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\"\"<\/a> photo by glen matthews<\/a><\/p>\n
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It\u2019s 1:00pm on August 27th, 2009: one week until the 19th Annual Atlantic Fringe Festival <\/a>kicks off in Halifax. I enter a magical realm as soon as the doors to the Imperial Studio at Neptune Theatre School open. The room reminds me of the playroom I once had as a child. Little washable paints are lined up along Bristol Boards filled with children\u2019s drawings. A few brightly colored comforters have been thrown around the space with a spattering of vintage children\u2019s literature and a plastic toy xylophone. Here, Jessica Barry, Rebecca Falvey, John Han, Meghan Hubley<\/strong>, and Kristin Slaney<\/strong> create 11:11<\/em> a play about the power of wishing.<\/p>\n

John and I sit on chairs amid the messy room. He has an immense Dove<\/em> chocolate bar.<\/p>\n

John Han (JH): Let\u2019s have some chocolate from my panel.<\/p>\n

Jessica Barry and Meghan Hubley enter chewing mint gum. Meghan sits on a chair to John\u2019s right, and Jessica sits on the floor to my left.<\/p>\n

JH: Aww- you have gum, I was going to give you some chocolate from my panel.<\/p>\n

Meghan Hubley (MH): We\u2019ll spit it out! We\u2019ll spit it out!<\/p>\n

John opens the Dove<\/em> chocolate bar and we all stare at the silver wrapping as though it were a Willy Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight Bar.<\/p>\n

JH: \u2026 wow!<\/p>\n

Jessica Barry (JB): What a lovely panel! *laughs*<\/p>\n

Amanda Campbell (AC): So\u2026 let\u2019s start. Who are you, where are you from and how did you get so talented?<\/p>\n

JB: I\u2019m Jessica. I\u2019m from the Dirty Dartmouth. And I\u2019ve just always been blessed with this gift.<\/p>\n

AC: *laughs* John?<\/p>\n

JH: Hello.<\/p>\n

AC: Hi. Who are you, where are you from and how did you get so talented?<\/p>\n

JH: Hi, my name is John. My real name is Sori. S-O-R-I. John is my fake name.<\/p>\n

MH: His \u201cCanadian\u201d name.<\/p>\n

JH: I\u2019m from Seoul, Korea. I\u2019m the multicultural one.<\/p>\n

MH: That\u2019s how we get our grants.<\/p><\/div>\n

JB: That\u2019s actually the only reason he is here. We needed some multicultural grants.<\/p>\n

JH: I don\u2019t know if you noticed, but actually we three, we have all been just blessed with this gift.<\/p>\n

JB: All the other people get their talent directly from us.<\/p>\n

AC: *laughs* Meghan?<\/p>\n

MH: Aw, you know me. I blogged for you twice. I\u2019m everyone\u2019s favourite guest blogger<\/a>. You know me already, Amanda Campbell. I\u2019m Meghan Hubley. And I got my talent when I moved to Toronto.<\/p>\n

JH: Really?<\/p>\n

MH: No.<\/p>\n

AC: How did you get involved in the theatre?<\/p>\n

JB: Geez, I did the Grease<\/em> musical theatre camp [at Neptune Theatre School] when I was eight, and that was great. And then I did Les Miz<\/em> and Sound of Music<\/em> [musical theatre camps] and then I took a break and then I did the Chicago<\/em> musical theatre camp and Meagan Simm was very inspiring and that was when I decided that I actually wanted to do theatre.<\/p>\n

AC: I just realized that I can\u2019t just write \u201cJ\u201d for Jessica in my notes because John\u2026 also starts with a \u201cJ\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

MH: Jessica is from Korea\u2026<\/p>\n

JB: I\u2019m the minority of the group. Everyone else is just so, so white.<\/p>\n

JH: I\u2019m also the only male in the group. I just noticed that.<\/p>\n

JB: You JUST noticed!?<\/p><\/div>\n

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AC: John?<\/div>\n

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JH: Um, it\u2019s funny, as a kid my life long dream, I don\u2019t know if you guys know this, but my life long dream was to be a pop star.<\/p>\n

