Left-right: Adam Seelig (piano), Tyler Emond (bass) & Jeff Halischuk (drums). Photo: Yuri Dojc.
The songs of UBU MAYOR
Music & Lyrics by Adam Seelig, Music Direction by Tyler Emond
UBU MAYOR runs until Sep 21, 2014 at the Wychwood Theatre in Toronto.
For tickets call 416.915.0201 or book online.
The cast of UBU MAYOR by Adam Seelig, Sep 12-21, 2014 at the Wychwood Theatre in Toronto. Left-right: Astrid Van Wieren (Huhu), Michael Dufays (Dudu), Richard Harte (Ubu), Adam Seelig (piano). Photo: Yuri Dojc.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Toronto, June 23, 2014
Media contact: Linda Litwack Publicity, 416-782-7837, lalitwack AT rogers.com
**Announcing the Cast**
UBU MAYOR: A Harmful Bit of Fun
September 12-21, 2014 in Toronto
Radical spirit of merde-filled classic meets
renowned antics of Toronto's mayor in new play with live music
“Toronto’s enterprising One Little Goat Theatre Company” (New York Times) has announced its cast for the world premiere of Ubu Mayor: A Harmful Bit of Fun, written, directed and composed by Artistic Director Adam Seelig.
Just in time for Toronto's highly anticipated municipal election, Ubu Mayor combines the radical spirit of Ubu Roi, French writer Alfred Jarry's outrageous masterpiece of 1896, with the internationally broadcast antics and obscenities of Toronto's mayor and brother, Rob and Doug Ford. This marks One Little Goat's first production featuring live music.
The Equity production opens Friday, September 12, 2014 and runs to Sunday, September 21, Tuesdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. at the Wychwood Theatre, 76 Wychwood Avenue, located in Artscape's Wychwood Barns. Tickets are $25; $20 for students, seniors and artists. Information and tickets may be obtained by calling One Little Goat Theatre Company at 416-915-0201 or visiting www.OneLittleGoat.org.
THE CAST: Ubu Mayor features 2012 Dora Award winner Astrid Van Wieren (This Wide Night, My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding) as Huhu; Michael Dufays (2013 Dora Award nominee for Arigato Tokyo) as Dudu; and Richard Harte (Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Boys in the Photograph, One Little Goat's Antigone:Insurgency) as Ubu, the play's mayor.
Director of the highly acclaimed The Charge of the Expormidable Moose ("a tour de force" –Globe and Mail) and writer of plays including Antigone:Insurgency (NNNN –Now) and Talking Masks (**** –Eye), Adam Seelig has now written his first "play with music." Seelig's original songs for the play include B-b-b-b-b-bacon, Etobicokaine, Plenty to Eat at Home and others.
Directing the music and live band for the production is virtuoso bassist Tyler Emond. Emond regularly works with leading musicians in various genres, including multi-gold album artist Matt Dusk, Jessica Stuart, Mr. Something Something and Randy Brecker. He is the 2007 recipient of Humber College's highest distinction in music, the Oscar Peterson Prize.
The design team for Ubu Mayor boasts numerous Dora nominations, with sets and costumes by Jackie Chau and lighting by Laird MacDonald.
Ubu Mayor combines the outrageousness of Alfred Jarry's dadaist classic with the widely reported sexist, racist, homophobic and alleged criminal scandals of Toronto’s current mayor and his city councillor brother. Still, the play does not directly represent actual political figures.
"This is not journalistic theatre," says Seelig, "nor is it agitprop or verbatim theatre. People familiar with the recent mayoral scandals will appreciate how they're woven into the play. Those who aren't will simply enjoy Ubu Mayor for what it truly is: an all-out romp of asinine absurdity. With music."
SYNOPSIS: Ubu Mayor involves a mayor (Ubu) whose wife (Huhu) is having an affair with his older brother (Dudu). Ubu wants Huhu to love him again and he wants what's best for the city, but both his love and political ideals are foiled by brother Dudu's machinations.
Adam Seelig is a poet, playwright, stage director, and founder of Toronto’s One Little Goat Theatre Company. Born and raised in Vancouver, Seelig has also lived in northern California, New York, England and Israel. He is the author of the novella Every Day in the Morning (slow) (New Star Books, shortlisted for the 2011 ReLit Award). Some of his previous plays include Antigone:Insurgency (Toronto 2007) Talking Masks (Toronto 2009; published by BookThug) and Like the First Time (Toronto 2011; published by BookThug). Seelig is the recipient of a Commonwealth Fellowship and a Stanford Golden Grant for his work on Samuel Beckett’s manuscripts. He is a 2013/2014 RBC Director at Canadian Stage.
