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​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 
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Photos source: outsidethemarch.ca
Production History
Outside The March: Toronto, ON Premiered in March 2020. The show has since toured internationally. 
more on the ministry of mundane mysteries
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
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.
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