MH: I can see that.<\/p>\n

JH: I thought it was my destiny and sometimes even now I think I could do it, although I am getting a little old\u2026 but, yeah, I wanted to be a pop star. But I didn\u2019t really sing until I was in grade ten and my friend took me along to choir. I had never done choir before because I thought that it was sort of a sissy thing to do. Yeah, I used to be a jerk. But then I went to choir and I fell in love with it, so much that I was in like, seven choirs at the same time after that, which was disgusting. But then I got into singing and I got into musical theatre. And I did a show called Jump
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MH: Jump: An 80s musical<\/em><\/p>\n

JH: Which is where I met these guys, and I met a lot of really great friends and from then I wanted to pursue musical theatre out of province, but that didn\u2019t really work out so I decided to stick around here, and did the PPTP Program.<\/p>\n

MH: The PPTPP?<\/p>\n

JH: PPTP.<\/p>\n

JB: The Program PPT.<\/p>\n

JH: Whatever. The PPTP. And I decided to pursue it here. … Yeah. \u2026 I\u2019m done.<\/p>\n

MH: Ummmmmm. I don\u2019t even know.<\/p>\n

JB: It just sort of happened.<\/p>\n

MH: After Fringe last year I knew that I wanted to write. I just tried it as something new, and I really liked it\u2026 being in charge of the script. *Laughs*. It was one of those, you never know you like it until you try sort of situations, and that\u2019s what happened to me. Trial and error.<\/p>\n

JB: I don\u2019t think the acting part of your life was an \u201cerror.\u201d<\/p>\n

MH: No! No\u2026 but that\u2019s how it ended up that we created the Golden Spider Trio because I was like, \u201cbut I want to be in the show too\u201d and John was like, \u201cwhat are you writing for the Fringe?\u201d and I was like, \u201ca story about two sisters\u201d and he was like, \u201ccan I be in it?\u201d and I was like, \u201cYES, you CAN!\u2019<\/p>\n

JB: It\u2019s funny, I remember when I was a kid and I was thinking about what I wanted to be when I grew up, and it was like the lawyer and the police officer, and I remember realizing that I actually just wanted to PLAY a lawyer and a police officer…<\/p>\n

MH: YEAH!<\/p>\n

JB: I was always like, \u201cooh, I can\u2019t wait to put on that cost\u2014I mean\u2026 uniform.\u201d<\/p>\n

MH: I remember watching the movie The Client<\/em> as a kid and thinking, \u201cI want to be what that woman is\u2014\u201c and then being like \u201cno, wait\u2026 Susan Sarandon is the good part of the equation for me\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

AC: So, I know that Meghan was originally writing a play about two sisters, but how exactly did the superhero storyline evolve?<\/p>\n

JB: We mostly just decided to take the idea that Meghan had and then make it bigger and different.<\/p>\n

JH: And then we were thinking, \u201cshould we do a collective creation and then sort of showcase what we came up with?\u201d, remember that? And then we decided to keep the collective creation part of it and then go back to Meghan\u2019s idea.<\/p>\n

JB: And we split up, which helped.<\/p>\n

MH: My idea was a story about two sisters-<\/p>\n

JH: And I approached her saying that I wanted to do something in the Fringe. And she was like, \u201cI\u2019m writing a show for two sisters.\u201d That was really last minute too, the deadline was like a few days away and we were like, \u201cshould we do it or shouldn\u2019t we?\u201d I didn\u2019t think it was going to happen *laughs* To be honest\u2026<\/p>\n

MH: And Jessica had wanted to direct something for the Fringe and we were looking for a piece to do but there hadn\u2019t been anything that had grabbed us\u2014<\/p>\n

JB: Well\u2014<\/p>\n

MH: Well, nothing that spoke to both of us. There was one that spoke to you, but not to me. And then I was like \u201cAh, fuck it! I\u2019ll write it myself!\u201d and then putting John into the mix meant adding beautiful music into the equation.<\/p>\n

JB: Yeah, it was the music for me, that really sold me on the project. That was when I was like \u201cOkay, yeah, I like this show.\u201d<\/p>\n

