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INTERVIEW with Michael Kras, Playwright

Above: Michael Kras - photo by Megan Kras

The world premiere of No Big Deal, produced by Roseneath Theatre and presented by Tottering Biped Theatre, will be touring in Hamilton for an extremely limited run October 21st to 23rd in the Robinson Memorial Theatre at McMaster University. No Big Deal is the newest work by local playwright Michael Kras, a recent recipient of the Voaden Prize for his hit play The Team.

Kras' work centres on new-generational characters navigating their lives in present day Canada. His provocative, witty and accessible plays have been breaking out of Hamilton with some now featured in play publications and school program productions across Canada.  

I had the pleasure of a virtual interview with Michael to discuss his playwriting journey and the anticipation of No Big Deal being staged.

SCG: Describe your inspiration for your latest work No Big Deal and what encouraged you to write this piece.

MK: In 2019, after finishing a sold-out run of my play The Team in Hamilton – which is a play that features five young women – I wanted to jump into a new project that allowed for a more direct kind of introspection.

The ways in which toxic masculinity permeate our culture, especially in ways that feel innocuous or have been normalized, were interesting to me as a playwright; so I decided to dive in on a play about male friendship and two young men coming of age with extremely divergent ideas of what “being a man” means to them.

With this basic idea in mind, I approached Toronto’s Roseneath Theatre – one of Canada’s leading companies for Theatre for Young Audiences – and pitched them the idea. As it turns out, the topic of toxic masculinity has been an in-demand one for schools across the province, so Roseneath was all for it and I soon jumped into a role as their OAC Playwright-in-Residence through 2020 to work on the play. I’m so proud that this play will be making its world premiere with Roseneath as their first in-person production since the pandemic began.

SCG: What is your perception on taking a risk regarding writing new pieces of theatre?

MK: Good question! I view risk as a playwright as the bravery to present challenging ideas without letting the work itself take a clear side. As an artist, I can live in a safe place by using the play to tell the audience how I feel about my characters and their actions, but I think it’s much more interesting to present them as they are – the good and the bad and the grey – without judgement. That, for me, is where the discussion lives.

That’s what I love about No Big Deal; its lens on toxic masculinity is often subtle, and the gender politics that inform so much of the conflict in the play can be deeply complicated. I have zero interest in easy answers; if I did, I probably wouldn’t be a playwright.

SCG: Hamilton theatre has an increasing interest from younger audiences and many community theatre companies encourage their involvement as participants in community productions. How do you approach this as a playwright and why do you believe your work speaks to younger audiences?

MK: I can’t speak too much to what that’s like in community theatre, but I will say that I think any theatre – community or professional – will see no downside to programming, creating, and developing new work that’s about and for new-generation audiences and artists.

So often in Canadian theatre we put theatre for adults and theatre for young audiences into two separate silos, but I believe that theatre for young audiences can tell stimulating, challenging, powerful, exciting stories that impact a much broader range of audiences than just young people. One of my favourite examples was during a talkback of my play The Team – another play I wrote about and for young people – where one of the most visibly moved people in the audience was a white man in his 50s.

I think that universal resonance happens when we as artists treat young people and their experiences with weight, complexity, and nuance. At the end of the day, young people are doing the same thing all of us are doing; trying to find our place in an increasingly uncertain world.

SCG: What have been some challenges in writing and workshopping No Big Deal and how have you overcome them?

MK: No Big Deal is one of the hardest times I’ve ever had writing a play. A big part of that was absolutely the fact that I began developing it right at the start of the pandemic, and trying to write a play was the very last thing on my mind while the world around me was going through this terrifying and unprecedented event.

But beyond that, I think it’s more difficult and vulnerable to write a play like this that’s so closely tied to my own lived experience. My play The Team, for instance, came out of me really quickly because the subject matter afforded me a degree of personal distance. No Big Deal was a direct confrontation of the ways I navigate the world as a young, white, cisgender, able-bodied man. It’s not remotely autobiographical, but this play taught me a lot about myself.

SCG: How will this play speak to Hamilton audiences or audiences in general?

MK: I will consider No Big Deal a success if audiences in Hamilton and beyond walk away with completely different takes on the events that occur in the play. I think people in the audience will get different reads on certain situations and moments based on their own lived experiences, and that excites me so much.

I’m very proud of this play; I think it’s extremely funny, humane, moving, and challenging, and the team bringing it to life at Roseneath Theatre is very special. But above all, I think No Big Deal is going to prompt some incredibly important discussions; and not just for younger generations.

