Past Productions
Into The Cold Ground
Written by Ryan M. Sero
This short show shall take place in the middle of the night as part of the Dark Crop Performance Festival!
Hosted by OPIA theatre collective the Dark Crop Performance Festival is an all-night art festival with a variety of acts including music, theatre, dance, poetry, puppetry and story-telling, as well as a visual artists showcase. The festival runs throughout the entirety of one nights, beginning just before sunset and ending with the sunrise the following morning!
The ticket price includes admission to the full evening of performances, one campsite and a communal morning meal.
Date: Begins 5pm August 17th and ends with sunrise August 18th
Show Time- Midnight
Tickets: brownpapertickets.com
Written by Ryan M. Sero
This short show shall take place in the middle of the night as part of the Dark Crop Performance Festival!
Hosted by OPIA theatre collective the Dark Crop Performance Festival is an all-night art festival with a variety of acts including music, theatre, dance, poetry, puppetry and story-telling, as well as a visual artists showcase. The festival runs throughout the entirety of one nights, beginning just before sunset and ending with the sunrise the following morning!
The ticket price includes admission to the full evening of performances, one campsite and a communal morning meal.
Date: Begins 5pm August 17th and ends with sunrise August 18th
Show Time- Midnight
Tickets: brownpapertickets.com
Solo: A Night of Stories featuring Pity Face & The ADHD Project
Lisa Pijuan-Nomura and Carlyn Rhamey in an evening of storytelling.
The ADHD Project
Award-winning storyteller Carlyn Rhamey (SAOR, Scaredy Cat) shares the trials and triumphs of growing up a little bit “Special” and learning to embrace what makes us different. From her diagnosis and placement in a segregated classroom to navigating her “superpower” now as an adult, this is an intimate, honest journey exploring ADHD and celebrating neurodiversity. Welcome to Carlyn’s world of chaos, creativity and combat with her mind.
Created and performed by Carlyn Rhamey
Pity Face
Pity Face is a workshop showing of Lisa Pijuan-Nomura's one woman show about cancer.
Too often we look at those with cancer with a "Pity Face" - anxious and uncertain, instead of engaging with the actual person. We treat them as their illness, offer platitudes and pity, a pouty mouth head tilt, and then back away. Through insightful, hilarious and revealing anecdotes drawn from personal experience, Pijuan-Nomura offers a dramatic, comic, empowering and inspiring exploration for those experiencing cancer, their friends, family and allies, a guide to see and interact as real people
Pity Face is the very opposite of it's name: instead of a guilt-ridden, sad, and tentative, it stares at cancer with a steady, sober and humorous gaze.
Created and performed by Lisa Pijuan-Nomura
Mar 21-24
Staircase Theatre
Lisa Pijuan-Nomura and Carlyn Rhamey in an evening of storytelling.
The ADHD Project
Award-winning storyteller Carlyn Rhamey (SAOR, Scaredy Cat) shares the trials and triumphs of growing up a little bit “Special” and learning to embrace what makes us different. From her diagnosis and placement in a segregated classroom to navigating her “superpower” now as an adult, this is an intimate, honest journey exploring ADHD and celebrating neurodiversity. Welcome to Carlyn’s world of chaos, creativity and combat with her mind.
Created and performed by Carlyn Rhamey
Pity Face
Pity Face is a workshop showing of Lisa Pijuan-Nomura's one woman show about cancer.
Too often we look at those with cancer with a "Pity Face" - anxious and uncertain, instead of engaging with the actual person. We treat them as their illness, offer platitudes and pity, a pouty mouth head tilt, and then back away. Through insightful, hilarious and revealing anecdotes drawn from personal experience, Pijuan-Nomura offers a dramatic, comic, empowering and inspiring exploration for those experiencing cancer, their friends, family and allies, a guide to see and interact as real people
Pity Face is the very opposite of it's name: instead of a guilt-ridden, sad, and tentative, it stares at cancer with a steady, sober and humorous gaze.