One Little Goat, North America’s only company devoted to contemporary poetic theatre, “has done audiences a huge service” (Toronto Star) through its highly interpretive, provocative approach to new and international plays. The company's Canadian and world premieres have garnered praise from the New York Times, Globe and Mail, Economist, Now and others. More information on the company is available at www.OneLittleGoat.org.
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The Media is Invited: Fri & Sat, Sept. 12 & 13, 8 p.m.; Sun Sept. 14, 2 p.m.
For media reservations, interviews, photos and further info, contact:
Linda Litwack
416-782-7837
e-mail: lalitwack AT rogers.com
Main Pronunciations:
Seelig – SEE-lig; Chau – Chow; Emond — eh-MON
Ubu (Mayor) – OO-boo; Huhu – HOO-hoo; Dudu – DOO-doo
Ubu Roi (French pronunciation of Jarry’s play): - Ü-bü rwah
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Toronto, June 11, 2014
Media contact: Linda Litwack Publicity, 416-782-7837, lalitwack AT rogers.com
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Ubu Mayor: A Harmful Bit of Fun
September 12-21, 2014 in Toronto
Renowned antics of Toronto's mayor meet radical spirit of
merde-filled classic in new play with live music
Just in time for Toronto's highly anticipated municipal election, “Toronto's enterprising One Little Goat Theatre Company” (New York Times) presents the world premiere of Ubu Mayor: A Harmful Bit of Fun. Written, directed and composed by Artistic Director Adam Seelig, this production is One Little Goat's first to feature live music. It combines the internationally broadcast antics, absurdities and obscenities of Toronto's mayor with the radical spirit of Ubu Roi, French writer Alfred Jarry's merde-filled masterpiece of 1896.
The Equity production opens Friday, September 12, 2014 and runs to Sunday, September 21, Tuesdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. at the Wychwood Theatre, 76 Wychwood Avenue, located in Artscape's Wychwood Barns. Tickets are $25; $20 for students, seniors and artists. Tickets go on sale this summer and may be obtained by calling One Little Goat Theatre Company at 416-915-0201 or visiting www.OneLittleGoat.org.
Director of the highly acclaimed The Charge of the Expormidable Moose ("a tour de force" –Globe and Mail) and writer of plays including Antigone:Insurgency (NNNN –Now) and Talking Masks (**** –Eye), Adam Seelig has now written his first musical.
"I'm uneasy with the idea of musicals, even if they worked for Brecht," he says, "so I prefer to call Ubu Mayor a play with music." Seelig's original, bitingly satirical songs for the play include B-b-b-b-b-bacon, Etobicokaine© , Plenty to Eat at Home and others.
Ubu Mayor combines the buffoonery of Alfred Jarry's dadaist classic with the widely reported, alleged sexist, racist, homophobic and criminal scandals of Toronto’s current mayor, along with his city councillor brother. Nevertheless, the play does not directly represent actual political figures.
"This is not journalistic theatre," says Seelig, "nor is it political or verbatim theatre. People familiar with the recent mayoral scandals will appreciate how they're woven into the play. Those who aren't will simply enjoy Ubu Mayor for what it truly is: an all-out romp of asinine absurdity. With music."
Ubu Mayor involves a mayor (Ubu) whose wife (Huhu) is having an affair with his older brother (Dudu). Ubu wants Huhu to love him again and Ubu wants what's best for the city, but both his love and his political ideals are foiled by brother Dudu's machinations. The three-person Equity cast will be announced this summer.
The design team for Ubu Mayor boasts numerous Dora nominations, with sets and costumes by Jackie Chau and lighting by Laird MacDonald.
Arranging the music and live band for the production is virtuoso bassist Tyler Emond. Emond regularly accompanies leading musicians in multiple genres, including multi-gold album artist Matt Dusk, Jessica Stuart, Mr. Something Something and Randy Brecker; and his own bands, Hylia and Tin Can Man. He is the 2007 recipient of Humber College's highest distinction in music, the Oscar Peterson Prize.
