At midnight on Friday, November 18, these brave playwrights were taken to particularly disturbing locations to write a disturbing 10-minute play in 24 hours. Isolated. Haunted. Creepy. Uneasy. Frightening. How did it affect the writing? FIND OUT! Directors have been assigned, the plays have been cast and are in rehearsal. On Saturday November 26, all the plays written during the event/experiment, will be produced at 173 King St. W. – Kitchener. Reserve Tickets by Email A talk-back will follow the performance, where the audience can ask a slew of questions and we can all find out what it was like – to write – throughout the night, in spite of fright.
The playwrights and the plays or what Write or Flight hath inspired…
Bryan Boodhoo	NIGHT WATCH by BRIAN BOODHOO BRYAN BOODHOO has appeared in a number of Hamilton Urban Theatre produxtions: Rosencrantz in Hamlet, Lennox in MacBeth and Theseus in a Mid-Summer Night's Dream. His short play "The Bird's Nest" was recently produced by Rabid Marmot Productions in Edmonton. When not acting or writing, Bryan practices law. Directed by Terre Chartrand Performed by R. Brent Clements
Terre Chartrand	THE END OF CASUAL by TERRE CHARTRAND TERRE CHARTRAND has a multifaceted career and a life of learning.  Her path has been a blend of the arts, science and technology, often placing her in unique opportunities. In the last few years, Terre has been an involved art critics and arts writer and advocate, maintained a visual arts studio, and worked in the creation of site specific performance installations and the planning and execution of cultural events. Terre read in Flush Ink Production’s She Speaks ‘10. Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley Performed by Arlene Thomas & Nicholas Cumming
Nicholas Cumming	CABBAGE SOUL / CABBAGE HEART by NICHOLAS CUMMING Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley Performed by Sasha Gruetzmacher, Miroki Tong & Samuel Liam Bentley & UNICORN APOCLYPSE by NICHOLAS CUMMING Directed by Nicholas Cumming Performed by Tracey Kenyon NICHOLAS CUMMING is a local theatre creator with a BA in Drama and English from the University of Waterloo. He has been a company member of the Multicultural Theatre Space since 2004. He has appeared in Exit Strategy, Yes or No!, Seasons of Immigration, Legion of Memory I + II, Me Here/Me Happy, Motio X Industria, and Three Legged Horse with the MT Space; Tennessee Williams’ I Can’t Imagine Tomorrow with Poor Tom Productions; Asphalt Jungle Shorts I, II & III with Flush Ink; and Mimetic Flesh/Mimetic Hotel, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Spring Awakening with UW Drama. He directed and wrote The Children’s Crusade for the UPStart Fringe 2007, and HE for UPStart 2004.  He is a poet and playwright currently working on several plays with Pat the Dog, KW’s professional playwrights’ development centre. He is also a member of the earthling collective, whose WARMER project is examining the environment and human dynamics in a local context. Nick wrote COPY PROTECTION – part of UNHINGED ’08 and co-wrote TIMED RELEASE with Katharine Mills which they performed in UNHINGED ’09 at Exhibit Café. Nick is part of Urban Scrawlers.
Rosemary Doyle	THREE STRIKES by ROSEMARY DOYLE Directed by Nicholas Cumming Performed by Nicholas Cumming, Katharine Mills, Tracey Kenyon & Terre Chartrand ROSEMARY DOYLE has been acting for over 30 years. She has been writing plays for 7 years. This year so far, her first play "Carl,Suzanne and the Taximan" had it's long awaited premiere at the Bread and Circus Theatre. The week after that closed "A Family Well Knit" had it's Premiere at Sweets and Treats, Bloor West Village Playhouse and across town the Cabbage Town Players premiered "Another Date" at No Sweetheart Required.  Rosemary is delighted to have her Play "Mary's Pie" get it's first reading here at "She Speaks '11".  And Later in March Rosemary's play "From Here to there and Back again" Will be debuting at the New Idea's Festival. Currently Rosemary is writing a musical with Sandy Thorburn which has been work shopped at the Thousand Islands Playhouse and she is reworking Jenny's Friends, a dark comedy about sin. A collection of her works is available at Theatre Books. Rosemary’s play, MARY’S PIES, was part of Flush Ink Productions’ She Speaks ’10, and she read MASCARA IS NOT A TOOL OF THE PATRIARCHY by Jennifer Cornish.
Shantell Powell	THE TIME FOR DOLLS by SHANTELL POWELL Directed by Tracey Kenyon Performed by Marlena Henry SHANTELL (aka Shan aka The ShanMonster) makes things. Sometimes she makes stories or poems, sometimes dances, sometime costuming or props, and sometimes soups or pies, but something is always on the make. She is fascinated by movement, and has studied a variety of movement styles and philosophies, from martial arts to dance to yoga to power lifting. She is an avid LARPer (Live Action Role Player), and considers it to be immersive improvisational theatre. She has a degree in creative writing and drama from UNB, and this event marks her first foray at writing for stage in well over a decade. You can find her ramblings online at http://shanmonster.livejournal.com/
James Purcell	CALLBACK by JAMES PURCELL Directed by Terre Chartrand Performed by R. Brent Clements, Samuel Liam Bentley & JAMES PURCELL.  As founder and artistic director of the Heights Performance Centre, James Purcell produced and directed numerous plays, taught acting classes for various ages and ran the theatre from 2001-2004 (Burnaby, BC). A recipient of the Gemini Award for best actor in a dramatic series (Counterstrike) and recipient of the Drama Logue award in LA for best actor in a play (The Birthday Party). James is excited to be a part of this process.  Having guest starred in numerous TV shows and starred in numerous movies he brings his mojo to this exciting event
Miroki Tong	Blink. Stare. Look at my sick face. by MIROKI TONG Directed by Miroki Tong Performed by Nicholas Cumming, Katharine Mills, MIROKI TONG graduated from the University of Waterloo with a BA Arts and Business, Drama Major, English Minor. She spent a year of study in Northern Ireland where she had the opportunity to perform pantomime on a national tour with Sole Purpose Productions.Whether it is the theatre, music (mezzo voice and piano) or fine arts, Miroki always tries to embrace all aspects of the artistic world that continues to offer her fascinating new perspectives and challenges.Recent performances include: The Other End of the Line (MT Space), Mad Forest (dir. Andy Houston), Surface Tension (Upstart Festival) and Snow White the Remix (Sole Purpose).Most recently Miroki appeared in Necessary Angel's Tout Comme Elle / Just Like Her (2011)
	Actors & Directors
	Samuel Liam Bentley		SAMUEL LIAM BENTLEY was part of the stage crew throughout high school.  He had his first agent by five and has been in several films and television shows.  He has taken several drama courses, including a three week Shakespeare intensive with Prof. Leslie O’Dell, when he was eight.  Sam performed in Asphalt Jungle Hot Pants.
