ArticlesLuis Reis
Luis Reis is a former high school teacher and principal, and college instructor. He directs community theatre and acts as chairperson of Winnipeg Mennonite Theatre.
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DramaOne-man drama brings ‘the singing miner’ through disaster to life
“You ask me what kept me alive down there? Well, it was my faith. My music. My family.” So says the protagonist of Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story by Beau Dixon, a playwright, actor, and musician who divides his time between Peterborough and Toronto. -
FeaturesTurnstone Press turns 45, stays true to its roots
The year 2021 marks the 45th anniversary of Turnstone Press. As the story goes, Turnstone sprang from a get-together at a local Winnipeg pub. There, Robert Enright, Dennis Cooley, John Beaver, David Arnason, Wayne Tefs, and Daniel Lenoski discussed creating a collection of poetry books to bring light to a huge wellspring of Manitoba writing that was being overlooked by the mainstream. -
DramaNon-linear memory play explores addiction as a ‘wild-eyed, howling beast’
In her play Pretty Goblins, Edmonton-based playwright and actor Beth Graham explores themes of sisterhood, addiction, and the overwhelming effects of trauma. The play’s title, and her initial inspiration, came from the text of Christina Rossetti’s poem, “Goblin Market,” which also explores sisterly love and addiction. -
DramaOne-act play is based on Lara Rae’s life and transition, with some details changed
In the foreword to Lara Rae’s play Dragonfly, actor and playwright Brian Drader describes how, as Rae’s dramaturg, his most compelling memories are “witnessing the constant ebb and flow of a storyteller wrestling with their own life’s experiences and placing them into dramatic form.” -
DramaTesting the strength of marriage through time and renovations
Winnipeg playwright Rick Chafe describes his latest comedy, Marriage: A Demolition in Two Acts, as a “kind of a state-of-two-unions report: a 20-something couple that might start a marriage and a pair of Boomers whose marriage may have just about run out of rope.”
