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DalTheatre's Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play

Oct. 16 - 18 | 7:30pm
Oct. 19 2:00 & 7:30pm
David Mack. Murray Theatre | Dal Arts Centre
$15.00 & 20.00, additional box office fees will apply

Tickets @ 听902-494-3820, or 1-800-874-1669

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The 鈥渘uclear family鈥� gets redefined in this apocalyptic comedy. Where do we find light in a world gone dark?

How do stories grow? Where are myths born? At the end of the world, a group of survivors will search for purpose amongst the fallout by turning to the greatest saga of all time: The Simpsons. Spanning 80 strange and dangerous years, Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play shows us how stories evolve and mutate along with humanity, and how our collective instinct is to hunt for laughter, even at the end of the world.

Written by Anne Washburn in 2012, Mr. Burns is a pitch-black ensemble comedy that explores the anxiety that comes with living through any given apocalypse. This surprising text gives students the unique opportunity to explore multiple theatre styles while creating one cohesive and expansive work. The play is at once haunting and uplifting, culminating in an epic musical tragedy that will forever change the way we interact with Matt Groening鈥檚 immortal family. In a world plunged into darkness, where can light be found? Who will be remembered? Who gets the final laugh?听

Director Dan Bray (he/him) is a multidisciplinary artist living in Punamu鈥檏wati鈥檍k (Dartmouth). As artistic director of The Villains Theatre, he has written and directed many shows (including Deepwater, International Waters, H盲nsel听und Gretel in: der Garten von Edible Horrors, Observatory Mansions, and Zomblet). He is a 10-time Merritt Award nominee and the 2022 winner for "Outstanding Adaptation by a Nova Scotia Playwright" (H盲nsel听und Gretel). Most recently, his drama Deepwater听was named "First Runner Up" for the inaugural Jenny Munday Atlantic Canadian Play Award, and he received an East Coast Music Award nomination for Dinostories ("Children's Entertainer of the Year鈥�). His work has been performed across the Maritimes, as well as in British Columbia and Ontario. Dan has worked with many of Nova Scotia's finest theatre companies as a playwright, director, actor, and dramaturge. He received his MA from the University of Toronto鈥檚 Centre for Drama in 2009.

Please note this show depicts violence, adult language, depictions of death, discussion of apocalypse, discussion of nuclear radiation/poisoning, discussion/implication of infanticide, loud noises, gunshots, and haze.听

DalOpera's听Cinderella with The Box Office

Nov. 28 - Nov. 30 | 7:30pm
Dec. 1 | 2:00pm
Sir James Dunn Theatre | Dal Arts Centre
$15.00 & 20.00, additional box office fees will apply

Tickets @ 听902-494-3820, or 1-800-874-1669

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What happens to Cinderella after midnight? Come find out but first make a stop at the Box Office!听
From a customer service nightmare at a box office to what happens to Cinderella before and after the stroke of midnight, DalOpera鈥檚 2024 Fall stage production is poised to draw you into these two powerful stories both composed by women.听Let the students at DalOpera transport you into these two romantic, clever, comical and magical worlds.听The production also utilizes the talents of our costume studies and stage design and technical theatre students in a truly collaborative creation.

Set in and inspired by the Canadian Opera Company ticket sales box office, Canadian composer Bekah Simm鈥檚 The Box Office uses musical gestures of chromaticism and tritone leaps to highlight the uneasiness of a conversation between a very tired box office attendant and her insufferable customer. This short but poignant conversation is humorously and cleverly depicted in Canadian Michael Albano鈥檚 libretto.

Pauline Viardot鈥檚 setting of Cendrillon (Cinderella) is true to the original fairy tale; however Viardot takes a more lighthearted approach to the tale compared to other operatic versions of this enchanting story. Keen ears might hear references to themes used in Rossini鈥檚 and Massenet鈥檚 versions.

DalOpera听offers a rare undergraduate experience in opera education. Our voice students, in each year of their degree, participate in a fully staged production with costumes, sets, lighting and with live music. Under the guidance of faculty, they work with their fellow students and future contemporaries from the Costume Studies and Stage Design programs for a fully immersive experience.

DalOpera is led by Cindy Townsend with the wonderful Tara Scott at the piano. We are thrilled to have Robyn Cathcart as our stage director, Diego Cavedon as our costume designer, and Katrin Whitehead as our set designer!听听