			JESSALYN BROADFOOT is a small-town-raised fan of life! She is a graduate of the University of Waterloo, double majoring in Drama and Speech Communication. Her theatre credits include Asphalt Jungle Shorts, She Speaks, Beth in Single & Sexy '08, the Lil' Coochie Snorcher That Could in The Vagina Monologues, and Jessalyn/Pie Singer in Differ/End: The Caledonia Project, which has toured to Kitchener City Hall and Calabria, Italy.  Jessalyn has recently performed in MT Space’s Body 13 and The Studio Players, The Fear Project.
	R. Brent Clements
	Dorothy Ferr		DOROTHY FERR’S past Theatre credits include: Volumnia in Coriolanus (KW Youth Theatre); Katie Payne in Thinking Outside the Box (Nancy Tam); Iago in Othello (KW Youth Theatre); Lady Macduff in Macbeth (KW Youth Theatre); Kate in The Taming of the Shrew (The Player’s Theatre); Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (KW Youth Theatre). Dorothy would like to thank her family, friends, teachers, and all her directors for their encouraging support.
	Paddy Gillard-Bentley		Paddy is the founder and Artistic Director of Flush Ink Productions & past President of The International Centre for Women Playwrights. She has had over 50 of her plays produced in USA, Canada and the UK and had two of her pays published.
	Sasha Gruetzmacher		Sasha studied voice, always performing in school choirs and led the first Student-conducted choir in Kitchener. As for theatre, she was in all the high school plays but most notably was the title role in "Who will call Him King of Kings" in a musical produced at the Waterloo Mennonite Brethern Church. She performed in Sanguine Sonata in Asphalt Jungle Hot Pants. She’s an interesting blend of polymath, biology, engineering and visual art, poetry and guitar.
	George Joyce		GEORGE JOYCE’S theatrical involvement spans 40 years, during which he has acted in, directed or produced over 80 plays and musicals throughout Ontario and the Maritimes, including work with Stephenville Festival, Neptune Theatre; Theatre & Company; Tribal Productions; Drayton, Theatre Cambridge and Flush Ink Productions where he directed their first production, Shaking the Dew from the Lilies. George also has a number of television and film roles to his credit including Sleeping Dogs, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, 2006.
	Marlena Henry		MARLENA MARTINS is Kitchener’s own versatile, multi-faceted Psychic, 'Lady of the Angels' and hypnotherapist, this grandmother of three has trained in Metaphysics, Paranormal Phenomena, Dance, Yoga, Herbalism & Art, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sydney, Australia and Chiang Mai, Thailand'. This will be her foray into the theatre world.
	Tracey Kenyon		TRACEY KENYON has been an active member in theatre for the past 16 years. Her favourite stage credits include Flush Inks Productions of “Asphalt Jungle Shorts I – VII, Elmira Theatre’s “Ten times Two” (Constance et al), and Theatre in the Trees’ “Funny Valentine” (Zan). Tracey is the Artistic Director of Mysterious Players.
	Lisa Massaro		LISA MASSARO is a dancer, actor, tour guide, amateur computer programmer, and all around performer. Past acting credits include Masks on Meds, The Doctors of the Commedia Dell’Arte, FASS Theatre Company at the University of Waterloo, and various school projects. Lisa is studying Psychology and Drama at the University of Waterloo.
	Katharine Mills		Katharine Mills has stalked the Asphalt Jungle in various guises since AJS II. She is a regular reader for She Speaks. She has also appeared in What!sInThere? Productions’ Rehabilia 2: Timed Release, Copy Protection, and Children’s Crusade, Galt Little Theatre’s Queen Milli of Galt, and Poor Tom Productions’ I Can’t Imagine Tomorrow.She is a designer, poet and painter who studies piano, singing, movement and clown, and is perpetually fascinated by the interconnectedness of everything.
	Abigail Slinger		ABIGAIL SLINGER is in English and Theatre Studies Hon. BA program at the University of Guelph this September.  In 2008, she appeared in Guelph Little Theatre's ensemble production of The Curious Savage and landed the role of Constanze in Galt Little Theatre's 2009 production of Amadeus (Western Ontario Drama League selection).  Abigail has been in Asphalt Jungle Shorts Vi and Vii, Hot Pants and read for She Speaks.
	Arlene Thomas		ARLENE R. THOMAS is an actor and producer and co-founder of Shadow Puppet Theatre. She has appeared in numerous productions both in and outside Waterloo Region. Past productions include Asphalt Jungle Shorts I through VII, Zazztrozzi, and Shadow Puppet Theatre’s Macbeth for which she was both performer and producer. Arlene has also performed in She Speaks and played Jenna in White Noise - Unhinged 2009
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