1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,720 Hi everyone, it's Tracy again at YQG in Bloom and we are back at the KordaZone Theatre in 2 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:17,160 Windsor, Ontario, located on Seminole Street in Ford City. 3 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:23,840 To talk to a few of the board members from this KordaZone Theatre, we have Mark Wurlsley, 4 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:31,240 who is a board member and pretty much does everything else, as well as Joey Wright, another 5 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:32,520 board member. 6 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,320 And again, you guys do everything here. 7 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:37,320 It's amazing. 8 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:38,320 Thank you for being here today. 9 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:39,520 Oh, it's a pleasure to be here. 10 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:40,520 Thanks for having us. 11 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:45,880 So, tell us about this theatre, because I mean, realistically, until a couple months 12 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:51,760 ago, I hadn't even heard of it and now I've been here like three times and seen a show. 13 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,520 Yeah, we like to think of ourselves as Windsor's best kept secret. 14 00:00:55,520 --> 00:01:03,800 We have a wonderful, inclusive, warm, welcoming space and we put on some fantastic shows and 15 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:08,860 people are just very enthusiastic to be a part of the shows and people, we have regular 16 00:01:08,860 --> 00:01:13,280 people that come all the time to see the shows and we just love what we do. 17 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:21,400 And the shows are of all different varieties, you know, plays, musicals, poetry readings, 18 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,800 anything you could think of, we'll put on our stage here. 19 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:25,800 Well, within reason. 20 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:26,800 Within reason. 21 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:27,800 Yeah. 22 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,800 Now, how many shows do you guys put on a year? 23 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:31,800 It varies. 24 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:33,600 Sometimes it's five, sometimes it's six. 25 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:37,960 About a decade ago, I think we did seven or eight per year. 26 00:01:37,960 --> 00:01:44,760 It just really depends on the types of shows that we do, the scope of the set build and 27 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,320 the rehearsal process. 28 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:51,080 Sometimes shows only rehearse for three months, sometimes shows rehearse for six months. 29 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:56,560 It really just depends on the shows that we've selected for that season and how long the 30 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,000 rehearsal time is going to be. 31 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,440 Now this is a great space. 32 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:00,840 How long has it been here? 33 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,800 Well, I believe from the little bit of research that I did that it was built in the early 34 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:11,480 50s and it started, if you look at the capstone at the top of the building, it started as 35 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:16,000 the Croatian club originally in Windsor and then it's been a number of things I believe 36 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:23,280 over the years and for the last 30 or so years it's been the Maltese club downstairs and 37 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,120 they are our landlords. 38 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:33,280 I think Corda has been in this space for, I want to say 2010, 2008. 39 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:34,960 We've been here for quite a while. 40 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:35,960 Wow. 41 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:36,960 Yeah. 42 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:41,680 I know you guys put on a ton of really good productions just from what we were talking 43 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,000 about today. 44 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:49,560 I had no idea the Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Evil Dead and if you're looking on Spotify 45 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:55,440 or YouTube you can see the backdrop here and this is for the upcoming production of The 46 00:02:55,440 --> 00:03:02,120 Trench that's coming in June of 2024 here and you're also going to be rehearsing for 47 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,520 Three Musketeers so it's just non-stop. 48 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,040 And Frankenstein after The Three Musketeers. 49 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:09,880 When's The Three Musketeers playing? 50 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:11,280 That opens in September. 51 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,640 Okay and then Frankenstein would be probably around the Halloween. 52 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:17,080 October, close to the end of October. 53 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,760 Are you guys doing Rocky Horror again? 54 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:24,680 Not this year although we've had many people say we should do it more often. 55 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,480 Yes, requests for annual performance of Rocky Horror. 56 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:35,200 Now I know I was looking online and right now you guys are doing the application process 57 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,720 for next year's plays. 58 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:38,720 That's right. 59 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:42,360 So size to size, what is the process? 60 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:43,360 Wrestling. 61 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,920 We have a wrestling match, the board members all throw it. 62 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:48,320 And whoever wins gets it. 63 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:51,760 No honestly this year we did things a little differently. 64 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:56,060 We did a public announcement of, you know, we were looking for proposals from directors 65 00:03:56,060 --> 00:04:02,520 and a big part of that was that we would like to increase our scope. 66 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:06,580 Like we want not always the same people putting the shows together. 67 00:04:06,580 --> 00:04:07,600 We want to see new blood. 68 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,960 We want to see people, we want to see minorities. 69 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:16,280 We want to see, you know, less represented communities and stuff on our stage coming 70 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:18,320 forward with their own creative ideas. 71 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:23,560 So we went with a, you know, a public request for proposals for people to come forward and 72 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:25,760 say hey I'd love to do this on your stage. 73 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:30,480 And now as a board we'll be having a meeting probably early next month. 74 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:31,560 Yeah sometime in June. 75 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:36,640 To basically go through all these proposals and then come up with what we think is the 76 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:42,360 best fit for our style and what we want to put forward for audiences here. 77 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:46,640 Something that we've always tried to do is we always try to do a Canadian show. 78 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,920 We try to do a show that's written by a woman. 