Director
Thousand Islands Playhouse
April 2015
Rose is having a bad day. A very, very, very, VERY bad day. First she gets in trouble from her mother, then her teacher, and even her father. They all want her to take more responsibility but Rose wishes somebody would just do everything for her. Then she discovers the secret locked in her Grandmother’s big trunk: magical clothes allowing her to speak to the generations of women who came before her! At first it seems like all her problems are solved, but quickly things spiral out of control. Can the audience help Rose by using their imagination…and by wearing the magic clothes themselves? A playful tale about messing up, dressing up and growing up.
Directing this piece was a part of my role as Associate Artistic Director at the Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque, Ontario. I really loved working with the 2015 Young Company (recent grads and current students in post-secondary institutions), as it involved not only direction, but also team-building, education, training, and facilitation. Plus, this is a phenomenal new children’s script by Canadian Jason Hall.
Photos by Tim Fort
Directed by Rob Kempson
Set Design by Anna Treusch
Costume Design by Jayne Christopher
Stage Management by Michaela Steven
Starring Simon Gagnon, Madison Hayes-Crook, and Erica Hill