September 14, 2021
I am hiring a producer in association with Why Not Theatre! Apply by October 7th.
Come work on CLIMATE CHANGE & OTHER SMALLTALK as well as on a brilliant new work by Quote Unquote Collective.
Read moreSunny Drake
Writer. Creator. Producer.
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Adults speak children’s exact words about love, life, and the world in this fresh verbatim work. Drawn from interviews with over 40 whip-smart and brutally honest children, a dynamite adult cast allows an adult audience to hear kids’ ideas and experiences anew. The results are surprising, hilarious, and moving.
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Climate Change & Other Small Talk
Sunny's most ambitious project yet, CLIMATE CHANGE & OTHER SMALL TALK is a constellation of creative works, starting with a season of nine short audio dramas written by nine playwrights from across the world. The shorts will delve into the human forces and stories which shape our responses to climate change. In the pilot episode, a couple leaves outraged product reviews on Amazon while their home fills with flood water. A group of climate justice leaders from around the world will collaborate with playwrights on the works. The season will be presented by festivals, theatres, and grassroots groups around the world, either digitally or in live/digital fusions.
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Men Express Their Feelings Live show
A comedy about culture, hockey, relationships and sex. Two dads and their sons are sequestered to a hockey rink locker room to sort out a misunderstanding. In this comedic exploration of men’s emotional literacy, intimacy, and power, these fathers and sons get to know each other and themselves a whole lot better, while redefining what it means to WIN. MEN EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS started as a play, and is now becoming a constellation of creative works including an upcoming audio play in 3 episodes (launching fall 2021).
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"One of Canada's brightest playwrights"
- Broadway World
Canada
“Theatrically sophisticated and accomplished"
- RealTime
Australia
“Dazzling, unique, creative and innovative”
- Calgary Sun
Canada
AboutSunny
Sunny's award-winning and inventive theatre works have been presented in over 60 cities across the world and translated into 4 languages. His wide range of audiences have spanned international arts festivals, queers in underground warehouses, elderly ladies in regional theatres and young people in drop-in centres.
Photo credit: Luis Mora. Thanks to the Metcalf Foundation.
“Stories are the foundation of everything, including what we think is possible for ourselves and our planet. I aim to unmask the stories that keep us small and create new ones to call us into a different future”
- Sunny Drake
News
I'll be at Soulpepper's Green Sessions
Be the first to hear excerpts of CLIMATE CHANGE & OTHER SMALL TALK.
Men Express Their Feelings to become an audio series
Following on from its world premiere last year in Calgary with Downstage, Men Express Their Feelings is set to become a three-part audio series!
What does it mean to make an event or performance “accessible?”
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