Unspoken Theatre Presents PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD Next Month

Unspoken Theatre presents - Play with Your Food - a quartet of short plays set in a kitchen September 14, 15 & 16

The team who created the Toronto Fringe Festival sold out show, Kitchen Sink Drama, return with more short, original food-themed plays by award-winning playwrights performed in a kitchen on Queen St East. By special invitation from the Ralph Thornton Centre, to celebrate their open house on Sept 15, the team has prepared a quartet of solo performances showcasing a sample of voices through history in the Riverside, Leslieville, and Riverdale area.

The Betsy Swift Community Kitchen, Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen St East. September 14, 15, 16 at 7:30pm, with additional matinee on Saturday at 3pm
Tickets: All tickets are Pay What You Can in cash at the door, seating in the kitchen space is limited, so arrive early to claim the best seat.

Honey Glazed, written and directed by award-winning playwright Natalie Kaye, and starring musical sensation and Fringe veteran Elizabeth Rose Morriss, is a delightful and touching piece about a working class girl in 1920's Riverside who dreams about being an actress. Kaye returns to the twenties era after her full length musical comedy Walking Around In A Dream, which was workshopped by Unspoken Theatre. Morriss, a performer in musicals at the Lower Ossington Theatre, and cabaret showcases produced by Jennifer Walls, brings her lovely voice and acting talents to the role.

11-8, written and performed by Naseem Reesha, and directed by Jeff Kennes, is a powerful and dreamlike poetic meditation set in the 1940's, exploring the experience of those left behind in Leslieville whose family members went to be soldiers in the second world war. Reesha returns to the stage after his searing performance in Kitchen Sink Drama, which was praised by NOW Magazine as being "intense" and "focused". Kennes brings experience as a graduate from the Director's Program at InspiraTO short play festival and recent directing credits at Toronto Fringe and the University of Toronto.

Baby, written and performed by award-winning playwright Nina Kaye, reveals the hopes and struggles of a soon to be mother in the early 1980's Riverdale during the recession. Kaye, an experienced playwright and director, returns to the stage after praise for her performances from Mooney on Theatre as "lovely" and "striking".

Menos Boca, written and performed by David Montesdeoca, is set in present day South Riverdale and tells the personal story of meal times as a family tradition that can connect us to the ones we love. Montesdeoca relates the tale with animation and charm, having been praised by Mooney on Theatre for being a "delightfully...wide-eyed and mischievous dreamer" in Unspoken Theatre's Death Meets Harlequin and Other Plays.