79 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:54,600 We try to do a classical every year whether it's Shakespeare or a Greek, one of the old 80 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,720 Greek plays, tragedies or comedies. 81 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:59,780 And then we do a kids show every December. 82 00:04:59,780 --> 00:05:01,560 We do a panto. 83 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:07,040 So those are the four shows we always try to cover with the season that we pick. 84 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,880 And then there's usually one to three just kind of extra shows that we throw on. 85 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:17,440 But next month we'll be looking at the proposals and seeing what fits with the shows we've 86 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:22,020 already selected and what works well and complements the rest of the season. 87 00:05:22,020 --> 00:05:28,920 How many people can fit in here at the Quarta that you can sell tickets for? 88 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:34,200 Usually we max out with using this stage at about 100 people. 89 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:35,640 Oh that's not bad. 90 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:39,760 Now I know you said the second stage is where the seats are being held right now. 91 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,160 Do you use that stage that often? 92 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:43,720 We've used it before. 93 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,040 We haven't used it since I think Best Man. 94 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:48,760 Yeah that would have been the last one. 95 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:53,820 So that would have been February of, no, April of last year was the last time we used that 96 00:05:53,820 --> 00:05:57,180 stage for our performance of the Best Man. 97 00:05:57,180 --> 00:06:02,120 This year we're trying to keep everything on one stage so that we don't have to change 98 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,120 all of all the lights, all the sounds, all the tech. 99 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:10,440 It's just easier to try to keep it on one stage for a longer period of time than trying 100 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:12,920 to flip back and forth between shows. 101 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:20,040 And then I know people can also rent this out as well because my friend Jill from Mom 102 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:25,720 Said Duck just had her Mother's Night out on her poetry reading. 103 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:30,960 Yeah and that's another thing we like being accessible to the public. 104 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:36,680 Not just for our own uses and the shows we want to put on but we like it to be a creative 105 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,480 space that anyone can access. 106 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:42,840 We don't charge a lot of money for rentals but we have people do things like Jill's poetry 107 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:45,960 reading which was a lot of fun, great success. 108 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:47,840 We've got film crew coming in here. 109 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:51,960 A student film is going to be filming here for one evening coming up. 110 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:52,960 We've done comedy shows. 111 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:54,840 Comedy shows, yeah. 112 00:06:54,840 --> 00:06:55,840 All sorts of stuff. 113 00:06:55,840 --> 00:07:00,560 I mean if people need a stage, as long as we don't have anything going on, we have a 114 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:01,560 stage. 115 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:05,400 Yeah well you guys do improv too, right? 116 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,360 Very badly. 117 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:08,360 Not good improv. 118 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:13,800 But no, we do have, we have done improv shows here before and we have an improv group that's 119 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:22,760 been working here weekly trying to build up their skill set and starting in June we have 120 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:26,160 another group coming in here to work with us and do some improv shows and that's going 121 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:30,480 to be a lot of fun because they're really talented people and really funny people and 122 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:34,200 it brings new faces in the door too which is something we always like to see. 123 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,280 Yeah, do you guys do improv? 124 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:37,280 Mark does. 125 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:38,280 You don't? 126 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:39,480 I don't. 127 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:40,480 Not my cup of tea. 128 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:41,480 Come on. 129 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:42,840 We'll get him in there. 130 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,760 I do improv when it's not being performed in front of people. 131 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:47,760 That's what I do improv. 132 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:53,160 I'm funny when nobody else is around and as soon as people around forget it. 133 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:58,880 Yeah, no, it's a lot of fun and some of the people we've had here that I've learned from 134 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:04,000 have been really, really great and I'm not particularly good compared to them but it's 135 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,200 still a lot of fun. 136 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,320 If you're with the right people that know what they're doing, they can cover for you 137 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:10,400 when you make a mistake. 138 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,200 I love a good improv. 139 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,720 Is that going to be, you said in June this year? 140 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:19,600 Yes, I think we have five shows scheduled starting in June for the rest of this year. 141 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:20,600 Nice. 142 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,600 Yeah, so that will definitely be on our Facebook page and all that kind of stuff. 143 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:25,600 And the website as well. 144 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:26,600 And the website. 145 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:27,600 Yeah, I like your website. 146 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,720 It gives all the information. 147 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,600 We got to give a special shout out to Christopher Lawrence Menard. 148 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:34,600 100%. 149 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:40,480 He is the caretaker of that website and he built it from scratch and he maintains it. 150 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:42,640 He was also a founding member of Korda. 151 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:48,480 Yeah, Christopher has been around for a long time here at Korda and he puts a lot of emphasis 152 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:53,240 and hard work on making sure that the website's up to date with the current show, if there's 153 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:59,080 rehearsal or, sorry, auditions, events coming up, our contact information, all that kind 154 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:00,080 of stuff. 