Shortwave Theatre Festival

Artist Talkback: “Mark the C”

In this episode, host Chris Lawrie chats with Suzanne Hersh and Mark Cassidy of Threshold Theatre, the duo who wrote and performed Late Nights with Mark the C live in CFRC’s studios on November 5th 2022, about their process. Shortwave Theatre Festival 2022 was made possible through the generous support of the City of Kingston Arts Fund, the Dan School of Drama and Music and the Robert H. Black Residency Program.

Late Nights with Mark the C

“People ask, sometimes, how is it possible to try to have a moment of respite, a moment of music, in the middle of chaos. But isn’t this planet itself a spinning ball of respite & music, racing from nowhere to nowhere through the chaos?” Ilya Kaminsky Late Nights with Mark the C. is a follow up to Mark Cassidy’s acclaimed autobiographical piece Allistonian Brockvillian Dionysian which was presented most recently at the Theatre Kingston Storefront Fringe 2021. Join fellow shift workers, insomniacs and lonely souls tuning in to CKRM FM in Kingston, Ontario, to hear radio host, Mark the C, sharing “an eclectic mix of thoughts, feelings, spoken word, and the best late night tunes to soothe your nerves.”  As the show progresses, audience members are invited to call in with their own stories in response to the theme for the night: “WALLS–how you build them up or take them down”. Late Nights explores isolation, aspiration, mortality, love and connection, fusing the intimacy of late night radio with live theatre. Late Nights with Mark the C was created by Mark Cassidy and Suzanne Hersh and sound designed by Sam Kaiser. Late Nights was performed live in CFRC 101.9 FM’s studios with studio technical production conducted by Chancelor Maracle. Shortwave Theatre Festival is made possible through the generous support of the City of Kingston Arts Fund, the Dan School of Drama and Music and the Robert H. Black Residency Fund.

Artist Talkback: Mariah & Anne Marie

Shortwave Theatre Festival Director Mariah Horner chats with local artist Anne Marie Mortenson of local theatre company Bottle Tree Productions.  Learn more about making theatre with these two amazing practitioners as they talk shop

Artist Talkback: “Jabberwocky & The Listeners”

In this Shortwave Theatre Festival presentation, Festival Director Mariah Horner chats with a couple of the artists who made Sarah Emtage’s Jabberwocky & The Listeners come to life on our airwaves: Becky Bridger and Billie Kearns!

Jabberwocky & The Listeners

Two cousins named Magellan and Gadget are trapped in the labyrinth-like Sound Castle where every sound made in the world above is stored in boxes below. They are looking for a way out and also hoping to find the unheard final words of Magellan’s sister. The story continues in two parts. First in “The Jabberwocky” Magellan and Gadget are alarmed to find that they are not quite alone in the dark, and in “The Listeners” they start to unravel more of the mystery of the Sound Castle and make a surprising connection with their audience outside. Shortwave Theatre Festival is made possible through the generous support of the City of Kingston Arts Fund, the City of Kingston, the Dan School of Drama and Music and the Robert H. Black Fund through the Department of Film and Media.