A Song for Tomorrow Pitching Package

7/30/2019 A Song for Tomorrow Pitching Package

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New Harlem Productions & Eventual Ashes present

A Song For TomorrowA Song For TomorrowA Song For TomorrowA Song For TomorrowBy Christina Wong


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The performances are exceptional.

-Wayne Leung, Mooney on Theatre


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PRODUCTION CREDITSPRODUCTION CREDITSPRODUCTION CREDITSPRODUCTION CREDITS

Playwright: Christina Wong

Director: Gein Wong

Lisa Truong (May)Jeff Yung (Ping)

Set and Costume Designer: Jackie Chau

Lighting Designer: David DeGrow

Sound Designer: Gein Wong

Dramaturge: Philip Adams

Stage Manager: Beth Wong

Production Manager: Rae Powell

Artists contributing to development:

John Ng, Diana Tso, Marjorie Chan

The play was originally produced for Summer-

works Festival 2012.


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A drama that invites us to think about time and the evolution

or devolution of relationships.

-Donna g, The More the Merrier, ciut


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SYNOPSISSYNOPSISSYNOPSISSYNOPSIS

May stands with a suitcase. She looks at a photo of her

husband. Its the first time shes going to meet

him. Its also the moment she decides to leave himforever.

In his Annex home, Ping holds Mays photo in one

hand, a lottery ticket in the other. He paces back and

forth anxiously.

A Song For Tomorrowis an elegy to the choices and

sacrifices both May and Ping make to find love and

happiness, while attempting to make sense of their own

lives in Canada.


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Especially innovative is the projections of Spadina Avenue and

Chinatown streetscapes thrown onto the back wall of their apart-

ment. Likewise, the lighting and set effectively evoke the claus-

trophobia of May and Pings lives together.

-Zoe Erwin-Longstaff, The Charlebois Post


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LOGISTICSLOGISTICSLOGISTICSLOGISTICS

Cast size: 2Crew size: 2

Duration: 75 minutes

Set: The set consists of a single table and chair.There are several running props.

Lighting and sound cues are extant. The design

incorporates projections from a single static grid-

mounted projector.

It is our preference to play in studio theatres with a

capacity no larger than 200 in order to preserve the

intimate feeling evoked by the narrative.

Outreach: The company actively reaches out intovarious communities through promotions and arts

workshops to create networks, alliances, receptive

audiences for our own work and intercultural/

interdisciplinary work in general.


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Delicate is an understatement for the subdued tone of this

powerful portrayal of a marriage as it unravels against the back-

drop of the stresses and tensions of new immigrant life

-Melania Daniel, The Annex Gleaner


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DEVELOPMENT HISTORYDEVELOPMENT HISTORYDEVELOPMENT HISTORYDEVELOPMENT HISTORY

A Song For Tomorrow was developed through Night-

wood Theatres Write From The Hipprogram where it

received a public reading in August 2008 under the di-

rection of Marjorie Chan;.

The play was selected for participation in Diaspora Dia-

logues mentorship program in 2009.

Ontario Arts Council supported a workshop by New

Harlem Production with director/dramaturge PhilipAdams in 2010.

The play had a public reading in 2010 at Diaspora Dia-

logues event.

Eventual Ashes and New Harlem Productions cametogether to produce the play under Gein Wongs direc-

tion for the 2012 Summerworks Theatre Festival.


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ABOUT NEW HARLEM PRODUCTIONSABOUT NEW HARLEM PRODUCTIONSABOUT NEW HARLEM PRODUCTIONSABOUT NEW HARLEM PRODUCTIONS

Good stories. New stories. True stories.Past works include acclaimed production ofJobs Wifeat

Summerworks 2009, the four times Dora nominated produc-

tion ofGas Girlsand a presentation ofCakein partnership

with Dynamo Theatre at the 2011 Bayimba Festival, Uganda.

Notable works in development include On The Hill, a move-

ment piece invited into residency at Dancemakers Centre for

Creation and Refracted a photography exhibit and perform-

ance series at Ben Navaee Gallery.

Artistic DirectorArtistic DirectorArtistic DirectorArtistic Director

Donna-Michelle St. Bernard

Advisory CommitteeAdvisory CommitteeAdvisory CommitteeAdvisory CommitteeBrenda St. Bernard, David Yee, Joan Kivanda, Isaac Tho-

mas, Kern Albert, Philip Adams, Raine Liliefeldt, Sandra

LeFrancois, Tara Beagan

newharlemproductions.wordpress.com

[email protected]

416-804-1702

The work of New Harlem Productions is supported through

project funding from Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts

Council, the Ontario Trillium Foundation and the Canada

Council for the Arts


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ABOUT EVENTUAL ASHESABOUT EVENTUAL ASHESABOUT EVENTUAL ASHESABOUT EVENTUAL ASHES

.everything new arises from what was there before....

Eventual Ashes is a Toronto-based Performing Arts company

that produces and presents interdisciplinary work by people

of colour and queer/trans people. Formed in 2008, direc-

tor, playwright, composer and video artist Gein Wong serves

as the Artistic Director. We create three types of produc-

tions, all of which contain strong narratives: 1) interdiscipli-

nary works that incorporate multimedia and technology; 2)

Audience interactive and immersive pieces in non-traditional

performance spaces; 3) pieces that combine traditional and

contemporary art forms. Our productions have incorpo-

rated the work of professional theatre artists, visual artists,

Chinese and Western classical musicians, rock/pop/

electronic musicians, traditional Chinese and modern danc-

ers, filmmakers, video artists, poets and performance artists.

Eventual Ashes is currently developing work in Toronto,

New York and Los Angeles. We are collaborating on a

HERE Arts Centre residency and are the 2011-12 company

in residence with fu-GEN Theatre company. As well, Gein

Wong holds a 2012 Canadian Stage BASH Directors

Residency.


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