Thank you Michael for your engaging insights on playwriting and bringing another intriguing work to the stage. Please see details below for more information.

Artwork by Claudia Davila

WHERE: McMaster University’s Robinson Memorial Theatre (in the Chester New Hall building)

WHEN: October 21, 22 at 8:00 p.m. and 23 at 2:00 p.m. ONLY

FOR TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT: No Big Deal Ticket Sales

PLOT SYNOPSIS:  Best friends Ariel and Grayson work at a horrible theme park for the summer to save up for college. Their plan is to be roommates and take their first steps into adulthood together. But tensions created by their increasingly different ideas of growing into manhood might be enough to threaten their friendship. Tackling themes of contemporary masculinity, bro culture, and consent, No Big Deal is a complex, funny, and humane new play that’s sure to provoke urgent discussion.

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Had an amazing night at Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre. It was wonderful catching up with old friends from Wall Street to Walton and meeting so many new friends. Having so many finance, PR, and entrepreneurial buddies from around the world in one place was truly a blessing. I loved every minute.

I can’t recommend the show enough! It has always been a favorite (my father-in-law played Sky Masterson alongside Bob Hoskins and Bernard Cribbins at the National). This version was spectacular—see it before it ends and make sure you stand in the pit! And stay for the dance-off!

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All videos were taken before the show, during the interval, and after.

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Groundbreaking Musical 'Frankie Goes to Bollywood' Coming to Hayes

The all-singing, all-dancing 'Frankie Goes to Bollywood' with vibrant tale of heroes, villains, and the glitz and glamour of Bollywood is coming to Hayes later this month. Read more on Hillingdon Today. #FrankieGoesToBollywood #PraveshKumarMBE #BollywoodMusical #BritishInBollywood #WestEndMusical #BollywoodFilm #BritishSouthAsian #BollywoodStardom #MusicalTheatre #BollywoodMusic #KatrinaKaif #AliaBhatt #UKBollywood #BollywoodJourney #BollywoodHeroes #BollywoodVillains #FameAndFortune #TheatreProduction #BollywoodDance Read the full article

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ADDAMS FAMILY WEEK 1 - A1 MOUNTBOARD

My finished A1 mountboard for this weeks Addams Family concept work. Super happy with my sketches this week. #strodecollegeartdepartment #maturestudent #artcollege #strodeartfad #addamsfamily #conceptart #sketching #mountboard #thing #pugsley #grandmastrolley #familytree #spanishoaktree #theatreproduction #props #characterdesign (at Street, Somerset) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHf_GdmlC_7/?igshid=1way64sra4f1w

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I’m composing and creating the sound design for a verbatim play called ‘Talking to Brick walls’. I have just begun my sound collage of it.

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The co-creation process of the Citizen Trilogy has been an exhilarating and enjoyable experience, and is one to be cherished as the journey of creation is no longer a lonely one. This is because the process of collaborating with Xiaoyi is never jealous, competitive, or skeptical. Within the span of seven years, what was intended to be a standalone that was Citizen Pig has grown into a trilogy, with the culmination of it being Citizen X. It goes without saying that the Citizen series need not end in a trilogy, and we never had the intention to stop anyway. We have everyone at The Finger Players to thank, for their trust in us, and for giving us this platform. The Citizen Trilogy has been so much more than an investigation of social or livelihood issues. Its sentiment lies in the more fundamental; love and hatred, the joys and sorrows in survival, and the vicissitudes and reunions underlying our fates. Hence, the issues that we investigated transcend nationalities (Citizen Pig), realms (Citizen Dog), and now, generations (Citizen X). No sentient being will ever be immuned to afflictions, or can ever be exempted from the toils of impermanence. Perhaps there truly is no meaning in all the struggles we undertake, and all our suffering is futile and absolutely ridiculous. But within that is the Citizen series; a journal of the glorious, yet beautiful self-destructive nature of being. Instagram.com/theoliverchong #oliverchong #awardwinningplay #thefingerplayers #theoliverchong #actor #Theatre #theatrelife #theatrearts #theatrelove #theatreislife #theatrelover #theatreproduction #theatreactor #theatreplay #theatredirector #Art #artist #artoftheday #acting #actors #artistsoninstagram #arts #artists #artistsofinstagram #actorslife #actorlife #artstagram #artistoninstagram #artlover #artofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B-HZs6wnCG4/?igshid=42icw93lrjr8

