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Canada’s PerSIStence Theatre presents Sharon King-Campbell’s acclaimed one-woman show ORIGINAL, part of this renowned feminist company’s broadcast series IT’S WOMEN’S PLAY.
Filmed before a live audience on the COVID-free island of Newfoundland, King-Campbell show “dazzles as it delves into truth and myth” by exploring what being a woman means and has meant throughout Western Civilization, from creation to right now. PerSIStence Theatre is delighted to premiere the worldwide broadcast of this acclaimed production February 24 at 7 PM EST / 4 PM PST / 8:30 PM NST and on demand February 25-March 3. Tickets are $15 USD - available from Events.BroadwayWorld.com. |
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Canada’s PerSIStence Theatre Company presents ORIGINAL, written and performed by SHARON KING-CAMPBELL.
Part of this feminist theatre company’s one-woman play series IT’S WOMEN’S PLAY, ORIGINAL explores what being a woman means and has meant throughout Western Civilization, from creation to right now.
Actor King-Campbell plays the three “original women” -- Eve, Embla, and Pandora – who continue to wander the earth long after their stories were first told.
“"Sharon King-Campbell’s one-woman show dazzles as it delves into truth and myth." - The Telegram (St. John’s)
Part of this feminist theatre company’s one-woman play series IT’S WOMEN’S PLAY, ORIGINAL explores what being a woman means and has meant throughout Western Civilization, from creation to right now.
Actor King-Campbell plays the three “original women” -- Eve, Embla, and Pandora – who continue to wander the earth long after their stories were first told.
“"Sharon King-Campbell’s one-woman show dazzles as it delves into truth and myth." - The Telegram (St. John’s)
Audiences Say:
“A powerful story about how there’s always more to any story, especially the stories we think we know as cultural touchstones, origins.”
“Empowering, enraging, badass, epic – and succinct and direct and unapologetic.”
“What a marvellous show... brilliant everything!”
“I feel like I’ll be digesting it for weeks! So much knowledge and wisdom and truth.”
“Empowering, enraging, badass, epic – and succinct and direct and unapologetic.”
“What a marvellous show... brilliant everything!”
“I feel like I’ll be digesting it for weeks! So much knowledge and wisdom and truth.”
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Production Community Written by & starring Sharon King-Campbell
Directed by Bernardine Ann Teraz Stapleton Production design by Diana Daly Production management by Mara Bredovskis Stage management by Jaimie Tait Wardrobe by Melanie Ozon Sound design by Kat Burke Produced by Jenn Deon Associate Producer Erika Squires Outreach Coordinator Tiffany Martin Production Assistant Gao Huiyan |
Mara Bredovskis - Production Management
Mara can often be found hiding in booths and backstages around town. She has worked as a production manager and stage manager (thankfully rarely at the same time) for companies such as Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, PerSIStence Theatre Company, Opera on the Avalon, Perchance Theatre, Resource Centre for the Arts Theatre, White Rooster Theatre, Wonderbolt Circus, Theatre St.John's, and many others.
Mara can often be found hiding in booths and backstages around town. She has worked as a production manager and stage manager (thankfully rarely at the same time) for companies such as Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, PerSIStence Theatre Company, Opera on the Avalon, Perchance Theatre, Resource Centre for the Arts Theatre, White Rooster Theatre, Wonderbolt Circus, Theatre St.John's, and many others.
Kathryn Burke - Sound Design
Kathryn is an actor, musician, producer, and sound designer based out of St. John’s. She has co-produced a provincial tour of skc originals' Give Me Back, and also sits on the board of Shakespeare by the Sea Festival, and V-Day St. John’s - which produces the Vagina Monologues annually.
Sound design credits: The Tempest (SBTS), A Nice Family Christmas, Wit, The Maltese Bodkin (SJP), Noises Off, CLUE On Stage (Nothing on Productions), Original (PerSIStence Theatre Company), The Cut of It (White Rooster), and Puffs (Best Kind Productions).
Kathryn is an actor, musician, producer, and sound designer based out of St. John’s. She has co-produced a provincial tour of skc originals' Give Me Back, and also sits on the board of Shakespeare by the Sea Festival, and V-Day St. John’s - which produces the Vagina Monologues annually.
Sound design credits: The Tempest (SBTS), A Nice Family Christmas, Wit, The Maltese Bodkin (SJP), Noises Off, CLUE On Stage (Nothing on Productions), Original (PerSIStence Theatre Company), The Cut of It (White Rooster), and Puffs (Best Kind Productions).
Diana Daly - Production Design
Diana is a multi-instrumentalist, performer, printmaker, storyteller and songwriter with a history as a production/stage manager and lighting designer. Diana is originally from St. John's and has spent the last ten + years living and working in BC, Montreal and Nunavik. Favourite projects that she has created include: The Fogo Island Song Share; the Lhasa de Sela Youth Stage for the Montreal Folk Festival; her EP When Women Kill; being the "Femme d'Orchestre" for the puppet show Kate Crackerberry; and all of the musical experiences with her students in Puvirnituq and Kangirsuk. Diana is one of three members of the Daly Family Collective with Louise Moyes and Anne Troake and together they have made the multi disciplinary stage show If A Place Could Be Made.
