Hey, this is Christine writing on behalf of Delinquent Theatre wishing you a very happy New Year – 2011 turned out to be a great year for Delinquent Theatre, and I’d like to take a moment to look back!

We began 2011 with a production of my play Our Time at the Dorothy Somerset Studio, with help from Theatre at UBC.  In May and June, we joined the wonderful artists at ITSAZOO Productions  and Enlightenment Theatre to do Bridge Mix, where we made lots of new friends and created PARKED: an indie rock musical for novelty instruments.  In September, Laura directed Oh My God as part of the Vancouver International Fringe Festival, and we had a blast meeting artists from all over Canada and delighting audiences with our brand new script by Josephine Mitchell.  In October, November and December we took part in the Here Be Monsters Festival in the Theatre Under the Gun nights, and made a demo of our musical to send out in hopes of debuting a full-length version of PARKED next year.

Laura and I would like to thank the amazing actors, designers, and technicians without whom none of these adventures would be possible:  Pippa Mackie, Brendan Albano, Hersie Nina-Init, Beaner Mitchell, Kathy Yan Li and Jonathan Tsang  (Our Time), Meaghan Chenosky, Britt MacLeod, Mishelle Cuttler, Brian Cochrane, Alexander Keurvorst and Ira Cooper (PARKED), Sarah Wilson, Karina Palmitesta, Josephine Mitchell, and Megan Gilron (Oh My God), Claire Hesselgrave, David Kaye, and Arlen Kristian Tom (Remember, Remember at HBM Festival).

We are grateful most of all to you, our supportive audience and community of peers.  Delinquent Theatre has an exciting new show announcement coming in early January, so watch this space.  In the mean time, have a wonderful holiday season and enjoy the video greeting below.

Happy New Year,

Christine Quintana

Good Morning Delinquents!

Today, and for the next two days we will be posting blogs, videos, and sneak peeks as we put together Delinquent Theatre’s entry into Theatre Under the Gun (TUG) as part of the Here Be Monsters Festival.  Watch this space for updates on our progress as we create a brand new piece of theatre to premiere on the Performance Works stage on Friday, October 28th!

The journey begins today at 2PM, where Delinquent delegates Claire, Dave, and Laura will meet up with the Here Be Monsters head honchos and the other teams to receive our inspiration package.  Also exciting?  Each group has been told to bring a wrapped or concealed prop with them to give to another group.  What will we receive?

After the meeting, Laura will relay this information to the rest of the Delinquent team.  We have decided to take 6 hours for us to reflect on the inspiration materials individually, and to bring in whatever props, costumes, music, text, or whatever else we find when we meet at 8PM at the Delinquent lab (which may or may not be just a garage….)

Watch this space for more news on our adventures – we’ll be working late into the night, so keep your eyes peeled!