155 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,320 He does a fabulous job. 156 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,320 And I mean, you guys do too. 157 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:10,120 Actually, everybody does because it's all volunteer work because you're not for profit, 158 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:14,680 which is amazing that you guys have been able to do this for so long. 159 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:19,960 Yeah, and it's interesting because it's something I'm, I had a conversation with this, about 160 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:21,680 this with my wife the other day. 161 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:26,560 The number of people that have cycled through here and, you know, they're here for a few 162 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:30,920 shows, maybe two, three years and they're, you know, maybe they're coming out of school 163 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:35,160 and they're moving on to other things and they just create, they contribute so much 164 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:40,280 and then move forward and go on to other things in life, but it's just such a wide variety 165 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:44,800 of people and incredible personalities you get to work with, just people who love doing 166 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:45,800 it. 167 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:49,520 But also as well, you know, we try to make this a very inclusive space, a space where 168 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:55,080 you can grow, you can learn, you can experience new things, try new things with all of the 169 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:56,420 shows we put on. 170 00:09:56,420 --> 00:10:02,960 And we've had several people, so we call it graduate, from Corda to go work at the Stratford 171 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:03,960 Festival. 172 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:04,960 Wow. 173 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:06,920 And we have a director, is an actor up there right now. 174 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:12,240 Matt Burgess is a journeyman in the prop department. 175 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:15,240 He's on his third year at Stratford. 176 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:21,320 We've had a number of people come from small beginnings here at Corda to go on and do a 177 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:22,760 number of things. 178 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:28,480 Ellie Moon in Toronto, Katie Kerr's been in a few shows here and then she's been gone 179 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,280 on to be very successful as well. 180 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:34,200 So we like to think of Corda as a nice jumping off point. 181 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:35,720 Well, it's perfect. 182 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:41,360 You get out of school and then you come here, but you're not just saying actor. 183 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:47,000 You have a lot of hats when you come to work here in the productions. 184 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,000 Yeah. 185 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,480 And I mean, we do a lot of work. 186 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:55,960 Tracy Aitin, our founder, she's fantastic with the kids and like we do a lot of kids 187 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:57,680 summer programs here. 188 00:10:57,680 --> 00:11:00,480 And they have the opportunity to learn whatever they want to learn. 189 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,300 You know, if they want to get involved with tech, they can get involved with tech. 190 00:11:03,300 --> 00:11:07,720 If they want to learn how to paint a set or build a set, they can learn that. 191 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:12,040 If they want to learn how to act or sing, dance, whatever you want, then that's something 192 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:13,040 that... 193 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:14,040 Now that's a summer program? 194 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:15,040 Yes. 195 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:16,640 Now, what's the age group for that? 196 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,120 I don't think we have it worked out yet for this year. 197 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:23,440 And in the past, it's been what, from nine to end of high school? 198 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:29,360 I think it's seven to 12 and then 13 to 18 is usually the age. 199 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:35,160 You know, when the kids come in, they learn all about a show, how to start the process, 200 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:42,200 blocking a show, designing a set, building a set, building props, working with props, 201 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:46,960 how things work backstage during the show, how to, you know, costuming. 202 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:52,120 But we also do that with the full shows, not just summer program. 203 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:56,520 It's not, you know, you get cast as a part in a show and you're just an actor. 204 00:11:56,520 --> 00:12:02,720 It's very much a group effort to build the show from the bottom up with the set, with 205 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:08,720 costumes, with props, with makeup, with singing, with dancing and everything else. 206 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,880 It's very much we try to lean on the strengths of everybody else. 207 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:21,280 Georgie is helping out with the trench makeup because she's very strong in that area of 208 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:22,280 theater. 209 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:23,280 Yeah. 210 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,840 And then we have Chaperone, which we just finished recently, the amount of actors that 211 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:32,960 showed up to paint, you know, do little touches here and there. 212 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:37,920 Our lead actress was painting set to the moment before we did our first dress rehearsal, you 213 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:38,920 know. 214 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:43,040 It's a wonderful place to contribute and people really feel comfortable enough to contribute 215 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:44,920 however they want to and however they can. 216 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:45,920 They're just engaged. 217 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:46,920 Oh yeah. 218 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:51,400 They can stretch their wings a little bit, as to say, and then figure out that maybe, 219 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:55,400 okay, I want to be an actress, I want to be an actress, but then they get behind the seats 220 00:12:55,400 --> 00:13:01,560 and it's like, oh, well maybe I like set design a little bit more or I can do makeup and it 221 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:10,080 really widens their horizon and helps because it's a hard job to get into. 222 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:11,080 So, yeah. 223 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:19,320 And I mean, we have student-age people that have worked a ton with like lighting and sound 224 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:23,760 and stuff in this theater and are going on to do that as a career, like going to school 225 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:25,800 for that after they leave here kind of thing. 226 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:30,680 Well, yeah, because it's perfect because what University of Windsor and even St. Clair College, 227 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:38,880 they have really good media design, acting, drama programs, and then come here and get 228 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:43,320 stuff under your belt and figure yourself out too before you go on. 229 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:48,080 Yeah, and it's nice too that we have a very good relationship with Walkerville. 