Ministry of Mundane Mysteries
The personal mundane mysteries of audience-callers are investigated in a series of short daily episodes. Audiences co-improvise the dialogue over the phone with a rotating cast of characters.
Production Credits
Created by: Nick Blais, Katherine Cullen, Mitchell Cushman, Anahita Dehbonehie, Colin Doyle, Sebastien Heins, Amy Keating, and Griffin McInnes Ministry Direction by: Mitchell Cushman, and Griffin McInnes Ministry Design by: Nick Blais,and Anahita Dehbonehie Ministry Jingle Composition by: Britta Johnson Ministry Concierge Service by: Zoe Danahy, and Amy Keating Ministry Website Design by: Colin Simmons Performed by: Jamie Cavanagh, Shannon Currie, Colin Doyle, Sheri Godda, Sebastien Heins, Toby Hughes, Liz Johnston, and Jonathan Shaboo |
Production History
Produced by Outside The March (Toronto, Ontario). Premiered in March 2020.
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Press
“It was made-to-measure... it was executed so generously... It asked about my world, listened and then let me slip free of it, at 10-minute intervals.” - New York Times
“Done with spontaneity, intelligence and a sense of fun.” - NowToronto |
Articles
Outside The March, “Ministry of Mundane Mysteries,” Canadian Theatre Review 197 (Winter 2024): 92-93.
Heather Fitzsimmons Frey, “Gumshoes and Blanket Wings: Care in Pandemic Performances for Youth,” Canadian Theatre Review 188 (Fall 2021): 98-100.
Coleen Shirin MacPherson, “The Possibility of New Work in the COVID Era,” Canadian Theatre Review 187 (Summer 2021): 69-73.
Mariah Horner, “Participating in the Age of Pandemic,” Canadian Theatre Review 186 (Spring 2021): 30-34.
Heather Fitzsimmons Frey, “Gumshoes and Blanket Wings: Care in Pandemic Performances for Youth,” Canadian Theatre Review 188 (Fall 2021): 98-100.
Coleen Shirin MacPherson, “The Possibility of New Work in the COVID Era,” Canadian Theatre Review 187 (Summer 2021): 69-73.
Mariah Horner, “Participating in the Age of Pandemic,” Canadian Theatre Review 186 (Spring 2021): 30-34.