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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
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Oct 10-14, 2018
Staircase Theatre

Romeo and Juliet: An Escapist Comedy
Written by: Ryan M. Sero
Directed by: Tyler Brent
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​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.  
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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.


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.



​Don Quixote
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Written by:
​Ryan M. Sero

Cast:
​Tyler Brent
Carlos Jimenez
​Ryan M. Sero
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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!
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Written by:
Ryan M. Sero
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Cast:

Amos Crawley
Ryan M. Sero 
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​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

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

Other Worlds
February 16-19 2017
​Frost Bites Theatre Festival 
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​Written by Ryan and Jody Sero
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Cast:
Dave Brennan
Sean Emberley
Hayley Pace
Ryan M. Sero
Hannah Vandeven

Nevermore
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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

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

Anybody Else
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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

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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
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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
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The Staircase Theatre April 2016


 Miracles Don't Come Cheap
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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

Doctor Faustus
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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
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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. 

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

Don Quixote
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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
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Written by Ryan M. Sero
Directed by Scott Fairley
Performed at the Summer Works Festival in Toronto 2011

In Between Places
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Written by Ryan M. Sero  and Aaron Joel Craig
Directed by Aaron Joel Craig
Performed at the Hamilton Fringe Festival 2010
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