230 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,280 So a lot of the students from there come here. 231 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:52,280 I forgot about Walkerville, yeah. 232 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:57,440 Yeah, we actually have a partnership where we're, CORDA and Walkerville are working together 233 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,560 to produce a show this year. 234 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:03,080 Oh, I can't remember the show though. 235 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:04,080 Forbidden Planet? 236 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:05,080 No, that's next year. 237 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:06,080 That's next year. 238 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:07,080 Yeah. 239 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,880 We're working together to do a show this year at Walkerville that opens just before Trench 240 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:11,880 does. 241 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:12,880 Okay. 242 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:17,080 And then next year we're working on Jeff Marrentette, who's another board member here. 243 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:18,220 He's a retired teacher. 244 00:14:18,220 --> 00:14:23,880 He was head of the WCCA department over at Walkerville for a number of years, is working 245 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:29,040 with Walkerville now and doing Return to the Forbidden Planet next year, which is being 246 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:34,680 designed by David Corte and being built by Matt Burgess up in Stratford. 247 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:40,820 And all that's going to be done at the Walkerville Theater, sorry, the Walkerville School Auditorium 248 00:14:40,820 --> 00:14:43,040 Theater next year. 249 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,160 Now how many board members are there? 250 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,000 You've mentioned a few of them. 251 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,000 Seven or eight? 252 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,000 I think it's seven or eight. 253 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,000 Seven or eight? 254 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,000 Something like that. 255 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,000 Yeah. 256 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,000 Takes a village. 257 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Yep. 258 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,000 It really does. 259 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,840 And I mean, we all contribute in different ways. 260 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:02,880 We've got people that specialize in doing social media and marketing. 261 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:06,280 We've got people that specialize in doing tech. 262 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:10,800 Like that's one of the things I love is getting involved with building and doing the tech and 263 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:12,160 being on stage occasionally. 264 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,400 And Joey's our treasurer. 265 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,080 I'm the fun police. 266 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:18,080 Let's be honest. 267 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:19,080 I'm the fun police. 268 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,960 Mark wants to buy all of these new techie things and I have to say no, Mark. 269 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:22,960 100%. 270 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:23,960 You cannot buy the new techie things. 271 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:24,960 No. 272 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:26,960 We have to reuse material. 273 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:27,960 Yeah. 274 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,760 We're not getting the techie stuff. 275 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:36,040 Honestly, if you ever want to set an example of what true recycling looks like, come to 276 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,080 a community theater. 277 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:43,600 Because the show we just finished, I was reusing set pieces from a show we did six, eight years 278 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,960 ago, cutting it up and rebuilding it into something new. 279 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:53,320 Well, and that's the beauty of a community theater and a not for profit is there's no 280 00:15:53,320 --> 00:16:00,080 money involved per se other than the tickets that will be able to keep this going. 281 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,840 But people are here because they really love what they do. 282 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:09,200 This is a passion project on top of their regular day jobs. 283 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:10,200 It's true. 284 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:11,800 And I mean, don't get us wrong. 285 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,560 We certainly do pay our professionals. 286 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:20,240 There are like we would we pay what we can for, you know, whoever's working tech and 287 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:21,480 all that kind of stuff. 288 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:29,000 If we have music director, a choreographer, we have musicians, we definitely always pay. 289 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,360 That's part of our budget. 290 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:34,700 If a show does well enough, we try to do honorariums for cast too, as well. 291 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:39,860 Because that's really what it comes down to is we're not here to, we are a not for profit. 292 00:16:39,860 --> 00:16:45,020 We are the purest example of we are here to do something we love and to help other people 293 00:16:45,020 --> 00:16:46,440 do things that they love. 294 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:47,440 And to me, that's better. 295 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:48,960 Yeah, it really is. 296 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:53,920 Like like you alluded to, we have we have day jobs. 297 00:16:53,920 --> 00:17:00,080 We pay the bills bills with our day jobs and we come here to have fun, to have fun and 298 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:01,600 do something we love. 299 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:05,680 Now what is um, Korda Convos? 300 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:11,000 I happen to find that and I don't even remember if it was on your Instagram or your website. 301 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:17,640 No, we haven't done one for a while, but it was our version of TED talk. 302 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:25,080 So we had, I think we had three, because we had Nat Friesen, Angelo and Dave Cormier. 303 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:26,160 Yeah. 304 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,640 They all have their own specialties. 305 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:37,080 And they came in and they did a brief 45 minute hour long talk about their specialties and 306 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:42,200 how that sort of relates to life, theater in general and just anything like that. 307 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:43,680 Yeah, we haven't done one since last year. 308 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:44,680 Yeah. 309 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:46,360 I mean, they're always very topical discussions. 310 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:50,240 Dave did a discussion on AI in education. 311 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:56,240 Nat did genetics, gender, gender fluidity and genetics and all that kind of stuff. 312 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,880 Um, Angelo, I don't, I didn't see Angelo's, I don't remember what his was about. 