• You Can Do Whatever You Want

    You Can Do Whatever You Want, by Jesse Stong (Playwriting, 2013), directed by Emma Tibaldo (Directing, 2003), New Words Festival, Studio Hydro-Québec, Monument-National (2013)
    Set Shlomit Gopher (Set and Costume Design, 2013); Costumes Naomi Mathieu (Set and Costume Design, 2013); Lighting Alexander Russ-Hogg (Production, 2013). In the photo: Darcy Gerhart, Stephane Garneau-Monten, Shannon Currie, Stephen Jackman-Torkoff, and Jeff Ho (Acting, 2013)
    2013 graduating class, English section. Photo: Maxime Côté

  • You Can Do Whatever You Want

    You Can Do Whatever You Want, by Jesse Stong (Playwriting, 2013), directed by Emma Tibaldo (Directing, 2003), New Words Festival, Studio Hydro-Québec, Monument-National (2013)
    Set Shlomit Gopher (Set and Costume Design, 2013); Costumes Naomi Mathieu (Set and Costume Design, 2013); Lighting Alexander Russ-Hogg (Production, 2013). In the photo: Darcy Gerhart (Acting, 2013)
    2013 graduating class, English section. Photo: Maxime Côté

  • You Can Do Whatever You Want

    You Can Do Whatever You Want, by Jesse Stong (Playwriting, 2013), directed by Emma Tibaldo (Directing, 2003), New Words Festival, Studio Hydro-Québec, Monument-National (2013)
    Set Shlomit Gopher (Set and Costume Design, 2013); Costumes Naomi Mathieu (Set and Costume Design, 2013); Lighting Alexander Russ-Hogg (Production, 2013).
    2013 graduating class, English section. Photo: Maxime Côté

  • You Can Do Whatever You Want

    You Can Do Whatever You Want, by Jesse Stong (Playwriting, 2013), directed by Emma Tibaldo (Directing, 2003), New Words Festival, Studio Hydro-Québec, Monument-National (2013)
    Set Shlomit Gopher (Set and Costume Design, 2013); Costumes Naomi Mathieu (Set and Costume Design, 2013); Lighting Alexander Russ-Hogg (Production, 2013). In the photo: Shannon Currie and Darcy Gerhart (both Acting, 2013)
    2013 graduating class, English section. Photo: Maxime Côté

  • You Can Do Whatever You Want

    You Can Do Whatever You Want, by Jesse Stong (Playwriting, 2013), directed by Emma Tibaldo (Directing, 2003), New Words Festival, Studio Hydro-Québec, Monument-National (2013)
    Set Shlomit Gopher (Set and Costume Design, 2013); Costumes Naomi Mathieu (Set and Costume Design, 2013); Lighting Alexander Russ-Hogg (Production, 2013). In the photo: Shannon Currie, Sehar Bhojani, and Darcy Gerhart (Acting, 2013)
    2013 graduating class, English section. Photo: Maxime Côté

Graduating class performances

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New Words Festival 2013 - You Can Do Whatever You Want

By Jesse Stong (Playwriting, 2013)
Directed by Emma Tibaldo (Directing, 2003)

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from April 30 to May 4, 2013

Tuesday April 30: 7:30 pm

Wednesday May 1: 6:30 pm

Thursday May 2: 9 pm

Friday May 3: 6:30 pm

Saturday May 4: 5:50 pm

Monument-National

Studio Hydro-Québec

1182, St. Laurent Blvd., Montreal
St. Laurent or Place d'Armes Metro

Montreal, April 17, 2013 – Presented from April 29 to May 4 at the Studio Hydro-Québec of the Monument-National, the National Theatre School of Canada's New Words Festival 2013 features new plays by the two 2013 graduating playwrights that deal in different ways with the consequences of being trapped in one's own life. Model Wanted by Step Taylor is directed by Ruth Madoc-Jones (Acting, 1993) and You Can Do Whatever You Want by Jesse Stong is directed by Emma Tibaldo (Directing, 2003). On stage and backstage, the 2013 Acting, Production, and Set and Costume Design graduating classes in the final public performance of their NTS training.

About You Can Do Whatever You Want

Three generations of Thomas women in three very different eras reveal difficult and powerful moments from their own "her-stories". You Can Do Whatever You Want is a play about the balance between personal ambition and family obligation.

About Jesse Stong

"I love to write strong female characters. So I tapped into my own family and summers spent at the cottage with my crazy grandma," laughs Jesse Stong, who was lucky to have been mentored for this play by novelist, playwright, and strong woman in her own right, Claudia Dey (Playwriting, 1997).

There are some significant challenges in You Can Do Whatever You Want for Jesse's fellow NTS graduating actors. "The play jumps between the 1960s, 1980s and 2000s. It's a marathon for them, as some play the same character through time. The other thing is that the whole play takes place in a red Thunderbird convertible, but we don't have an actual car on stage. Let's say there will be a bit of magic realism at play!"

Cast

2013 Graduating Actors
Sehar Bhojani
Shannon Currie
Darcy Gerhart
Jeff Ho
Stephen Jackman-Torkoff
Stephane Garneau-Monten

Design/Production Team

Shlomit Gopher
Set Design

Naomi Mathieu
Costume Design

Brian Kenny*
Sound Design

Alexander Russ-Hogg
Lighting Design

Emily Iselmoe
Video Design

Kaitlin Hickey
Production Manager

Christina Sutrov
Stage Manager

Andrew Leeke
Technical Director

* 2nd year Production program student

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