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Speaker hang day for Ring of Fire at the Citadel today. Big thanks to the crew. Can’t wait to make some noise! @citadeltheatreyeg #sounddesign #musicaltheatre #theatre #livestageshow #livemusic #livemusicshow #music #design #theatresounddesign #livetheatre #soundgeek #soundtech #theatreproduction (at Citadel Theatre) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzuTCyRgnqI/?igshid=jh6q2lwba80g

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“Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.” HAMLET, Act V, sc. 1 . The making of this character for the production of Hamlet took 6.2 min. and it was recorded by @mariamyankevych and @uacomix . Grateful for this video, I’m able to share the process of creation of one of this characters that is now an important inspiration and model for the graphic novel that’s to come. . #hamlet #graphicnovel #theatreproduction #yorick #figurativeart #sculpting #claysculpture #contemporaryrealism #creatingcharacters #lviv #ukraine🇺🇦 (at Lviv, Ukraine) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvqxOXfoRbB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1s0ucdmqx91pa

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First Willy Wonka rehearsal for the grandparents ✨

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AN INTERVIEW WITH DUNDAS LITTLE THEATRE’S MATTHEW WILLSON, DIRECTOR OF “THE HUMANS”

I had the pleasure of a virtual interview with Dundas Little Theatre’s Matthew Willson who will be directing the first of their 2022-2023 season with his vision of The Humans, a Tony Award winning play by Stephen Karem. The Humans tells the story of the quintessential family reunion: a group of people who love each other but still wrestle with basic human fears: old age, abandonment, poverty, and death. Matthew shared insights on his inspiration for set, combating the ongoing challenges of illness during production and the anticipation of bringing this piece to Dundas in a few short weeks!

WHERE: Dundas Little Theatre - Garstin Centre for the Arts, 37 Market Street South, Dundas, Ontario

WHEN: October 28, 29 November 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 at 8:00 p.m.

Matinee performances: November 6 & 13, 2022 at 2:00 p.m.

FOR TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT:  Tickets at Dundas Little Theatre

THE INTERVIEW:

SCG: What inspired your company to produce this show? What inspires you generally when directing shows?

MW: I had approached The Players’ Guild about producing it, but they went in another direction. My wife and I saw the play in New York a handful of years ago now. I am certainly glad Dundas Little Theatre chose it as part of their season.  As for “what inspires me when directing” - I need to feel inspired long before I start rehearsals.  I’m really inspired by the cast and the crew. When creating a production, all levels of the team need to be equally invested. I’m lucky to have this group right now.

SCG: Dundas Little Theatre is no stranger to impressive set designs for their productions. Describe your vision for the set in "The Humans" and how it has influenced or changed the direction of this show.

MW: From day one I pressed the importance of this set for this piece. It is, perhaps, the main character. Designing the set was a pretty cool process for us involved. John Bello, David Faulkner-Rundle and I designed it right there on the theatre floor during a 12 minute meeting. We used a tape measure and some tape and an old donut bag to draw on.

It was an odd process, but the set is really evolving!

SCG: What have been some challenges in bringing your show to life and how have you overcome them?

MW: Like any artistic project, problems always arise. We’ve had to make cast changes, a COVID scare and for the first time in my life, I became sick… I spent more than a week in hospital and I’m adjusting to new beginnings and medication as I write this piece.

SCG: What has been rewarding about directing this play?

MW:  So far, its been a reward for me to even get to go to rehearsal. This is a very cool and raw piece of material and the way that we’re approaching it and our interpretation of it , I feel is going to go over well. Our cast and crew are building the entire production each rehearsal. And every rehearsal takes an incredible amount of focus. The performers are pretty tired afterwards. I told them at our first pre production meeting that on opening night, they'd be like athletes performing this one.

SCG: For those unfamiliar with "The Humans," how will this show speak to audiences in the Hamilton area or audiences in general?

MW: I am not sure that I’m I can properly convey the entire premise of this story, but I do know this: the play “The Humans” is holding a mirror to our society…

Thank you Matthew. Be sure to check out the season opener for Dundas Little Theatre. Tickets are on sale as of October 7! Steel City Girl will be reviewing the production on October 28!

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PHOTOS: of the painted cardboard cut outs made by RI middle school students that were incorporated (along with sound recordings of their own original stories) into the BIG NAZO Spectacle production of “The Intergalactic Bus Trip” for the Bank of America Arts Showcase on the Providence Performing Arts Center stage. The production combined a variety of mask, puppet and body prosthetics  with live music, video projection, massive cardboard sets and interaction with the student audience.

Photos by Jori Ketten

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