More creative experiments from 2013-present
A performance installation that layers our identities with our individual and collective experiences of environmental change.
Dates/locations
In development with the support of the undercurrents festival’s underdevelopment program and the City of Ottawa.
Credits
- Director/Producer: Sarah Conn
- Dramaturg: Lucy Coren
- Designer: Allison O’Connor
An internet radio station for storytellers and storylovers, programsound.fm uses the medium of radio to foster connection across distance, offering an invitation to listen and maybe even get to know each other a little better.
Dates/locations
Broadcast worldwide on July 25, 2021 and June 19-25, 2023
Credits
- Artistic Director: Bahia Watson
- Executive Producer: Lucy Coren
- Dramaturg: Sarah Conn
FUTURE REQUESTS
DJ Thinkers-in-Residence reflect with audiences and artists to create a collective manifesto that explores how our responses to art shape our visions of the future.
Dates/locations
SubDevision (Ottawa ON 2019)
Credits
- Curators: Sarah Conn, Madeleine Boyes-Manseau
- DJ Thinkers-in-Residence: Gabriela Avila-Yiptong, Sanita Fejzić, Nick Leno
- Partner: SubDevision
SUBDEVISION
An event series that fills non-traditional performance spaces with site-responsive micro-performances created by independent Ottawa theatre artists.
Dates/locations
- La Nouvelle Scene (Ottawa ON 2019)
- Enriched Bread Artists (Ottawa ON 2017)
- Arts Court (Ottawa ON 2015)
- St Joseph’s Church (Ottawa ON 2012)
Credits
- Founded by: Sarah Conn, John Doucet, Patrick Gauthier, Catriona Leger, Emily Pearlman, Kate Smith, Bronwyn Steinberg; grew to include Catherine Ballachey, Seth Gerry.
- 2019 Co-Directors: Sarah Conn, Kate Smith
- 2019 contributing companies: Aplombusrhombus, Théâtre Triangle Vital en collaboration avec Théâtre In Vivo, Red Rabbits Theatre, THUNK!theatre, Toasted Theatre, Béné&Dré Team, Théâtre Rouge Écarlate
- Partners: Canada Council for the Arts, City of Ottawa, Ottawa Arts Council, Théâtre Catapulte
SPLIT
A collaboration with textile artist Bozica Radjenovic about the intimate unravel of a relationship.
Dates/locations
SubDevision — Enriched Bread Artists (Ottawa ON, 2015)
Credits
- Director & Producer: Sarah Conn
- Performers: Sarah Conn, Patrick Dillon, Laura Astwood
- Textile artist: Bozica Radjenovic
- Development partners: SubDevision, STO Union
RITUALS FOR THE UNFAMILIAR
An experiment about how we treat those we don’t know, and the role of books in supporting our capacity to be together.
Dates/locations
- The Theatre Centre (Toronto ON, 2015)
- In the Soil Arts Festival (St Catherines ON, 2014)
- SubDevision + Magnetic North Theatre Festival (Ottawa ON, 2013)
Credits
- Director & Producer: Sarah Conn
- Creators & Performers: Sarah Conn, Sara Duplancic, Patrick Dillon
- Development partners: STO Union, SubDevision
CONVERSATIONS WITH STRANGERS
A party game that attempts to solve the problems of the world before dessert.
Dates/locations
- SummerWorks Performance Festival (Toronto ON, 2013)
- SubDevision (Ottawa ON, 2012)
Credits
- Director & Producer: Sarah Conn
- Creators & Performers: Sarah Conn, Sara Duplancic, Patrick Dillon, Kiersten Hanly
- Development partners: STO Union, SubDevision, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council
RECESS
A one-on-one performance on control and fate, featuring an oversized paper fortune teller.
Dates/locations
- National Arts Centre’s Ontario Scene (Ottawa ON 2015)
- SummerWorks Performance Festival (Toronto ON 2013)
- undercurrents festival (Ottawa ON 2013)
Credits
- Director & Producer: Sarah Conn
- Creators & Performers: Sarah Conn, Sara Duplancic, Patrick Dillon, Karen Balcome
CAN WE TALK
A one-on-one cross-country phone call on whether to leave the place we call home.
Dates/locations
- undercurrents festival (Ottawa ON 2014)
- Intrepid Theatre’s Winterlab Festival (Victoria BC 2014)
Credits
- Co-Creators: Sarah Conn and Emma Zabloski
- Development partners: STO Union