313 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:01,280 I didn't get a chance to see it either. 314 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,880 But yeah, no, it's, it's something we wanted to do something a little different to, you 315 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:08,120 know, use the space and bring people in and just, yeah. 316 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:09,120 Why not? 317 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:13,840 And understand, give it a little understanding what goes into it and all the different thought 318 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:14,840 processes. 319 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:15,840 Yeah. 320 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:20,800 And I mean, this was a, it was the brainchild of Kim Babb, one of our, one of our board 321 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:21,800 members. 322 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:22,800 What's that? 323 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:26,440 We're going to start having to list them all off eventually. 324 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:27,440 Yes. 325 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,880 So that nobody feels offended or left out. 326 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:35,480 No, it was just, we're always thinking of new ways, new things we can do to use the 327 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:40,120 space because quite frankly, if we're not using the space, we're losing money. 328 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:46,280 And not again, not in a profit kind of way, but in a, we need to pay to keep the place 329 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:47,280 open. 330 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,640 But not only that, it was just something interesting and something new that Kim just thought would 331 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:51,640 be a good idea. 332 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:52,760 And it was quite successful. 333 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:57,320 We had some good response from it and we're always looking for new stuff like that. 334 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,480 Do you guys rent this out to just anybody? 335 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,840 Like, can photographers use it as sets, backdrops? 336 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:04,840 Absolutely. 337 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:09,080 I mean, we've, we've filmed movie scenes here, as I mentioned, what are some of the other 338 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:10,640 stuff we've rented for? 339 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:16,120 Well Jemma, one of the board members, also a filmmaker, also a filmmaker. 340 00:19:16,120 --> 00:19:25,520 She did a documentary called Being Taylor, which follows a local standup comedian and 341 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:32,040 sort of her journey to discover herself as well as her comedy, which culminated in a 342 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:39,340 comedy night here that was filmed and that was all turned into a documentary for CBC. 343 00:19:39,340 --> 00:19:42,720 But we've had music videos recorded in here. 344 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:43,720 We've had- 345 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:44,720 The Bishop Boys. 346 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,040 We've had short films recorded. 347 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:50,480 And it really all depends on what the people want. 348 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,160 If it's close to a show, there's going to be a set. 349 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:57,400 So if they can work around the set, we have no problem renting to them. 350 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:01,640 If there's nothing going on and they need a blank stage, well, we have a blank black 351 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:02,640 box stage. 352 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:10,120 Now, like I said, I just heard about you guys in the last probably few months, but I noticed 353 00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:17,240 there's a rise in the Windsor-Essex County area of people being interested in seeing 354 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:22,920 plays, whether it's here or the Capitol or there's another theater around here. 355 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:25,480 People just seem to be more interested in it. 356 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:27,680 Are you guys finding it or is it just me noticing it? 357 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:30,160 I don't think it's people are more interested. 358 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:35,120 I think it's just becoming a little bit more mainstream here in town. 359 00:20:35,120 --> 00:20:39,160 Windsor, I mean, CORDA celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. 360 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,000 We've been around for this is our 21st season. 361 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:48,520 But there's been loads of community theaters here in town, whether it's CORDA, Cardinal 362 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:54,120 Music Productions, ACT, Windsor Light, post productions. 363 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:57,400 There's always been community theater happening. 364 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:01,920 It's just now I think people are starting to look for something new and interesting 365 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:06,200 to do and they've sort of rediscovered the stage. 366 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,000 Well, now that we don't really have movies. 367 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,160 We only have one movie theater in town. 368 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:16,000 It's one of the things that struck me when I first started being involved with the theater 369 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:20,720 in Kingsville is what a wealth of talent we have in the area. 370 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:21,720 We do. 371 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:26,320 Windsor, it's, you know, we have a bit of a reputation for being a lunch bucket town 372 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:32,560 where, you know, we're an automotive town and we just, you know, we like our cars and 373 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:33,560 we don't do much else. 374 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,000 Southern, you know, we go to movies, there's not much to do. 375 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:40,920 But really, you look around and all those groups that Joey mentioned there, like they're 376 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,520 always doing fantastic work. 377 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:47,360 And this barely a weekend goes by in the summer or actually throughout the year where you 378 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:53,920 can't find something on a stage somewhere that's interesting and innovative. 379 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:54,920 It's very true. 380 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:59,040 Like throughout the year, you're hard pressed to find a weekend where there's not some sort 381 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:04,000 of theater going on somewhere in town. 382 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:08,960 I mean, just this year we have six shows and all six shows run for three weekends. 383 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,480 So there's 18 weekends of the year. 384 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:12,960 Windsor Light does two weekends. 385 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:17,000 I don't even know how many shows Post Productions is doing or Cardinal. 386 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,720 You're more likely to find a weekend with a show happening than not. 387 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:27,560 Even the Capitol Theater, they just housed a children's production of Disney's Newsies. 