JH: When was that?<\/p>\n

JB: At my house. At like, the end, or maybe the middle of July.<\/p>\n

MH: What song was it?<\/p>\n

JB and JH: The Theme Song.<\/p>\n

JH: I am so happy with how that song turned out. It really grounds me and makes me feel really content.<\/p>\n

JB: It\u2019s so good.<\/p>\n

JB: It\u2019s about the feelings of magic that you have as a kid. I mean, as you grow up, like me, I\u2019m a fairly child-like person, but still I am not really the same a actually being a child. And the way that a child wishes and hopes\u2014<\/p>\n

MH: Nothing seems impossible, it\u2019s like John wrote, you\u2019re \u201cwishing with no strings attached\u201d and, it\u2019s not like there\u2019s not work involved, but when you\u2019re a kid, it\u2019s different. Now if I wish for something, it\u2019s not like I don\u2019t believe that my wish for the future will come true, it\u2019s just that I know that I have to work for it and that it will take time. For kids, there\u2019s a different trust there. We saw it a lot in the theatre school this summer.<\/p>\n

JB: We also are playing with that age of eleven to thirteen, that awful place in between growing up and being a child. You have this sense of reality and you suddenly have to be mature and responsible, but you don\u2019t get any of the benefits of being grown up either. I remember when I was that age just wanting to grow up and to have a job and a house and a dog.<\/p>\n

MH: Having your own place was important because you felt like you were a grownup, but you still had to live in your parents\u2019 place.<\/p>\n

JH: We also explored the difference between being ten and being thirteen, like views about sex, and levels of knowledge and maturity and responsibility and all the changes that are going on in your body. These are things that everyone who comes to see the show has experienced, or will experience. It makes the two sisters really relateable characters.<\/p>\n

JB: And even though Rebecca and Kristin weren\u2019t always there during the writing process and not all of these aspects of growing up are overtly mentioned in the script, they know what it\u2019s like to be in that \u2018in-between\u2019 age and all the stuff that comes with it.<\/p>\n

JH: Because everyone who sees it will be able to relate to it because it is something we all go through.<\/p>\n

JB: That is my hope for the show, that people will be able to relate to us and to what is happening and to remember what it was like to be that age, and what it was like to really wish for something.<\/p>\n

JH: I\u2019m feeling a lot better since I ate that chocolate.<\/p>\n

JB: Maybe there were Dementors around, and that\u2019s why you were feeling gross. And now you\u2019ve had some chocolate and you feel better.<\/p>\n

MH: Yes! And that\u2019s why I fell down!<\/p>\n

JB: And now the Dementors have flown away.<\/p>\n

AC: Yes. Of course. Dementors. Obviously.<\/p><\/div>\n

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MH: And that\u2019s how we decided to write ourselves into the show! We were like \u201cwe\u2019ll be magical super heroes.\u201d What else?<\/p>\n

JH: It was hilarious. The way we got the idea for the story line was that we did a one word story. It was Meghan, me and Kristin\u2026 Jessica was away that day. But there\u2019s a lot of random stuff that came through that, and a lot of throw-outs to our experiences this summer with the kids [at Neptune Theatre School].<\/p>\n

JB: I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll see a lot of the theatre school in the show when you come.<\/p>\n

AC: Yeah, [Neptune Theatre School student] Ying Tong is in there.<\/p>\n

MH: Ying Tong is mentioned twice. Mikayla Hubley is mentioned twice\u2026 The Golden Spider Trio acts as a foil for the two sisters in the play. Their arc is followed very closely\u2014<\/p>\n

JB: But differently. Very differently.<\/p>\n

MH: Yes. Differently. But the themes are similar. It\u2019s still about believing in things. And relationships. And one person needing something different than everyone else. Should I go into more detail?<\/p>\n

JB: Yes.<\/p>\n

MH: Well, there are two people and their cat, one is an artist, and one is a musician. The other is a cat.<\/p>\n