Created and performed by Lisa Pijuan-Nomura
Mar 21-24
Staircase Theatre
A Modicum of Freedom
Written by: Ryan M. Sero
Directed by: Tyler Brent and Ryan M. Sero
Winner 'Pick of the Fringe' Hamilton Fringe Festival 2009
In the dystopian future, the Ministry controls everything you do: where you work, who you marry, and also that you will stub your toe at 9:32pm on the door you forgot to shut. Ministry Writers are responsible for controlling every minute of every person's day.
Herbert Milk is a downtrodden Ministry Writer, wishing for freedom when, one day, he gets himself as an account and he is responsible for writing his own future...
A Modicum of Freedom is a fun satirical comedy about fate, free will, despots, governments, and a little bit of romance, too.
Cast:
Tyler Brent
Kyle Guglielmo
Rebecca Gondosch
Kristian Reimer
Craig Rintoul
Annie Rosenberg
Ryan M. Sero
J. Shand
Allison Warwick
Laura Welch
Oct 10-14, 2018
Staircase Theatre
Written by: Ryan M. Sero
Directed by: Tyler Brent and Ryan M. Sero
Winner 'Pick of the Fringe' Hamilton Fringe Festival 2009
In the dystopian future, the Ministry controls everything you do: where you work, who you marry, and also that you will stub your toe at 9:32pm on the door you forgot to shut. Ministry Writers are responsible for controlling every minute of every person's day.
Herbert Milk is a downtrodden Ministry Writer, wishing for freedom when, one day, he gets himself as an account and he is responsible for writing his own future...
A Modicum of Freedom is a fun satirical comedy about fate, free will, despots, governments, and a little bit of romance, too.
Cast:
Tyler Brent
Kyle Guglielmo
Rebecca Gondosch
Kristian Reimer
Craig Rintoul
Annie Rosenberg
Ryan M. Sero
J. Shand
Allison Warwick
Laura Welch
Oct 10-14, 2018
Staircase Theatre
Romeo and Juliet: An Escapist Comedy
Written by: Ryan M. Sero
Directed by: Tyler Brent
Romeo has a lot on his mind: his girlfriend has dumped him, he just fell in love with Juliet the daughter of his enemies, the Capulets, and he can't find the meaning of life. Not only that but try finding a decent barber.
Back by popular demand Romeo and Juliet: An Escapist Comedy is our comedic take on the Shakespearean classic. It is vaudeville turns into Marx brothers turns into Greek Tragedy with Woody Allen sprinkled throughout.
Winner of the Critics Choice award Hamilton Fringe Festival 2014. Critics Choice View Magazine 2018.
"Theatre like this reminds me why I love the art" - Happening Hamilton
"A wacky, completely loveable narrative for the Bard's star-crossed lovers" - Gary Smith, Hamilton Spectator
"This play was flat- out hilarious. It's really hard to do live comedy well, but Romeo & Juliet gets everything right: a brilliant script, exemplary acting, impeccable timing, top-notch production and a pace so rip-roaring that you'll miss some of the jokes because you're already laughing too hard" - Raise the Hammer
Cast:
Natalia Bushnik
Tyler Brent
Liz Kalles
Kristian Reimer
Ryan M. Sero
Laura Welch
Location: Artword Artbar
Show Times
Hamilton Fringe Festival July 19-29.
Directed by: Tyler Brent
Romeo has a lot on his mind: his girlfriend has dumped him, he just fell in love with Juliet the daughter of his enemies, the Capulets, and he can't find the meaning of life. Not only that but try finding a decent barber.
Back by popular demand Romeo and Juliet: An Escapist Comedy is our comedic take on the Shakespearean classic. It is vaudeville turns into Marx brothers turns into Greek Tragedy with Woody Allen sprinkled throughout.
Winner of the Critics Choice award Hamilton Fringe Festival 2014. Critics Choice View Magazine 2018.
"Theatre like this reminds me why I love the art" - Happening Hamilton
"A wacky, completely loveable narrative for the Bard's star-crossed lovers" - Gary Smith, Hamilton Spectator
"This play was flat- out hilarious. It's really hard to do live comedy well, but Romeo & Juliet gets everything right: a brilliant script, exemplary acting, impeccable timing, top-notch production and a pace so rip-roaring that you'll miss some of the jokes because you're already laughing too hard" - Raise the Hammer
Cast:
Natalia Bushnik
Tyler Brent
Liz Kalles
Kristian Reimer
Ryan M. Sero
Laura Welch
Location: Artword Artbar
Show Times
Hamilton Fringe Festival July 19-29.