388 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:29,400 But I went to see it during the day. 389 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:34,120 It was almost like a dress rehearsal before it was opening. 390 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:39,080 What struck me was a lot of it was all high school students, but a lot of high schools 391 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:40,760 came in to watch it. 392 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,120 That's who they were performing for. 393 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:44,320 And they loved it. 394 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,080 They were right into it. 395 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:52,080 And it was really fascinating to see young kids being excited about the theater. 396 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:53,080 Well, yeah. 397 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:57,040 And I mean, that was Arts Collective Theater did that. 398 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:02,760 And even today, Riverfront has Madagascar opening at the Capitol, I believe. 399 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:04,960 Madagascar Junior. 400 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:10,320 And that's part of it is the people that sit on our board, some of them have come from 401 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:17,480 or were those kids that came from nine, 10 year olds that grew up in this building and 402 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:24,680 have gone on to be a drama teacher, to be a filmmaker, to do careers in the arts, because 403 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,520 there's just so much of it. 404 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:28,760 And it is such an enthusiasm for it. 405 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:34,400 And I think it's part of our mission, really, indirectly, is to let the rest of Windsor 406 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:36,860 know that, hey, this exists. 407 00:23:36,860 --> 00:23:40,720 When you see people saying there's nothing to do in Windsor, no, you're wrong. 408 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:41,720 You're wrong. 409 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:43,140 There's so much to do in Windsor. 410 00:23:43,140 --> 00:23:45,600 And it's incredible, too. 411 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:49,160 I've introduced many people to theater for the first time. 412 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:53,240 They've come to see a show and they've went, this is so much better than seeing a movie 413 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:54,720 and it's cheaper. 414 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,680 A ticket to one of our shows is 25 bucks. 415 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:03,520 But you're seeing a live performance in front of you that's an entire night of entertainment. 416 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,680 And if you want popcorn, you can go buy popcorn for $3. 417 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,280 Joey loves his popcorn. 418 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:09,280 I do love my popcorn. 419 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:15,160 For under 30 bucks, you get to see a show, get some popcorn and get a popper water. 420 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:16,160 And have a great night. 421 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,280 And have a wonderful evening. 422 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:20,700 You nailed it on the head. 423 00:24:20,700 --> 00:24:27,480 We are known as a lunchbox town, and maybe we are a lunchbox town, but we are figuring 424 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:34,000 out ways to release that energy that we have and to find our creativity again. 425 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,000 And to laugh, smile. 426 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,000 That's not all we are. 427 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,000 No. 428 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,000 We are far more than that. 429 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,000 No, we are. 430 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,960 And we're very creative, Vin. 431 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:49,360 We do what we gotta do to get through the day, but then after, we have a lot of creative 432 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:56,160 people, whether it's in the theater or in the film or even just arts and crafts or production. 433 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:57,160 100%. 434 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:03,780 And I mean, I come from an engineering career, and I've done a lot of work at various plants 435 00:25:03,780 --> 00:25:05,640 around Windsor. 436 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:10,060 And I would walk through Ford Essex Engine and go to a meeting there and see in somebody's 437 00:25:10,060 --> 00:25:12,520 booth a poster for a local show. 438 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:17,880 Because this is, like I said, it's more than, we're not just the factories. 439 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:23,160 These are a huge part of who we are, but we are a creative community too, and it's huge. 440 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:24,160 It's growing. 441 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:27,440 Yeah, and more people like yourself are coming to learn that. 442 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:33,640 And the people that came for Mom Said Ducks event the other night, which was very funny, 443 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:37,440 I had so many people come up to me and said, how come I didn't know about this place? 444 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:38,440 Right? 445 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,920 Well, and it's just, it's a comfortable, homey feel. 446 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:50,560 These chairs are from the audience, and it's just warm and comfortable, and it's not stark 447 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:54,280 and cold and very formal. 448 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:56,440 You can come here and really enjoy yourself. 449 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:57,440 Absolutely. 450 00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:58,440 Sometimes too much. 451 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:00,560 I get in trouble because I spend too much time here. 452 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:01,560 I would. 453 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:02,560 I would. 454 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:04,080 I love this place. 455 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:05,080 It does. 456 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:06,520 It feels like home when you walk in here. 457 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:07,520 Yeah. 458 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:11,320 I mean, right now I'm here five days a week rehearsing for Trench and for Three Musketeers. 459 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,760 So my partner's like, so I'm never going to see you until June? 460 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:15,760 No. 461 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:16,760 Okay, great. 462 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:18,600 So think of a vacation. 463 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,640 It's really easy to jump into shows. 464 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:22,640 I want to do this show. 465 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:23,640 I want to do this show. 466 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:24,640 And overindulge. 467 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:29,720 And overindulge, but it's because it's just, like you said, it's warm, it's welcoming. 468 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:30,800 We're here to have fun. 469 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:35,600 We're here to put on the best shows that we can, but we're also here to build a community 470 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:42,360 to support the artists and whether that's acting, singing, dancing, painting, designing, 471 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:43,600 lights. 