Diana is a multi-instrumentalist, performer, printmaker, storyteller and songwriter with a history as a production/stage manager and lighting designer. Diana is originally from St. John's and has spent the last ten + years living and working in BC, Montreal and Nunavik. Favourite projects that she has created include: The Fogo Island Song Share; the Lhasa de Sela Youth Stage for the Montreal Folk Festival; her EP When Women Kill; being the "Femme d'Orchestre" for the puppet show Kate Crackerberry; and all of the musical experiences with her students in Puvirnituq and Kangirsuk. Diana is one of three members of the Daly Family Collective with Louise Moyes and Anne Troake and together they have made the multi disciplinary stage show If A Place Could Be Made.
Jenn Deon - Producing Artistic Director
Jenn is a freelance theatre artist who has worked in St. John’s since the early 90’s. With PerSIStence, she has directed Robert Chafe's Isle of Demons (2017) and Berni Stapleton's The Haunting of Margaret Duley (2019). As artistic director with the Shakespeare by the Sea Festival from 1995-2015, she directed many of its productions over the years, including a female-driven production of The Taming of the Shrew (2014) and an all-female production of Much Ado About Nothing (2008). In 2013, Jenn was a recipient of a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for her community involvement, and in 2018, the Woman of Distinction Award for Arts & Culture from the YWCA St. John's. She is a founder of and the producing artistic director with PerSIStence Theatre. Jenn is also a CHRC-trained facilitator of Respectful Workplace workshops for arts and non-profit organizations. More at jenndeon.ca.
Jenn is a freelance theatre artist who has worked in St. John’s since the early 90’s. With PerSIStence, she has directed Robert Chafe's Isle of Demons (2017) and Berni Stapleton's The Haunting of Margaret Duley (2019). As artistic director with the Shakespeare by the Sea Festival from 1995-2015, she directed many of its productions over the years, including a female-driven production of The Taming of the Shrew (2014) and an all-female production of Much Ado About Nothing (2008). In 2013, Jenn was a recipient of a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for her community involvement, and in 2018, the Woman of Distinction Award for Arts & Culture from the YWCA St. John's. She is a founder of and the producing artistic director with PerSIStence Theatre. Jenn is also a CHRC-trained facilitator of Respectful Workplace workshops for arts and non-profit organizations. More at jenndeon.ca.
Gao Huiyan - Production Assistant
Huiyan holds a bachelor of arts in English, a masters of arts in Culture and Difference and a masters of Education from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Although this is her first job in the theatre industry, she is passionate about feminism and gender relations and so excited to be a part of the PerSIStence team!
Sharon King-Campbell - Performer / Playwright
Sharon King-Campbell is a playwright, actor, storyteller and director based in St. John's, NL. Her plays, Fighting Fire with Snow (World's End Theatre Company) and Give Me Back (skc originals/For the Love of Learning), both enjoyed multiple remounts, and Give Me Back toured Newfoundland and Labrador in partnership with the Arts & Culture Centres.
Sharon was the 2017 recipient of the Rhonda Payne Award, and her script, Dayboil, won the Arts & Letters in 2020. She is delighted to be working with PerSIStence again on Original. More at sharonkingcampbell.com.
Sharon King-Campbell is a playwright, actor, storyteller and director based in St. John's, NL. Her plays, Fighting Fire with Snow (World's End Theatre Company) and Give Me Back (skc originals/For the Love of Learning), both enjoyed multiple remounts, and Give Me Back toured Newfoundland and Labrador in partnership with the Arts & Culture Centres.
Sharon was the 2017 recipient of the Rhonda Payne Award, and her script, Dayboil, won the Arts & Letters in 2020. She is delighted to be working with PerSIStence again on Original. More at sharonkingcampbell.com.
Tiffany Martin - Outreach Coordinator
Tiffany Martin has over twenty years of experience in arts administration and a lifetime of love and commitment to the St. John's arts community. She has worked for RCA, NIFCO, Pope Productions, Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, and the St. John's International Women's Film Festival just to name a few. Tiffany is one of the most loyal, caring, and supportive co-workers anyone could ask for. She is tickled pink to be able to combine her love for the arts with her beliefs in social justice with Persistence Theatre Company!
Erika Squires - Associate Producer
Erika Squires is a multi-faceted theatre artist from St. John’s Newfoundland. She is a student at Memorial University of Newfoundland studying English with a specialization in Theatre and Drama and she is a teaching assistant and student for the diploma in Film and Stage Technique. Erika is an acting and piano teacher at Courtney Fowler Performance Academy and she is the co-Artistic Director of the new 2SLGBTQIA+ theatre group, GroupHug Productions. She is so excited to be a part of the PerSIStence community!
Bernardine Ann Teraz Stapleton - Director
Berni Stapleton is a Newfoundland- Labrador writer and performer of unique distinction. She is the co-founder and co-artistic director of the newly founded Kitchen Party Theatre Festival, launching digitally this year, hard launch in 2021!