Richard III
by William Shakespeare
Directed by: Laura Welch
At the end of the War of the Roses, Richard feels miserable. He wants nothing more than the crown won by his brother, Edward IV. He sets out to take the crown by force and cunning, fueled by his envy and pride. He weaves a spider's web of lies, turning allies into enemies, and threatening to topple the entire kingdom as soon as he gains it...
Richard III is William Shakespeare's most lovably evil villain, as renowned for his charm as for his horrific acts. His scheming politician archetype is seen to this day in dramas such as House of Cards and Game of Thrones, and, far too often, in real life as well.
Cast in alphabetical order:
Victoria Adam
Tyler Brent
Emma Grafham
Michael Hannigan
Ryan M. Sero
Michele Tredger
Allison Warwick
March 2018
The Staircase Theatre 27 Dundurn Street North Hamilton.
by William Shakespeare
Directed by: Laura Welch
At the end of the War of the Roses, Richard feels miserable. He wants nothing more than the crown won by his brother, Edward IV. He sets out to take the crown by force and cunning, fueled by his envy and pride. He weaves a spider's web of lies, turning allies into enemies, and threatening to topple the entire kingdom as soon as he gains it...
Richard III is William Shakespeare's most lovably evil villain, as renowned for his charm as for his horrific acts. His scheming politician archetype is seen to this day in dramas such as House of Cards and Game of Thrones, and, far too often, in real life as well.
Cast in alphabetical order:
Victoria Adam
Tyler Brent
Emma Grafham
Michael Hannigan
Ryan M. Sero
Michele Tredger
Allison Warwick
March 2018
The Staircase Theatre 27 Dundurn Street North Hamilton.
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
Directed by: Ryan M. Sero
Julius Caesar is a fast-paced political drama about the conspiracy to kill the first Roman Emperor.
When Caesar returns to Rome, not everybody is celebrating. His closest friend, Brutus, is troubled by Caesar's absolute power. Fearing tyranny, Brutus joins several other senators in a plot to assassinate his best friend.
Cast in alphabetical order:
Victoria Adam
Kristi Boulton
Tyler Brent
Liz Buchanan
Scott Buchanan
Sean Emberley
Adam Lemieux
Colin Palangio
Ryan M. Sero
Laura Welch
Nov 2017
The Staircase Theatre 27 Dundurn Street North Hamilton.
by William Shakespeare
Directed by: Ryan M. Sero
Julius Caesar is a fast-paced political drama about the conspiracy to kill the first Roman Emperor.
When Caesar returns to Rome, not everybody is celebrating. His closest friend, Brutus, is troubled by Caesar's absolute power. Fearing tyranny, Brutus joins several other senators in a plot to assassinate his best friend.
Cast in alphabetical order:
Victoria Adam
Kristi Boulton
Tyler Brent
Liz Buchanan
Scott Buchanan
Sean Emberley
Adam Lemieux
Colin Palangio
Ryan M. Sero
Laura Welch
Nov 2017
The Staircase Theatre 27 Dundurn Street North Hamilton.
Don Quixote
Written by:
Ryan M. Sero
Cast:
Tyler Brent
Carlos Jimenez
Ryan M. Sero
Super Crawl
September 2017
Written by:
Ryan M. Sero
Cast:
Tyler Brent
Carlos Jimenez
Ryan M. Sero
Super Crawl
September 2017
The Cheese
Faulkner and Underwood are two incompetent, self-important, pseudo-intellectuals who get into a furious fight. Over what? The last piece of gourmet cheese, of course!
Written by:
Ryan M. Sero
Cast:
Amos Crawley
Ryan M. Sero
Hamilton Fringe Festival July 2017
Evergreen City works 294 James St N. Hamilton
Faulkner and Underwood are two incompetent, self-important, pseudo-intellectuals who get into a furious fight. Over what? The last piece of gourmet cheese, of course!
