the hours that remain pitching package

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New Harlem Productions presents


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"The Hours That Remain... explores how hard it is to move on

when a soulmate disappears. In a short, tense and generally well

-orchestrated hour, were witness to several loves that overlap in

surprising fashion.

- Jon Kaplan, NOW MAGAZINENOW MAGAZINENOW MAGAZINENOW MAGAZINE


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PRODUCTION CREDITSPRODUCTION CREDITSPRODUCTION CREDITSPRODUCTION CREDITS

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Playwright: Keith Barker

Director: David Storch

Tara Beagan (Denise)

Eli Ham (Daniel)

Michelle Latimer (Michelle)

Set and Costume Designer: Jeff Chief

Lighting Designer: Michelle Ramsay

Sound Designer: Richard Lee

Dramaturge: Isaac Thomas

Stage Manager: Richard Cliff

Production Manager:

Artists contributing to development:

Keira Loughran, Michelle Polak, Sharmila Dey,

DM St. Bernard


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In a performance that could stand as one of the best of the

season, Loughran was amazing in depicting a variety women in

danger and distress.

-Star Phoenix


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SYNOPSISSYNOPSISSYNOPSISSYNOPSIS

Keith Barkers lyrical, magical tale of loss and survival

implies the stories of the Highway of Tears in BC.

Beautifully moving, thought provoking and up-lifting.

Haunted by the disappearance of her sister, Denise

desperately seeks to find answers to Michelle's disap-pearance. As she and her husband Daniel grapple with

the loss, Denise is visited by Michelle in a series of vi-

sions that will help her to find the answers she is look-

ing for.


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"(The play) theatrically draws you into this world of the

disappeared with such nuance that you hardly notice it

happening."

-Andy McKim, Artistic Director, Theatre Passe Mu-raille


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LOGISTICSLOGISTICSLOGISTICSLOGISTICS

Cast size: 3Crew size: 2

Duration: 75 minutes

Set: The set is designed to adapt, consisting of a sin-gle portable bench and fabric masking

Lighting and sound cues are extant. The design in-

corporates projections from a single static grid-

mounted projector.

It is our preference to play in studio theatres with a

capacity no larger than 200 in order to preserve the

intimate feeling evoked by the narrative.

Outreach: The company actively reaches out intovarious communities through promotions and arts

workshops to create networks, alliances, receptive

audiences for our own work and intercultural/

interdisciplinary work in general.


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"Barker is a true trailblazer. Hes taken to the stage a

topic thats so horrible we turn away when we see it on

the news. But this is art and we allow ourselves to go

there."

-Mooney On Theatre


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DEVELOPMENT HISTORYDEVELOPMENT HISTORYDEVELOPMENT HISTORYDEVELOPMENT HISTORY

The Hours That Remainreceived the following gener-

ous investments of development and public readings:

Playwrights residency with Native Earth Performing

Arts

Development and readings through Native Earth Per-

forming Arts Weesageechak Begins to Dance Festival

Presentation at Springworks Festival

Foundry Theatres First Draft reading series.

TAC playwrights?


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ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Keith Barker is a Mtis artist from Northwestern Ontario. A

graduate of the George Brown Theatre School, he is the for-

mer Artistic Associate at Native Earth Performing Arts. He

has been a company member for The Nearly World Famous

Dufflebag Theatre for over nine years. Theatre credits in-clude Tombs of a Vanishing Indian(Red Diva/Native Earth),

Jesus Chrysler(Praxis/Rhubarb) Homegrown(Aluna/

Summerworks), The Making of St. Jerome (Next Stage Festi-

val),Jobs Wife(New Harlem Productions/Summerworks),

Death of a Chief, (National Arts Centre/Native Earth), Auto-

show (Convergence Theatre). He is honoured to be thewriter in residence at Native Earth Performing Arts.


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NEW HARLEM PRODUCTIONSNEW HARLEM PRODUCTIONSNEW HARLEM PRODUCTIONSNEW HARLEM PRODUCTIONS

Good stories. New stories. True stories.

Past works include acclaimed production ofJobs Wifeat

Summerworks 2009, the four times Dora nominated produc-

tion ofGas Girlsand a presentation ofCakein partnership

with Dynamo Theatre at the 2011 Bayimba Festival, Uganda.

Artistic DirectorArtistic DirectorArtistic DirectorArtistic Director

Donna-Michelle St. Bernard

Advisory CommitteeAdvisory CommitteeAdvisory CommitteeAdvisory Committee

Brenda St. Bernard, David Yee, Joan Kivanda, Isaac Tho-

mas, Kern Albert, Philip Adams, Raine Liliefeldt, SandraLeFrancois, Tara Beagan

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416-804-1702

The work of New Harlem Productions is supported through

project funding from Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts

Council, the Ontario Trillium Foundation and the Canada

Council for the Arts


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