take place November 25.
OTHER EVENTS
A Fine Line to Empowered Students - Oct 14 2009 - Mixed Company Theatre “I am a player, I play. So let’s get on with the play.” These words open A Fine Line, the showcase readings of Mixed Company Theatre’s newest play, at upcoming Empowered Student Partnership Events...
Engaging, Educating and Empowering...Students - Oct 14 2009 - Mixed Company Theatre emcees the Empowered Student Partnership (ESP) Kick-Off today at the Elgin Theatre. Developed in collaboration with ESP students and Mixed Company artists, new scenes present worst-case scenarios, catalyzing audience members to express their voices, making their schools safer. Check out a clip on YouTube!
Mixed Messages Goes Global - October 21 2009 - “Why didn’t he understand I was trying to say no?” asks Teesha, in Mixed Messages, as the sexual assault Forum Theatre play heads to Austria next week...
'Clowning Around' at the Harbourfront Centre - October 5 2009 - The Bully Show: Clown in the Round kicks off the season in Hamilton elementary schools, followed by free performances at HarbourKIDS: Respect, a 3-day festival for kids October 10 – 12...
Coverage: Toronto Star - October 12 2009
IMPACT - Individuals Making Positive Artistic Change Together
Prepare for I.M.P.A.C.T. - August 4 2009 - I.M.P.A.C.T is the new, youth-oriented committee that has been working hard over the summer towards its vision to provide young people with a creative outlet to initiate social change. Individuals Making Positive Artistic Change Together will educate and empower communities through Forum Theatre that is a reflection of the youth the committee represents...
Coverage: L'Express - August 11 2009
Staff
Three Students Mix it Up at Mixed Company Theatre - June 29 2009 - Through Canada Summer Jobs, an initiative that provides funding for not-for-profit organizations to create high-quality summer job opportunities for students between the ages of 15 and 30, three students will be putting their skills to work for positive change...
Coverage: Queens Alumni Review - November 18 2009