Artist Chat with Lily Ling, Theatre around campus and #iMissLiveTheatreTO all inside

Issue 10, 2020/2021 Season | September 22, 2020

Hello!

In this issue, we share a new Virtual Artist Chat with the incredibly accomplished Music Director Lily Ling, we tell you all about what students are doing to safely keep Theatre alive and well on campus and we share an initiative from our friends at TAPA called #iMissLiveTheatreTO.

Virtual Artist Chat with Lily Ling

Lily Ling got her first gig as a Music Director with us while a student at the University if Toronto. Since then, she's made a HUGE career of it and has toured the world sharing her creative passion and energy.

Shows at Hart House Theatre on which Lily refined her skills include: Godspell, The Rocky Horror Show, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Jerry Springer: The Opera and High Fidelity.

Watch this chat to hear just how Lily began her journey and what amazing things she's doing now. Did someone say the first Asian woman to conduct Hamilton??!! She's the definition of powerhouse talent.

See more Virtual Artist Chats and past Performances from Home on YouTube.

Theatre Around Campus

Just one of the ways in which Hart House Theatre supports Theatre-related activities at the University of Toronto is through staff mentorship of the U of T Drama Coalition.

The Drama Coalition works to generate and promote interest in extracurricular theatre and to foster relationships between the various dramatic groups and societies across all three of U of T campuses.

As with all activities this year, there may be some changes, but the student groups that comprise the Drama Coalition are still as dedicated as ever and have some terrific upcoming opportunities:

Victoria College Drama Society - Executive Applications

Now accepting applications. Final due date: Sept. 28, 2020 12 noon

Full details and applications instructions can be found here.

Trinity College Drama Society Auditions

Now accepting submissions. Final due date: Sept. 25, 2020 12 noon

Full details and submission instructions can be found here.

The SMC Troubadours present Andy, Steve and the Great Debate of 2020

An online event that can viewed live, or at your convenience over a weekend. Sept. 25, 2020 at 8 pm - Sept. 27, 2020 at 11:59 pm

Full show details and tickets can be found here.

#iMissLiveTheatreTO

From our friends at TAPA and the larger Theatre community in Toronto:

"If the COVID-19 pandemic had not pressed pause on human activities six months ago, this would have been the week in which Toronto’s illustrious and vibrant theatre, dance and opera companies would have collectively launched the 2020-21 live performance season. And what a season it would have been: hundreds of plays, musicals, dances and operas playing to millions of audience members. Today the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) is launching a public awareness campaign to celebrate what would have been and to honour the loyal and resilient Toronto audience that has made the city’s performing arts community among the largest in North America.

I Miss Live Theatre TO — #iMissLiveTheatreTO — will run September 21 to 27. This online campaign encourages audience members to declare their love of the city’s performing arts by sharing some of their favourite Toronto theatre moments of the past. We may not yet be able to gather to watch a live performance as we have done in other seasons, but we can at least publicly acknowledge our love of live theatre." - text provided by TAPA.

Enjoy the video below to learn more.

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