JB: And then a Golden Spider visits them and offers them each a wish.<\/p>\n

MH: Pow wishes that she could stretch to the ceiling.<\/p>\n

JB: To the sky.<\/p>\n

MH: Right, the sky.<\/p><\/div>\n

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JH: Chow wants to be able to control sounds and music.<\/p>\n

JB: And Meow wants to be able to join them, so she wants to be almost entirely human.<\/p>\n

MH: So, all of them learned the power of a wish and became the Golden Spider Trio, and together they\u2019re on a superhero TV show and the premise is that they are artists and they create art on the show, so they sing, dance and fight villains\u2014people who hate art or who hate children\u2026 or whatever\u2026<\/p>\n

JB: To give you a loose example\u2026.I think we\u2019ve said too much.<\/p>\n

MH: I think that the theatre community will appreciate what they [The Golden Spider Trio] stand for and what they fight for.<\/p>\n

JB: And what we stand against.<\/p>\n

JH: Also, if for some reason, you aren\u2019t already planning to come see 11:11<\/em>, there are four beautiful ladies in this show and one of them is single. So, come see the show. Oh, and um, I\u2019m single too\u2026 so, come see the show.<\/p>\n

MH: This is not a theatre brothel!<\/p>\n

JB: But how I wish it was!<\/p>\n

AC: Of course. So, you mentioned the theatre community, and the theatre community does generally come out to give support during the Fringe Festival, but I know that sometimes the general public is wary of taking the risk with Fringe because they think Fringe theatre means that it\u2019s amateur or extremely off-the-wall and strange–<\/p>\n

JB: I think it\u2019s important for artists to reach out to the general public because artists generally have similar values and ways of thinking and they often agree with the same things, and so to target shows toward a group of people who believe in the same things and think the same things that your show is communicating seems sort of wasteful to me. I think for us, working at the theatre school gave us the opportunity to reach out to some different people.<\/p>\n

JH: As teachers we have to appeal to the general public and to all sorts of different kids, and I can\u2019t think of a better show to appeal to the public than 11:11<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n

JB: There may be superheroes, but the morals of the show should appeal to everyone.<\/p>\n

MH: Sometimes companies in the Fringe set out to do something really weird or artsy\u2014<\/p>\n

JB: And they think because it\u2019s Fringe that it\u2019s okay if the show doesn\u2019t make sense.<\/p><\/div>\n

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MH: But I think we have really captured the heart of the transition between believing and not believing and that our show is made from love. And it is from a place where we all want to create and to do something different but not something that is off-the-wall and wacky just for the sake of it.<\/p>\n

JB: It is wacky, but not for the sake of it.<\/p>\n

MH: I think that the general public should take a chance on the Fringe Festival because it is a platform where people in Halifax get started in the theatre. We may not be professional actors but we\u2019re not \u201camateur\u201d.<\/p>\n

JB: Also, it\u2019s hard, if not impossible to get funding for shows in this city, so you have artists, a lot of professional artists who work on an idea for a show all year and then it\u2019s impossible for them to put up the show anywhere but the Fringe Festival. So, I think for that reason, here in Halifax, maybe even more so than in larger cities, there are more professional shows- or ones that are close to professional- being produced.<\/p>\n

MH: You never know until you try.<\/p>\n

AC: Have you all been involved in the Fringe Festival before?<\/p>\n

JH: No, I haven\u2019t.<\/p>\n

JB: And we were all in the same Fringe show two years ago.<\/p>\n

MH: And I wrote [my play] Honey & Jupiter<\/em> last year.<\/p>\n

JH: And I have only really seen your show [to Meghan] and your show [to Jessica] and Gay White Trash<\/em>. So, I\u2019 m excited!<\/p>\n

JB: I\u2019m excited, but I\u2019m also a bit nervous because the Fringe Festival is so late this year and people who were just home from University over the summer won\u2019t get to see the shows at all, and then so many people are starting school and so they\u2019re so busy.<\/p>\n

JH: I think the show really appeals to people in University too because it reaffirms that they can still wish. They can still wish. They can still wish. Because there\u2019s that part of you that wants to believe, and then that part, that realistic strain, that tries to ruin it.<\/p>\n