She was writer in residence at Memorial University of Newfoundland-Labrador in 2019. Her play The Pope and Princess Di was just listed on the Playwrights Guild of Canada Sure Fire List of top 23 plays from female playwrights in Canada. She is the recipient of the 2018 Arts and Letters best dramatic script for her one woman play Dolly. Her newest book for young Selkies and other creatures is called: Girly Muckle and the Queer Hands.She is one of the featured performers in the acclaimed Artistic Fraud production of Between Breaths.
Last year her plays professionally produced included: The Double Axe Murders, A Tidy Package, Offensive to Some, The Haunting of Margaret Duley, and, the hit musical chomping at the bit to tour the country: No Change in the Weather.
She was recently nominated for Arts NL artist of the year. She also launched a blog series championing body image acceptance and produced a one woman show of her own called “A Broad’s Perspective” in which fairy tale tropes were dismantled and rewritten to reflect a more accurate view point.
She is a recipient of The Rhonda Payne award from Arts NL. She is a past recipient of the WANL award for best work in non-fiction for her contribution to the book They Let Down Baskets. Her short stories and essays have appeared in Riddle Fence and The Newfoundland Quarterly. She is a recipient of the Ambassador of Tourism award from Hospitality NL. Berni was the Artistic Director of the Grand Bank Regional Theatre Festival for 11 years.
She has been a playwright-in- residence with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal, Alberta Theatre Projects, CanStage, PARC, and other national companies. Her plays are regularly produced nationally and internationally. They include Offensive To Some, Brazil Square, and Our Frances. Berni’s other books include This is the Cat, Rants, Riffs and Roars and her memoir Love, Life.
Berni was the originating director and dramaturge for, and helped devise transVersing with For The Love of Learning, and Artistic Fraud. Find out more by checking out www.bernistapleton.com.
Berni Stapleton is a Newfoundland- Labrador writer and performer of unique distinction. She is the co-founder and co-artistic director of the newly founded Kitchen Party Theatre Festival, launching digitally this year, hard launch in 2021!
She was writer in residence at Memorial University of Newfoundland-Labrador in 2019. Her play The Pope and Princess Di was just listed on the Playwrights Guild of Canada Sure Fire List of top 23 plays from female playwrights in Canada. She is the recipient of the 2018 Arts and Letters best dramatic script for her one woman play Dolly. Her newest book for young Selkies and other creatures is called: Girly Muckle and the Queer Hands.She is one of the featured performers in the acclaimed Artistic Fraud production of Between Breaths.
Last year her plays professionally produced included: The Double Axe Murders, A Tidy Package, Offensive to Some, The Haunting of Margaret Duley, and, the hit musical chomping at the bit to tour the country: No Change in the Weather.
She was recently nominated for Arts NL artist of the year. She also launched a blog series championing body image acceptance and produced a one woman show of her own called “A Broad’s Perspective” in which fairy tale tropes were dismantled and rewritten to reflect a more accurate view point.
She is a recipient of The Rhonda Payne award from Arts NL. She is a past recipient of the WANL award for best work in non-fiction for her contribution to the book They Let Down Baskets. Her short stories and essays have appeared in Riddle Fence and The Newfoundland Quarterly. She is a recipient of the Ambassador of Tourism award from Hospitality NL. Berni was the Artistic Director of the Grand Bank Regional Theatre Festival for 11 years.
She has been a playwright-in- residence with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal, Alberta Theatre Projects, CanStage, PARC, and other national companies. Her plays are regularly produced nationally and internationally. They include Offensive To Some, Brazil Square, and Our Frances. Berni’s other books include This is the Cat, Rants, Riffs and Roars and her memoir Love, Life.
Berni was the originating director and dramaturge for, and helped devise transVersing with For The Love of Learning, and Artistic Fraud. Find out more by checking out www.bernistapleton.com.
Jaimie Tait - Stage Manager
Jaimie is very happy to be back working with Persistence Theatre this season. Originally from Vancouver BC, Jaimie moved to Newfoundland six years ago and is now proud to call St. John’s her home. Most recently Jaimie stage managed The Father for 30 for 60/Mindless Theatrics. Next year Jaimie will be hitting the road again with No Change in the Weather for Terra Bruce Productions.
Favourite past credits include: Tosca for Opera on the Avalon, Offensive to Some for Persistence Theatre, Betroffenheit with Kidd Pivot, Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen for The Firehall Arts Centre, and All The Way Home for The Electric Company. Jaimie is a graduate of Studio 58.
Jaimie is very happy to be back working with Persistence Theatre this season. Originally from Vancouver BC, Jaimie moved to Newfoundland six years ago and is now proud to call St. John’s her home. Most recently Jaimie stage managed The Father for 30 for 60/Mindless Theatrics. Next year Jaimie will be hitting the road again with No Change in the Weather for Terra Bruce Productions.
Favourite past credits include: Tosca for Opera on the Avalon, Offensive to Some for Persistence Theatre, Betroffenheit with Kidd Pivot, Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen for The Firehall Arts Centre, and All The Way Home for The Electric Company. Jaimie is a graduate of Studio 58.
