STAGE TO SCREEN EDITION 2.0
September 24 & 25, October 1 & 2, 2021
Livestreaming on Friday, Rebroadcasted on Saturday
Abby Theatre Fest: Stage to Screen Edition is an online version of our annual one-act play festival, but with a twist. It's the same heart, soul and mind theatre you expect from us, just something a bit edgy, something a bit different.
Ponty Potts
Introductions
Henchmen*
When the Lake Was Drained Away
Talking Trees*
Art - An Unexpected Vocation
A Typical Fairytale*
Birds of a Feather: The Thong Scene
The Waste Land*
The Rougarou*
An Empire
Mother Hood and Being a Sandwich or the Best Laid Plans
Otherside
* See content warnings below
By Andrew Potts
Runtime: 12:38
Pontificus Potts, Private Eye is in the doldrums of a missing person investigation. A tip from his source at the local pool hall sends him to a few uncomfortable places. Will his perseverance pay off? This mini-musical disguised as a detective story explores themes of mystery and faith.
By Julia Martens
Runtime: 7:58
Julia Martens is an artist and illustrator striving to tell her stories and find her purpose as a young artist. Follow the journey of her childhood creations to her art endeavours now, and keep your eyes open to watch the story unfold and see what is hidden in each piece.
By Aaron Dawson
Runtime: 8:01
Content Advisory: some coarse language
Two henchmen discuss the pros and cons of being a professional henchman during some down time on the job.
By Amanda Eve Slattery
Runtime: 14:21
This set of four original songs explores themes of Truth and Reconciliation including excerpts from a Sumas Lake song cycle (tracing the draining of Sumas Lake in the 1920s) and a song of mourning for residential school victims & survivors.
By Joel Brandt
Runtime: 8:08
Content Advisory: explicit and very strong language
Two disillusioned revolutionaries mourn the death of their inspiring leader and make a surprising new friend in this short film based off of "The Walk to Emmaus" story found in Luke 24:13-35. Expectations and interpretations of death and life, gender, spirit, and species are toyed with and by the end of it all it feels like maybe, just maybe, things are going to be okay.
By Michael Antonakos & Mike Klemak
Runtime: 9:26
'Art - An Unexpected Vocation' is the story of an artist who is so focused on attaining success that he loses everything, and is left destitute and homeless. It's on the streets that he finds redemption and inspiration from the unlikeliest of people: another homeless man named Louie. From Louie, he learns how to seize each moment and find happiness in all things, which is what ironically leads him to the success he always desired.
By Annette Reilly
Runtime: 10:30
Content Advisory: mature content
Sherry and Larry, a young 20 something couple, find each other one night in a bar. Their love, it was magic! The two have a romance fit for a storybook - told entirely in rhyme. They seem to live happily ever after when one day Sherry is visited by what she thinks is a crazed woman who informs Sherry of her impending pregnancy and its result: a son! The couple do have a child. Not a boy, but a girl who only adds to the perfect life they’ve built...until she doesn’t. She begins acting out; diverging from the classic happily ever after, until at 10 years of age, she admits that she is not a she at all! The parents are left reeling from the confession, feeling as though they’ve lost their child. Will they find the bravery to leave the classic narrative and write a new story? One of love and acceptance?
By Linda McRae
Runtime: 9:27
Birds of a Feather is a tale of the resilient bonds of love and family, fraught with hilarious misunderstandings, steep generational gaps, debilitating secrets and deep rooted hurts between 4 generations of women in one family. “The Thong Scene” video is a reading based on a true account of a comical misunderstanding between 3 of those generations.
By Adriel Brandt
Runtime: 25:50
Content Advisory: Some violence and strong language
A group of survivors struggle with morality and hope in an apocalyptic wasteland.
By Emmett Hanly
Runtime: 10:50
Content Advisory: some scenes may frighten audiences
Late one night, after making a terrible revelation, a young man is haunted by three odd spirits with dubious intentions. A surreal journey through the mind awaits in this abstract exploration of anxiety and bloodletting.
By Aaron Dawson
Runtime: 3:16
A music video featuring musical artist, Scott Currie.
By Sue Backs
Runtime: 13:59
Psst....psst, yes you. No not them, you.
I want to share something with you.
A little confession, things I learned the hard way maybe.
Things about my family, but we're all family aren't we?
Please don't tell anyone. You're a peach.