MH: It\u2019s even a good show for people who are between High School and University because they\u2019re trying to hold on to their hopes and dreams for the future, but now they have to pay rent and get groceries and all that stuff on top of it.<\/p>\n

JB: It\u2019s one of those shows that has been labeled as being \u201cappropriate for all ages,\u201d but I also think that it is an IMPORTANT show for all ages.<\/p>\n

AC: What other Fringe shows are you really excited about seeing?<\/p>\n

JB: I\u2019m excited to see Shakespeare on Trial<\/em><\/a>, because I didn\u2019t see it during its other two runs, and Boo<\/em>.<\/p>\n

MH: Me too!!<\/p>\n

JB: By Charlie [Rhindress].<\/p>\n

MH: And Sherry [Smith] is in a show I think and Lee [J. Campbell] is directing one. Is that the same show?<\/p>\n

AC: Yes.<\/p>\n

MH: And there\u2019s two DaPoPo shows.<\/p>\n

JH: Yeah, one is a musical and one is the one that Allison [MacDougall] is in. I\u2019m also excited to see Jack and Jill<\/em>.<\/p>\n

JB: Isn\u2019t it Jill and Jack<\/em>?<\/p>\n

JH: Jill and Jack<\/em>. Because they take such weird pictures of their shows!<\/p>\n

JB: There are so many people who I have looked up to so much doing shows in the Fringe this year. There is so much that I\u2019m excited to see.<\/p>\n

JH: Also, Large Sums of Money<\/em>, the one that Adam Reid is doing. That looks good.<\/p>\n

JB: I feel like there\u2019s a ton I don\u2019t know about. I\u2019m going to try and see as much as possible.<\/p>\n

AC: If your next 11:11 wish was guaranteed to come true, what would you wish for?<\/p>\n

JB: I would wish\u2014it\u2019s awful– all I can think of is a dragon right now. \u2026. Aw, fuck it, if they were real, I would wish for a dragon.<\/p>\n

JH: What kind? Like a nice one?<\/p>\n

JB: A nice one to ME<\/em>. Tame-able.<\/p>\n

MH: I would wish to be paid by the hour to write. Not to be rich, or anything, just, so that I didn\u2019t have to work a joe-job and write when I could. Because no one just pays you to sit in your underpants and write.<\/p>\n

JB: Oh\u2026 yours is better than mine.<\/p>\n

MH: Is it?<\/p>\n

JB: No\u2026 I take it back\u2026 I have a dragon. Mine\u2019s better. Because then if we were writing a musical, like, about India, we could just hop on my dragon and go there.<\/p>\n

MH: And it wouldn\u2019t matter if I was in Toronto because that would be close on a dragon.<\/p>\n

JB: Oh, yeah. So close.<\/p><\/div>\n

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JH: I would wish to be Jessica\u2019s dragon.<\/p>\n

MH: Can you still be John?<\/p>\n

JH: Nope, I\u2019m a dragon.<\/p>\n

JB: But can you still talk to us and stuff?<\/p>\n

JH: Oh, yeah. But I\u2019m still a dragon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Enter Kristin Slaney and Rebecca Falvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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AC: Who are you, where are you from and how did you get so talented?<\/p>\n

Kristin Slaney (KS): Um, I\u2019m Kristin Slaney and I\u2019m from Halifax, well, actually, I say I\u2019m from Halifax when really I\u2019m from Cole Harbour, which is a smaller area outside of Halifax which is more difficult to explain, so I usually just say I\u2019m from Halifax. I did most of my training at Neptune [Theatre School], I was in their Pre-Professional Training Program in 2006-2007, and I did a Fringe show awhile ago too, and I am still involved in the theatre community today, doing short films and stuff like that which keeps me involved even though I am doing a Bachelor of Journalism right now at Kings, but I\u2019m still really involved in the arts scene here\u2026<\/p>\n

Rebecca Falvey (RF): I\u2019m Rebecca Falvey, I\u2019m from Halifax-<\/p>\n

KS: See, it\u2019s just so much more succinct when you\u2019re actually from Halifax\u2026<\/p>\n