472 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:47,640 There's so much art that goes into a show that a lot of people don't realize. 473 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,440 They just, they think about theater and they go, oh, well, actors. 474 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,480 And it's like, right, but what about backstage? 475 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:54,720 What about all the costumes? 476 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:55,880 What about the makeup? 477 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:56,920 All of that. 478 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:04,120 And we try to grow that here, to support and to encourage and to really give everybody 479 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:10,360 that comes in here a solid foundation and that confidence to pursue that, whether it's 480 00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:12,880 just as a hobby or professionally. 481 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:18,360 Now, you said you're going to be involved in Trench and Three Musketeers. 482 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:20,360 What are your roles in that one? 483 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:21,960 I am acting in the Trench. 484 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,800 I'm one of the chorus members. 485 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,400 For Three Musketeers, I am the director and the producer. 486 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,880 You really have your hat on and everything. 487 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:34,880 And he just finished up as the producer of Drowsy Chaperone and yeah. 488 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:35,880 And what about you? 489 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:39,040 Are you involved in any of these ones? 490 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:40,560 So not the Trench so much. 491 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:41,920 I will help out. 492 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:47,080 I will definitely be building set for Three Musketeers and Frankenstein. 493 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,640 And I'm lucky enough to be cast in Frankenstein too. 494 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,440 So I'll be, I'll have my hands full. 495 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:52,440 I'll be busy. 496 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:53,800 What are you going to be in Frankenstein? 497 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,320 I'm Captain Walton in Frankenstein. 498 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:57,640 Nice. 499 00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,600 Are you going to be in Frankenstein too? 500 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:06,240 No, I have been voluntold to take a break after Three Musketeers. 501 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,240 My partner and I, we just bought a house and we just got engaged. 502 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:16,040 So we're going to take that time after Three Musketeers to settle in and plan stuff because 503 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:17,840 I don't do enough planning. 504 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,000 You're busy. 505 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:21,000 Yeah. 506 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:25,160 You know, day job, this job, at home. 507 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,040 And I say kudos to you guys. 508 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,640 I don't know where you get the energy for it, but. 509 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:31,640 Oh, there's no energy. 510 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:36,400 That's why we've got comfy chairs for napping in. 511 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:37,400 Yeah. 512 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:38,800 That's what the couches are for. 513 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,680 Take a power nap when you're in the middle of painting a set. 514 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,540 You wouldn't believe how many times I've seen actors and members of this theater taking 515 00:28:45,540 --> 00:28:46,540 a nap on those couches. 516 00:28:46,540 --> 00:28:47,540 Hey, those are comfortable couches. 517 00:28:47,540 --> 00:28:48,540 I would too. 518 00:28:48,540 --> 00:28:49,540 They are. 519 00:28:49,540 --> 00:28:54,160 And like I said, people work a full time job and you come here, especially right before 520 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,720 a show and you're there every night. 521 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:00,520 People come here and they like, I'm going to take a nap for 20 minutes before the cast 522 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:01,520 gets here. 523 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:02,520 Why not? 524 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:09,080 Now, if people want to get involved in this, in Cortisone, how do they do it? 525 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,560 How can they get in touch with you guys? 526 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:14,060 Honestly, the best way is probably through our Facebook presence. 527 00:29:14,060 --> 00:29:18,240 We have a Cortisone Artistic Productions Facebook group and we also have a Cortisone Theatre 528 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,720 group and our website always has information about new stuff. 529 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:25,720 We're always interested in having people volunteer. 530 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:33,320 They reach out, they can send us an email at cortisone.gmail.com. 531 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:40,760 But also too, if you're looking to get involved in a particular show, we post our audition 532 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:45,080 processes on our website, on Facebook. 533 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:49,760 And even if you're not cast in the show, we still need help backstage, working front of 534 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:54,460 house, set build, set paint, makeup, tech. 535 00:29:54,460 --> 00:29:57,380 Like you said earlier, it takes a village. 536 00:29:57,380 --> 00:29:58,380 So it's definitely... 537 00:29:58,380 --> 00:29:59,380 It takes more than a village. 538 00:29:59,380 --> 00:30:02,920 Yeah, it takes a small town. 539 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,800 But definitely follow us on Facebook. 540 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:09,080 We have an Instagram page as well where we try to put as many of our announcements as 541 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:10,900 possible out there. 542 00:30:10,900 --> 00:30:16,760 Check out our website as it's updated very often with auditions, with upcoming events, 543 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:21,520 upcoming shows, all our contact information, our emails on there, our phone numbers on 544 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:22,520 there. 545 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:29,840 And we're always, always looking for new talent, new people, just anybody interested in anything, 546 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:31,440 any part of particular part of theater. 547 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:33,520 If you can hold a tool in your hand. 548 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:34,520 And then you're hired. 549 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:35,520 Yeah. 550 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:36,520 A tool, a paintbrush. 551 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:37,520 That's something I... 552 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:38,520 Yeah. 553 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:39,520 Yeah. 554 00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:40,520 Give us a shout. 555 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,920 And if not, come and see the shows. 556 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:44,040 100%. 