{"id":37431,"date":"2026-04-07T09:31:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/?p=37431"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:31:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:31:44","slug":"ufv-theatre-directors-showcase-apr-22-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2026\/04\/07\/ufv-theatre-directors-showcase-apr-22-24\/","title":{"rendered":"UFV Theatre Directors&#8217; Showcase &#8212; Apr 22-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFV Theatre is wrapping up the 2025-26 season with the Emerging Directors\u2019 Showcase. Performances run from April 22-23 in the UFV Abbotsford Blackbox Theatre (room D105). They&#8217;ll also be presented as part of Interpret: Creative + Performing Arts Festival on April 24.<\/p>\n<p>The showcase is the final project presented by UFV Theatre\u2019s fourth-year directing class, and is a chance for students to apply everything that they have learned in the course. Audiences can expect a wide range of performances, from broad physical comedy to thought-provoking drama.<\/p>\n<p>The student directors include Marie Brideau, Vikash Gill, Sabrina Morgan, Bill Trieu, Alvina Kumar, Owen Muller, Jessica Blanchard, Racheal Arnold, Niya MacKay, Avrey JantzKrahn, Hazel Franklin, Marlies Dubois, and Sky Soto Terrones under the mentorship of UFV professor Parjad Sharifi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PERFORMANCES:<\/strong><br \/>\nWednesday, April 22 at 7 pm.<br \/>\n1-800 by Joseph Sorrentino &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; Directed by Marie Brideau<br \/>\nMoon Logic by David Lipschutz &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Directed by Vikash Gill<br \/>\nKill me, Please! by Rhea MacCallum &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. Directed by Alvina Kumar<br \/>\nCoaster by Scott Mullen&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. Directed by Bill Trieu<br \/>\nA Brief Argument in Time by Kai Harpole&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Directed by Sabrina Morgan<br \/>\nThe Supers by Jon Kommes&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Directed by Owen Muller<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, April 23 at 7 pm<br \/>\nMurder by Midnight by Jeff Goode &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. Directed by Jessica Blanchard<br \/>\nLoons by Bradley Hayward &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Directed by Racheal Arnold<br \/>\nToo Much Lesbian Drama: 1 Star by Jessie Field &#8230;&#8230;.Directed by Sky Soto Terrones<br \/>\nDitmas by Glenn Alterman&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. Directed by Hazel Franklin<br \/>\nBright. Apple. Crush. by Steve Yockey&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. Directed by Avrey JantzKrahn<br \/>\n3AM Wake Up Call by E. R. Schultz &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Directed by Niya MacKay<br \/>\nYou\u2019re in my Thoughts by Scott Haan &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Directed by Marlies Dubois<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/1986554916231?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Bookings for April 22-23 can be made through Eventbrite<\/a>. Please be advised that early reservations are encouraged as seating will be extremely limited. Ticket registration ends two hours before the performance start times.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, April 24, between 4-9 pm, performances will also be presented as part of Interpret: Creative + Performing Arts Festival. These performances do not require bookings through Eventbrite. Seating will be first come, first serve, and audiences will be able to come in and out of the theatre between each performance.<\/p>\n<p>All performances will be held in the UFV Abbotsford Performance Studio, Building D, room 105.<\/p>\n<p>Please email <a href=\"mailto:soca@ufv.ca\">soca@ufv.ca<\/a> for more information, or <a href=\"https:\/\/ufv.ca\/plays\/\">visit this link<\/a> for more information about UFV Theatre productions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #fff;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFV Theatre is wrapping up the 2025-26 season with the Emerging Directors\u2019 Showcase. Performances run from April 22-23 in the UFV Abbotsford Blackbox Theatre (room D105). They&#8217;ll also be presented as part of Interpret: Creative + Performing Arts Festival on April 24. The showcase is the final project presented by UFV Theatre\u2019s fourth-year directing class, &#8230; <a title=\"UFV Theatre Directors&#8217; Showcase &#8212; Apr 22-24\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2026\/04\/07\/ufv-theatre-directors-showcase-apr-22-24\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,12,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","category-myufv","category-calendar","category-ufv-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37431"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37463,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37431\/revisions\/37463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}