CURVILICIOUS 2012
Curvilicious 2012 was Urban Curvz’s 6th annual fundraiser celebration of Women in Theatre. Hosted by Vicki Stroich, the event featured an eclectic and exciting line-up of female talent from across the city and beyond.
Hunger Striking
By Kit Brennan
Featuring: Jamie Konchak and Anita Miotti*
April 26 to May 5 2012 @ The Pumphouse
Creative Team:
Director Vanessa Sabourin
Stage Manager Ailsa Birnie
Assistant Director Jacqueline Russell
Production Designer Anton de Groot
Choreographer Anita Miotti
Production Manager Derek Paulich
Publicist Tammy Roberts
When one of Sarah’s students dies of anorexia, Sarah is propelled into her own memories, taking her from her present day reality as a high school English teacher into multiple pasts: her own past as an anorexic girl twenty years earlier, her Celtic heritage with its vivid creatures and mythology passed on to her by her father, and the world of the hunger-striking suffragettes at the beginning of the last century. Though the battleground may be different, Sarah’s struggle to reconcile with herself is unnervingly easy to identify with.
A haunting and powerful production that combines movement and story to take you into an altered world and delivers an experience that goes beyond the walls of logic, deep into the pulse of the body.
*Anita Miotti was honored with a Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Choreography.
Hunger Striking recieved 5 award nominations in 2012, including Best Director (Betty Mitchell and Critic’s Choice Awards).