557 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,640 You can find it out in the info there. 558 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:47,640 That's why we do it. 559 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:51,240 Like we want to entertain people, right? 560 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,880 But obviously we would like to see every one of these seats filled for every one of our 561 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:55,880 shows. 562 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:56,880 It's not always the case. 563 00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:58,160 Sometimes it's difficult. 564 00:30:58,160 --> 00:30:59,160 But that is our goal. 565 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:00,160 We want to entertain people. 566 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,320 Well, I definitely want to come and see The Trench. 567 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:06,800 I just did the one podcast with Georgie and... 568 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:07,800 And Jeremy. 569 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:09,360 Jeremy, the director. 570 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:13,080 And it sounds like a really interesting, interesting production. 571 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,080 It's a very interesting show. 572 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:22,120 It's definitely not a show I've ever done from an actor or a director standpoint. 573 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,400 Jeremy's vision is incredible. 574 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:33,080 And the way we've gone about the rehearsal process and the images that Jeremy built with 575 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:37,880 Nicole, who's the set designer, and then with the rest of the cast, what we're doing and 576 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:44,280 the imagery we're bringing forth and the story that we're telling is just absolutely incredible. 577 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:46,720 And I'm very excited for people to see that show. 578 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:51,760 Yeah, because it is a minor that is stuck. 579 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:56,920 It's based off of a poem from World War I about a minor who gets trapped underneath 580 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:58,840 the trenches of World War I. 581 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:04,680 Speaking as an outsider, I happened to sit in on maybe 25 minutes of the rehearsal downstairs 582 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:11,160 not with no set or anything and just watching the movements and listening to the dialogue 583 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:15,520 and seeing the performances and realizing that this show is unlike anything I've ever 584 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:16,520 seen before. 585 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:24,760 Yeah, because it's basically one man being stuck, but the chorus are extensions of him. 586 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:25,760 Correct. 587 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:26,760 Which is sounds really good. 588 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:33,280 We operate as not only extensions of Burt, the minor that's been trapped, but we also 589 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,980 operate as the trench itself. 590 00:32:35,980 --> 00:32:42,440 We are the set, we're the props, we're the creatures and the people that Burt encounters 591 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:46,280 on his journey to try to escape this collapsed trench. 592 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:52,680 Because it starts off very sort of footed in the real world, but it does take a, I don't 593 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:59,800 want to say fantastical turn, but it definitely turns into something that is not of the ordinary 594 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:05,640 as he makes his journey through the trench and through not just the trench, but through 595 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:09,280 his own life as he tries to escape. 596 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:15,680 I can't wait to see the show because that's really going to show creative abilities as 597 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:20,900 actors and actresses to bring that across to everybody. 598 00:33:20,900 --> 00:33:27,940 And I think that's something that we alluded to earlier is we do a wide variety of shows. 599 00:33:27,940 --> 00:33:32,600 We try to do, you know, we do the classics, we do the musicals, we do the straight plays 600 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:36,400 and we do the lesser known stuff like the trench. 601 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:41,920 And we hope that, you know, the bigger shows build the audience and bring in the revenue 602 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:48,120 to allow us to do some of the stuff that is lesser known, but much more, maybe not much 603 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:52,920 more, but definitely more on the creative side, allow you to a little more creative 604 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,440 license with how you do a show. 605 00:33:55,440 --> 00:34:01,000 And as you can see from looking around, this is going to be a very, very interesting presentation. 606 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,960 Because it's the first time it's being performed in Canada. 607 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:04,960 Yes. 608 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:12,200 I'm really, really excited because it allows your imagination as viewer watching it to 609 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:16,720 just imagine everything because you can't make a trench on stage. 610 00:34:16,720 --> 00:34:19,360 You kind of have to. 611 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:20,720 We told Jeremy that. 612 00:34:20,720 --> 00:34:21,720 Yes. 613 00:34:21,720 --> 00:34:22,720 No dirt. 614 00:34:22,720 --> 00:34:23,720 No dirt. 615 00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:24,720 No dirt. 616 00:34:24,720 --> 00:34:25,720 No dirt. 617 00:34:25,720 --> 00:34:30,920 Well, Mark, Joey, I really appreciate you guys taking the time out to tell us a little 618 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:36,120 bit more about this theater and everything that you guys have put into it. 619 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:42,640 And I really, really hope that Windsor seizes and gets behind you guys and helps out and 620 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:43,960 comes to see the shows. 621 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:44,960 Well, thank you. 622 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:45,960 I appreciate the opportunity. 623 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:46,960 Thank you so much. 624 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:47,960 Thanks for coming by. 625 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:48,960 Thank you. 626 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:49,960 We love to talk about our theater. 627 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:50,960 That's for sure. 628 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:51,960 Yeah, we do. 629 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:53,640 I'm starting to really love this theater and I am definitely going to be coming back. 630 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:55,400 Well, we need to get you on the stage then. 631 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:56,400 Yes, that's not going to happen. 632 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:57,400 This is it. 633 00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:58,400 I've been on twice. 634 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:03,440 And yeah, my acting abilities are zero. 635 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:07,840 So anyway, my name is Tracy Martens and I want to thank you for joining me for another 636 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:12,320 episode of YQG In Bloom here at the KordaZone Theater. 637 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:28,760 You all have a wonderful day.