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, Sébastien Heins, Amy Keating, and Griffin McInnes Directed by: Mitchell Cushman, and Griffin McInnes Design by: Nick Blais,and Anahita Dehbonehie Jingle Composition by: Britta Johnson Concierge Service by: Zoe Danahy, and Amy Keating Website Design by: Colin Simmons Cast: Jamie Cavanagh, Shannon Currie, Colin Doyle, Sheri Godda, Sébastien Heins, Toby Hughes, Liz Johnston, and Jonathan Shaboo Produced by: Outside the March |
Production History
Outside The March: Toronto, ON Premiered in March 2020. The show has since toured internationally.
Read more in PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation: PHONES, US, PHONY MULTIPLICITY, TOUR
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“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
“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.