Written by:
Ryan M. Sero
Cast:
Amos Crawley
Ryan M. Sero
Hamilton Fringe Festival July 2017
Evergreen City works 294 James St N. Hamilton
The Future is Female Festival
The Future is Female Festival is a festival of readings of short plays by women of all backgrounds on the subject “the future is female". The festival is happening across North America throughout the month of March. It is an expression of the hope that the future will hold equality for all. In an industry dominated by men what better way to begin to bring about that equality than to create an opportunity for female playwrights to have their pieces heard. Make Art Theatre with the support of the Artword Artbar has decided to participate in this festival. We shall be reading 3 short plays ranging from 10 to 20 minutes in length. They are: How To Date A Politically-Correct Feminist (Or, The Compassion Experiment) by Emma K. Harr, Low & Away by Demetra Kareman, and Press by Alice Stanley Jr.
thefutureisfemalefestival.com
Readers:
Cadance Allen
Liz Buchanan
Sean Emberley
Carlos Jimenez
Tina Kocic
Adam Lemieux
Amy Milligan
Amber Wood
The Artword Artbar
March 2017
The Future is Female Festival is a festival of readings of short plays by women of all backgrounds on the subject “the future is female". The festival is happening across North America throughout the month of March. It is an expression of the hope that the future will hold equality for all. In an industry dominated by men what better way to begin to bring about that equality than to create an opportunity for female playwrights to have their pieces heard. Make Art Theatre with the support of the Artword Artbar has decided to participate in this festival. We shall be reading 3 short plays ranging from 10 to 20 minutes in length. They are: How To Date A Politically-Correct Feminist (Or, The Compassion Experiment) by Emma K. Harr, Low & Away by Demetra Kareman, and Press by Alice Stanley Jr.
thefutureisfemalefestival.com
Readers:
Cadance Allen
Liz Buchanan
Sean Emberley
Carlos Jimenez
Tina Kocic
Adam Lemieux
Amy Milligan
Amber Wood
The Artword Artbar
March 2017
Women of Manhattan
Written by: John Patrick Shanley
Directed by: Krista Colosimo
Cast: (in alphabetical order)
Cadence Allen
Stephanie Hope Lawlor
Amy Noelle Milligan
Ryan M. Sero
Jay Shand
Originally produced in 1986 this play is about three successful women living in New York. One night, over dinner they realize they might not be as “successful” as they outwardly appear. Billie’s marriage, though fine on the surface, is actually stuck in a rut, Rhonda is hung up on an old boyfriend; and Judy can’t get a date with a straight man. The women part ways, and as the week continues, their situations change, due in large part to their friendships with one another.
The Staircase Theatre
February 2017
Written by: John Patrick Shanley
Directed by: Krista Colosimo
Cast: (in alphabetical order)
Cadence Allen
Stephanie Hope Lawlor
Amy Noelle Milligan
Ryan M. Sero
Jay Shand
Originally produced in 1986 this play is about three successful women living in New York. One night, over dinner they realize they might not be as “successful” as they outwardly appear. Billie’s marriage, though fine on the surface, is actually stuck in a rut, Rhonda is hung up on an old boyfriend; and Judy can’t get a date with a straight man. The women part ways, and as the week continues, their situations change, due in large part to their friendships with one another.
The Staircase Theatre
February 2017
Other Worlds
February 16-19 2017
Frost Bites Theatre Festival
Written by Ryan and Jody Sero
Cast:
Dave Brennan
Sean Emberley
Hayley Pace
Ryan M. Sero
Hannah Vandeven
February 16-19 2017
Frost Bites Theatre Festival
Written by Ryan and Jody Sero
Cast:
Dave Brennan
Sean Emberley
Hayley Pace
Ryan M. Sero
Hannah Vandeven
Nevermore
A collective project based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
Prepare to be thrilled, frightened, and enveloped by Nevermore, which brings audiences into the world of Edgar Allan Poe. Based on some of Poe's best scary stories, Nevermore is a theatrical way to celebrate Hallowe'en with a taste of the macabre...