RF: And I\u2019ve been doing stuff at Neptune for a long time.<\/p>\n

AC: What sort of Neptune stuff?<\/p>\n

RF: Well, just sort of the different theatre companies there, throughout Junior High and I also worked there for about four years.<\/p>\n

AC: How did you guys get involved in 11:11<\/em>?<\/p>\n

KS: I guess, it was in June or something, when Meghan was still in Toronto, and she messaged us and was like, \u201chey! I\u2019ve got this idea for a play\u201d and at first we thought that she would actually sit and write it and then we would perform it, but then as we started talking, it sort of became a collaboration. Especially because it was such a huge thing to put just on Meghan\u2019s shoulders and she was already working on [her show for FemFest in Winnipeg<\/a>] Honey and Jupiter<\/em>. And it has been an interesting experience. I guess it just sort of happened. We saw the possibility that Meghan\u2019s idea had to have sort of a life of its own. (To Rebecca} Agreed?<\/p>\n

*Rebecca nods*<\/p>\n

KS: Also, we were all playing to our strengths, John and I were doing the songs, and I had been writing lyrics all last year and so then I started writing specifically for this show and I would give them to John and he would go away and turn it into this great song. And Jessica has this great directorial ability\u2026 she\u2019s a great director, even though it\u2019s hard to have a specific director in an ensemble we\u2019re all in, she is able to help in that capacity. And Meghan is still the playwright. Even though we thought things up together, she takes our ideas away and shapes them and she\u2019s the one who turns the script into what it is going to be. And Flavey brought in all sorts of books, which you can see all over the floor, and we\u2019re gonna put them in our fort [in the show]. She has the whole Captain Underpants<\/em> series!<\/p>\n

AC: Can you talk a little bit about your arc in the play? Without giving too much away, of course?<\/p>\n

KS: Well there\u2019s two sisters growing up; one of them is thirteen\u2026 well just about to turn thirteen, and the play examines the gap between the sister who is almost thirteen and the sister who is ten. And it looks at how these two girls could be together for their whole lives but now there\u2019s this weird distance between them. And in the play, you see the girls where they begin and then how they grow up a little bit.<\/p>\n

AC: Do either of you have sisters?<\/p>\n

RF: No.<\/p>\n

KS: I have a little brother\u2026<\/p>\n

AC: How did you explore the relationship of sisters to prepare for your parts? Did you get input from people in cast, or others you knew with sisters, or did you think about experiences you had seen on TV or in movies?<\/p>\n

RF: Well, there are a lot of relationships that I have with friends, friends that I\u2019ve known since I was very little that I would say are comparable to the relationship between sisters. And other people in the show have given us examples and shared their experiences with their siblings growing up.<\/p>\n

KS: Also, working at Neptune [Theatre School] this summer, especially watching the ten to thirteens as an age group, and seeing how they act, and how siblings within that group would act, was really helpful.<\/p>\n

RF: Plus, it\u2019s not hard for us to play siblings because it is not hard to believe that we are sisters. We have the same awkward mannerisms.<\/p>\n

KS: Yeah, exactly!<\/p>\n

RF: That\u2019s why Meghan wanted to make us siblings.<\/p>\n

KS: Because we get along in a sort of sisters kind of way.<\/p><\/div>\n

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AC: Did you notice anything interesting when you were watching the ten to thirteens at the theatre school? Any surprising or interesting observations?<\/p>\n

KS: What was most interesting, I found, was that it had me thinking about how I was at their age. And it also made me wonder why they do certain things that they do. And looking at the siblings, at any age, really, and seeing how there is that closeness of being siblings there, but also this sort of animosity too. They are always looking out for each other, though, and they always have that special sibling relationship which is different from just being a regular friend.<\/p>\n

AC: When did you two meet?<\/p>\n

KS: [Neptune\u2019s Youth Performance Company\u2019s production of ] Charlotte\u2019s Webb<\/em><\/p>\n

RF: So, in 2004. So, we met in the Summer of 2004. I was twelve? Wait. No. Yeah. Yeah, I would have turned thirteen during that show.<\/p>\n

