Student written, directed, designed, and performed
What is
UpStart?
The UpStart
festival is a juried one-act play festival hosted by the University of Waterloo
Theatre and Performance program. All these plays are written, directed, and
performed by students. They will be presented March 19th-22nd in the Theatre of
the Arts. The UpStart project is part of the 2025 Capstone project, with five
senior undergraduates from the University of Waterloo’s Theatre and Performance
program making up the core of the creative team. The three shows that make up
the festival are:
Utopia Written by Joshua Barroso and Directed by Hanna
Freitas
Set in the
idyllic neighborhood of Utopia, the couple comprising of Charlotte and Beatty
host a welcome dinner for Mary, a recent divorcee who has just moved next door.
However, something is not right. Around the dinner table, Mary begins to wonder
if something is afoot in her Utopia.
The Waiting Room Written by Roza Tasneem and Directed by Jasmine Rajaballey University roommates Dylan- a rich hopeless romantic, and Aamir- a chronic people pleaser, form an unlikely trio with Tee- their standoffish classmate, while trapped in a mysterious hospital waiting room. In this test of wit and impulse, they must confront old wounds while waiting to treat new ones.
Hell
Weeks Written by Kye Stevenson Hatayama
and Talia Dmitrienko and Directed by Kye Stevenson Hatayama
A university student, Olivia, receives an email
from the devil, which gives her an ultimatum that the devil made with the
university: if she passes her exam, she will live, however if she fails, hell
will claim her soul.
Tickets: General Public $15 | Students & Seniors $10 | Highschool Students $5 Venue: Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages Building, University of Waterloo
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