Creative team:
Cadence Allen
Peter Gruner
Ryan M. Sero
Prepare to be thrilled, frightened, and enveloped by Nevermore, which brings audiences into the world of Edgar Allan Poe. Based on some of Poe's best scary stories, Nevermore is a theatrical way to celebrate Hallowe'en with a taste of the macabre...
Creative team:
Cadence Allen
Peter Gruner
Ryan M. Sero
For 'Daws to Peck at
Written by: Ryan M. Sero
Directed by: Annalee Flint (2016) Liz Buchanan (2018)
Cast:
Tyler Brent
Sean Emberly
Ben has been promoted and given his first task in his new position: fire his oldest friend James.
Staycation Shorts festival at the Pearl Company August 2016
Sing for Your Supper 2017
HamilTEN Festival March 2018
Written by: Ryan M. Sero
Directed by: Annalee Flint (2016) Liz Buchanan (2018)
Cast:
Tyler Brent
Sean Emberly
Ben has been promoted and given his first task in his new position: fire his oldest friend James.
Staycation Shorts festival at the Pearl Company August 2016
Sing for Your Supper 2017
HamilTEN Festival March 2018
Anybody Else
Winner of Best in Venue
Hamilton Fringe Festival 2016
Anybody Else
Thaddeus Blume often thinks about what it would be like to be happy - ever. His whole life, he's struggled with just being happy. Fortunately for him, at a trip to an art gallery with his on-off girlfriend, Josephine, Thaddeus runs into Sigmund Freud himself who - generously - offers to help poor Thaddeus.
What makes us happy? What makes us unhappy? Anybody Else asks this big, big question and explores it through the comedic lens of miserable, lovable Thaddeus Blume.
Written by: Ryan M. Sero
Directed by: Tyler Brent
Cast:
Sean Emberly
Pamela Gardner
Ryan M. Sero
http://www.pressreader.com/ Gary Smith review
raisethehammer.org/fringe/2971/anybody_else Raise the Hammer Review
Hamilton Fringe Festival 2016
Anybody Else
Thaddeus Blume often thinks about what it would be like to be happy - ever. His whole life, he's struggled with just being happy. Fortunately for him, at a trip to an art gallery with his on-off girlfriend, Josephine, Thaddeus runs into Sigmund Freud himself who - generously - offers to help poor Thaddeus.
What makes us happy? What makes us unhappy? Anybody Else asks this big, big question and explores it through the comedic lens of miserable, lovable Thaddeus Blume.
Written by: Ryan M. Sero
Directed by: Tyler Brent
Cast:
Sean Emberly
Pamela Gardner
Ryan M. Sero
http://www.pressreader.com/ Gary Smith review
raisethehammer.org/fringe/2971/anybody_else Raise the Hammer Review
The Tragedy of Othella Moore
Esther Huh (frequent collaborator with Make Art, who you've seen in Romeo & Juliet: An Escapist Comedy and Much Ado About Nothing) has taken Shakespeare's Othello, modernised it, flipped the genders, and set the whole thing in a high school - what better location for a story of jealousy, rivalry, and revenge? Huh's retelling follows cheerleader captain Othella Moore, beloved and revered throughout her school, save only by Amy (this production's Iago), who sets in motion a scheme to bitterly destroy her rival, Othella, tearing Othella's life apart piece by piece.
Directed by Jennifer Walton
Cast (in Alphabetical Order):
Dave Brennan
Allison Edwards-Crewe
Laura Ellis
Annalee Flint
Krista McNaughton
Evan Mulrooney
The Staircase Theatre April 2016
Directed by Jennifer Walton
Cast (in Alphabetical Order):
Dave Brennan
Allison Edwards-Crewe
Laura Ellis
Annalee Flint
Krista McNaughton
Evan Mulrooney
The Staircase Theatre April 2016
Miracles Don't Come Cheap
An original comedy written by Ryan M. Sero .