KS: And I was fifteen. Fifteen and a half. No, no. I was sixteen. Yeah. We both worked on the YPCo stuff and then the next year we were in Bugsy (Malone<\/em>). But she [Rebecca] was always super mature for her age. So, it wasn\u2019t like I was sixteen being like, \u201cI\u2019m hanging out with a twelve year old!\u201d It was something that I kind of forgot.<\/p>\n

RF: I pushed hay!<\/p>\n

AC: You pushed hay?<\/p>\n

RF: Yeah. I pushed hay with giant pigtails.<\/p>\n

KS: Yes! I remember that! You with your big giant face and the pigtails and those overalls. I had forgotten about that. *laughs*<\/p>\n

AC: Have you both been involved in the Fringe Festival before?<\/p>\n

RF: Nope. Well, I volunteered a couple years ago. In 2004, I painted sets for the Fringe, but I haven\u2019t been involved since then.<\/p>\n

KS: I was in a show in 2007. Wow, that was two years ago. I can\u2019t believe that. I was in a show called Tough<\/em> by George F. Walker, which Jessica was also in and Meghan stage managed.<\/p>\n

AC: Why do you think it’s so important for artists and for the general public to have a Festival like the Fringe in Halifax?<\/p>\n

RF: The Fringe Festival is really important because there are a lot of people in Nova Scotia who are really creative and there aren\u2019t a lot of opportunities for these people to show off the things that they have written.<\/p>\n

KS: It is probably the only inexpensive way for artists to get access to a venue to put on their own show, but also it is one of the only ways for the public to see a bunch of shows for cheaper than spending thirty dollars to go to a show at Neptune.<\/p>\n

RF: It is easy to perform in the Fringe Festival too, rather than in the rest of the theatre season when you have a lot of the parts in shows being played by actors from Toronto.<\/p>\n

KS: The Fringe Festival really makes the theatre a community here, because it can get very Neptune-centered sometimes, but the Fringe gives everyone an opportunity to come together and to see each other\u2019s work. I am so excited. I am going to spend the whole week going to shows<\/p><\/div>\n

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AC: What Fringe shows are you excited about seeing?<\/p>\n

KS: Ooh. What have I heard about? I am really excited to see the one-man show that Charlie Rhindress is doing that Daniel MacIvor directed. I\u2019m excited to see Shakespeare on Trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RF: Yeah, that one!<\/p>\n

KS: And Feathers and Loam<\/em>, the show Allison [MacDougall] is in. There are so many people who are not usually involved with the Fringe who have done past Fringes, who are doing stuff this year.<\/p>\n

*The wind rustles and howls very loudly outside the window*<\/p>\n

AC: Was that the wind?<\/p>\n

KS: Yeah!! It feels like fall today.<\/p>\n

RF: It was so cold this morning.<\/p>\n

KS: It was so nice though! I had my sweater on while I was biking. When you\u2019re biking everything is better.<\/p>\n

AC: If you could make a wish on the next 11:11 that professionally your dreams would come true, what would the future look like for you in five years time?<\/p>\n

RF: I don\u2019t really make wishes. I get so anxious about them and worry about them not coming true, or them getting twisted in some horrific way.<\/p>\n

KS: Really?<\/p>\n

RF: Yeah. But, like Kristin, I\u2019m also in journalism, so I just want something nice to happen\u2014I don\u2019t really know what I want to do yet, I just want it to be something nice.<\/p>\n

KS: I usually only wish for small things\u2026 well, not like, small things, but for short term things, I don\u2019t usually wish for things to happen down the line. But, I just want to be happy in whatever I\u2019m doing and to not be in too much debt. Yes. That is what I wish.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Do you believe in magic? At 11:11 you just might. <\/div>\n

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In the words of John Han, “come see the show and find out.” <\/div>\n
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The Bus Stop Theatre:<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Thursday 3rd 8:50 PM. Saturday 5th 6:50 PM. Sunday 6th 3:10 PM AND 7:30 PM. Monday 7th 2:20 PM. Tuesday 8th 7:20 PM. Thursday 10th 7:20 PM. Saturday 12th 8:00 PM. Sunday 13th 3:40 PM.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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