PLAYWRITING
All the Room You Need
A collaboration of poetry and playwriting with Lorna Crozier, this play is based on Lorna Crozier’s book A Saving Grace.
Gail and Bob live in Horizon Saskatchewan. Their lives are turned upside down when Sheila comes back to town with the death of her mother. Gail’s secret is revealed and she must come to terms with her muse, Mrs.Bentley, who won’t stop pursuing her until she is heard.
Production dates will be posted as soon as they are confirmed.
The Indigo Kids
Tina Biello wrote and acted in this children’s play written for a school tour. The play is about an autistic child and how they manage—or don’t manage—at school.
Jesse is a writer and has a very unique story to share. She and her best friend Susie venture to tell Jesse’s story about her first day of school, and beyond. Jesse has autism, and as the play progresses, the audience sees how the simplest of tasks are not so easy for her.
Jesse, Susie, Gigi, and the other characters go on an adventurous ride through school memories and Jesse learns through trial and error how to communicate with everyone in the “outside world.”
COLLABORATIONS
Amor, February 10 2024, collaboration with Poet Tina Biello and Composer Alice Ho for a new work with Vancouver Island Symphony.
A Winter Song, collaboration with Poet Tina Biello and Composer Jennifer Butler, with soloist Marion Newman. A world premiere performance with Vancouver Island Symphony, February 2023.
Symphony Soundbites, collaboration with Poet Tina Biello and Composer Katerina Gimon, with soloist Dory Hayley. A world premiere performance with the Vancouver Island Symphony, June 2022.
One Song Staircase
Collaboration with Humanity in Art, mural artists, to create art for downtown Nanaimo space that speaks to collective experience during Covid 19.
Dolci Momenti
Poems from Momenti composed into a CD selection, by two singer songwriter sisters from Cape Breton, Annette Coffin and Marguerite Thorne.
Home is Where the Food is
An animated documentary following every ingredient of a delicious meal to its wholesome local source. Co-written with Jody Kramer. Animated by Jody and narrated by Tina.