Playing December 2015 at the Theatre Aquarius Studio Space
When Hollywood Producer Bob Gajos is caught doing...everything Hollywood Producers do, he decide to get a few community service hours in by directing the local Church's Christmas Pageant. Unfortunately, that means big headaches for Sam Arkwright, the pastor, who is struggling with his faith, even at the "Most Wonderful Time of the Year". Sam's going to have a hard time keeping his night silent with Bob wreaking havoc in his life.
A refreshing piece of alternative Holiday cheer, Miracles Don't Come Cheap is a Merry Christmas farce with deep laughs and a great, big, thumping heart under it all.
Written by Ryan M. Sero
Directed by Tyler Brent
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Tyler Brent - Officer Pete
Erin Burley - Karen Harvey
Sean Emberley - Rev. Sam Arkwright
Annalee Flint - Suzie Wilshire
Rose Hopkins - Jenny Parker
Carlos Jimenez - Frank "Frankie Boy" Carver
Ryan M. Sero - Bob Gajos
Tara Smith - Lydia Franklin-Wilshire
Playing December 2015 at the Theatre Aquarius Studio Space
When Hollywood Producer Bob Gajos is caught doing...everything Hollywood Producers do, he decide to get a few community service hours in by directing the local Church's Christmas Pageant. Unfortunately, that means big headaches for Sam Arkwright, the pastor, who is struggling with his faith, even at the "Most Wonderful Time of the Year". Sam's going to have a hard time keeping his night silent with Bob wreaking havoc in his life.
A refreshing piece of alternative Holiday cheer, Miracles Don't Come Cheap is a Merry Christmas farce with deep laughs and a great, big, thumping heart under it all.
Written by Ryan M. Sero
Directed by Tyler Brent
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Tyler Brent - Officer Pete
Erin Burley - Karen Harvey
Sean Emberley - Rev. Sam Arkwright
Annalee Flint - Suzie Wilshire
Rose Hopkins - Jenny Parker
Carlos Jimenez - Frank "Frankie Boy" Carver
Ryan M. Sero - Bob Gajos
Tara Smith - Lydia Franklin-Wilshire
Doctor Faustus
Christopher Marlowe's play based on the German story of Faust, a man who sells his soul to Lucifer that he may experience power pleasure and knowledge.
Show Dates:
Oct 2015
All performances at 7:30pm
Venue:
The Pearl Company
Show Dates:
Oct 2015
All performances at 7:30pm
Venue:
The Pearl Company
Much Ado About Nothing
By William Shakespeare.
Directed by Cadence Allen
In one of Shakespeare's finest and funniest plays, a villainous evil twin plots to ruin true love, a bumbling police captain tries to set the record straight, and people who love each other just don’t know it yet.
A stunning play where plot threads quickly weave back-and-forth, spun on with sparkling characters and peerless wit.
Winner of 2015 Best in Festival. Hamilton Fringe Festival.
Directed by Cadence Allen
In one of Shakespeare's finest and funniest plays, a villainous evil twin plots to ruin true love, a bumbling police captain tries to set the record straight, and people who love each other just don’t know it yet.
A stunning play where plot threads quickly weave back-and-forth, spun on with sparkling characters and peerless wit.
Winner of 2015 Best in Festival. Hamilton Fringe Festival.
Romeo & Juliet: An Escapist Comedy
Written by Ryan M. Sero
Directed by Tyler Brent
Winner of Critics Choice award. Hamilton Fringe Festival 2014.
Premiered at the Pearl Company in 2012
Also Performed at The Enchanted Theatre Company for valentines day 2015
Directed by Tyler Brent
Winner of Critics Choice award. Hamilton Fringe Festival 2014.
Premiered at the Pearl Company in 2012
Also Performed at The Enchanted Theatre Company for valentines day 2015
Don Quixote
Based on the novel by Miguel de Cervantes
Adapted by Ryan M. Sero and Aaron Joel Craig
Directed by Tom Carson
Preformed at the Toronto Fringe Festival and the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2011
A Modicum of Freedom
Written by Ryan M. Sero
Directed by Scott Fairley
Performed at the Summer Works Festival in Toronto 2011
In Between Places
Written by Ryan M. Sero and Aaron Joel Craig
Directed by Aaron Joel Craig
Performed at the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2010