Adam Seelig is a poet, playwright, stage director, and founder of Toronto’s One Little Goat Theatre Company. Born and raised in Vancouver, Seelig has also lived in northern California, New York, England and Israel. He is the author of the novella Every Day in the Morning (slow) (New Star Books, shortlisted for the 2011 ReLit Award). Some of his previous plays include Antigone:Insurgency (Toronto 2007) Talking Masks (Toronto 2009; published by BookThug) and Like the First Time (Toronto 2011; published by BookThug). Seelig is the recipient of a Commonwealth Fellowship and a Stanford Golden Grant for his work on Samuel Beckett’s manuscripts. He is a 2013/2014 RBC Director at Canadian Stage.
One Little Goat, North America’s only company devoted to contemporary poetic theatre, “has done audiences a huge service” (Toronto Star) through its highly interpretive, provocative approach to new and international plays. The company's Canadian and world premieres have garnered praise from the New York Times, Globe and Mail, Economist, Now and others. More information on the company is available at www.OneLittleGoat.org.
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The Media is Invited: Fri & Sat, Sept. 12 & 13, 8 p.m.; Sun Sept. 14, 2 p.m.
For media reservations, interviews, photos and further info, contact:
Linda Litwack
416-782-7837
e-mail: lalitwackATrogers.com
www.OneLittleGoat.org
Main Pronunciations:
Seelig – SEE-lig
Chau – Chow
Emond — eh-MON
Ubu (Mayor) – OO-boo
Huhu – HOO-hoo
Dudu – DOO-doo
Ubu Roi (French pronunciation of Jarry’s play): - Ü-bü rwah
AUDITION NOTICE – ONE LITTLE GOAT THEATRE COMPANY – TORONTO
Production name: UBU MAYOR
Deadline to submit: June 2, 2014
Audition date: June 9, 2014
Email applications to: chadgadya at gmail.com
Contact name: Adam Seelig
Website: www.OneLittleGoat.org
One Little Goat Theatre Company is holding auditions for our September 2014 world premiere of UBU MAYOR, a play with music by Artistic Director Adam Seelig in which the internationally renowned antics of Toronto's mayor meet the radical spirit of Ubu Roi, Alfred Jarry's merde-filled masterpiece of 1896.
Dates: performances September 12-21, 2014; rehearsals TBD.
We are seeking actors of the highest calibre with excellent singing abilities for the following roles - actors of all vocal ranges and cultural backgrounds welcome:
UBU: a man who is mayor (age 35-45)
HUHU: a woman who is Ubu’s spouse (age 30-40)
DUDU: a man who is Ubu’s brother (age 35-45)
Please submit résumé and headshot by email to Adam Seelig, Artistic Director, chadgadya at gmail.com, by MONDAY JUNE 2. *Optional: if available, please forward a link to a sample of your singing abilities.
Only CAEA members will be considered. Only those selected for an audition will be contacted. Actors will be engaged under a form of Equity policy.
“Toronto’s enterprising One Little Goat” (New York Times) is North America’s only theatre company devoted to contemporary poetic theatre. Acclaimed for its highly interpretive, provocative approach to international plays, One Little Goat consistently features leading Canadian theatre artists.
One Little Goat Theatre Company is looking for a Music Consultant who can:
This is a paid, contract position in preparation for our September 2014 world premiere of UBU MAYOR, a satirical play with music by Artistic Director Adam Seelig in which the internationally renowned antics, absurdities and obscenities of Toronto's mayor meet the radical spirit of Ubu Roi, Alfred Jarry's merde-filled masterpiece of 1896 (http://onelittlegoat.org/). Work begins ASAP.
“Toronto’s enterprising One Little Goat” (New York Times) is North America’s only theatre company devoted to contemporary poetic theatre. Founded in New York in 2002, and based in Toronto since 2005, the company is acclaimed for its highly interpretive, provocative approach to international plays.
Please submit résumé and brief cover letter by email to Adam Seelig, Artistic Director, onelittleg@gmail.com. For more about One Little Goat, please visit: www.OneLittleGoat.org.
PARTS TO WHOLE, a new play by Adam Seelig, has just been published by BookThug!!!
Join One Little Goat for our free workshop presentation of PARTS TO WHOLE featuring Sochi Fried and Ben Irvine on Monday, February 24 in Toronto. For details, please visit: http://onelittlegoat.org/partstowhole/
"Toronto's enterprising One Little Goat" (New York Times), with support from Canadian Stage, is pleased to announce a workshop presentation of
PARTS TO WHOLE
a new play by Artistic Director Adam Seelig
featuring Sochi Fried & Ben Irvine
Find out more: onelittlegoat.org/partstowhole/