Groundswell Festival: Day 3

November 20, 2024

Doors 6:30pm // Event Starts 7pm
Playwrights' Platform + Drinks to Follow

$12 + fees

Join Nightwood Theatre in celebrating creation, conversation, and community at the 39th annual Groundswell Festival! From November 18-20, hear new works from Nightwood’s Write From The Hip playwright’s unit, led by Interim Program Director Keshia Palm and Program Associate Jan Alicia Jennings. 

Tonight, hear an exclusive reading of Meara Khanna's Gremlin.

Maya is a mid-twenties malcontent and chronic people pleaser, whose opposing qualities are an emotional ticking time bomb. After a mental breakdown in Dollarama goes viral online, she is subjected to racism, isolation and court appointed anger management therapy. Gremlin illuminates Maya's journey with accepting all the parts of herself that she's been taught to resent.

• Playwright: Meara Khanna (IG: @mearakhanna_)
• Director: Michelle Mohammed (michellemohammed.com)
• Nina: Mercy Cherian (IG: @fullofmercycherian)
• Ash: Jakob Ehman
• Pete: Hume Baugh (IG: @humebaugh)
• Therapy Attendee / Ned: Farhang Ghajar (IG: @farhang.ghajar)
• Shivum: Rouvan Silogix (IG: @rouvan316)
• Laila: Pamela Sinha
  
  Workshop Shadow: Sanskruti Marathe (IG: @sanskrutis_adaa)

Content Warning: Suicide/Self Harm, Mental Health discussions, Racism, Coarse Language

Wrapping up our festival celebrations, we are holding our first Playwrights' Platform! Featuring previous Nightwood RGTC recipients and Creatryx participants, the Playwrights' Platform will host 8 playwrights boldly exploring excerpts of their recent work. Come get a taste of all of their pieces and help us send off the 39th annual Groundswell Festival with flare!

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Like its ambisextrous namesake, Buddies’ in-house bar and performance space Tallulah’s Cabaret does it all. It’s throbbing club nights and community tap dance lessons. High-concept drag and low-stakes open mics. Go for pre-drinks but stay late for the post-show discourse—maybe even spark that next collaboration. With local brews and sober options that aren’t an after-thought, Tallulah’s is the come-as-you-are bar for old friends, new lovers, partiers, poets, and curious passerby. See you under the chandeliers.

Tallulah’s Cabaret is open Wednesday to Sunday from 6:00 p.m. to midnight (or later).

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