Mark Shyzer

Ontario,Canada

Written by Mark Shyzer

“Shockingly funny and equally moving, Mark Shyzer’s Fishbowl slyly reveals the connections between five outrageously hilarious characters: a nerdy schoolgirl obsessed with physics, a nihilistic teenage hipster, a gin-soaked divorcee, a perky aerobics instructor and an octogenarian with an odd sense of humour… all played by Shyzer.”
http://www.shyzer.ca/fishbowl/

60min

The Red Room

Wed 2/24,9:30,Fri 2/26,6:30,Sat 2/27,3:30,Tue 3/02,6:30,Sat 3/06,9:30,Sun 3/07,5:00

$15.00,$12.00

Mark Shyzer (Playwright/Actor)

Mark Shyzer has written for late-night cabaret The Midnight Revue, online sketch comedy series 24 Calamity, and began work on Fishbowl through the 2008 Young Creators Unit at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto. He plays the ukulele, but started before it was cool, and is currently working on lyrics and libretto for a film noir-esque musical comedy. www.shyzer.ca

Evalyn Parry (Director)

Evalyn Parry is a multi-disciplinary artist working in theatre, music and spokenword creation and performance. Based in Toronto, she is the Director of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Young Creators Unit, and a founding member of the Independent Aunties, with whom she has co-authored and performed in five plays, including Dora-nominated Breakfast (Theatre Centre, Toronto) and the award-winning fringe hit Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine (Buddies). Recent directing projects include The Emergency Monologues (Audience Choice Award, SummerWorks, Toronto), What A Cad and Lamentation (Sour Brides, Whitehorse, Yukon), Obaberima (Buddies). Her newest show SPIN – about bicycles, women and advertising – will be touring in 2010/11. www.evalynparry.com

Oz Weaver (Lighting Designer)

Oz Weaver is a Canadian based lighting designer who has created over 50 shows. He began working with Original Kids Theatre Company, and later moved on to work with Louise Guinand, as an apprentice & assistant. Oz has been affiliated with theatres such as; The Grand Theatre, Beal Musical Theatre (Into the Woods, Beauty and the Beast, Children of Eden & Les Miserables), and Oakridge S.S. (Grease & Seussical). He has been nominated for a Brickenden award, and has won a Dish award for his design of Into the Woods. Oz currently lives in Toronto with his partner Shane and cat Momo.

Sarah Olmstead (Producer/Stage Manager)

Sarah Olmstead is a graduate of Queen’s University (Drama/English Language & Literature), and has also completed Humber College’s post-graduate Arts Administration and Cultural Management program. Sarah lives in Toronto, where she works at The Arthritis Society as a not-for-profit fundraiser. Selected credits include: Anechoic – Producer (Curious Carnivore); Witch Hazel – Publicist (Theatre Recap); Assistant Publicist (SummerWorks Festival); Rumours Of Our Death – Producer, Glengarry Glen Ross – Director of Development and Publicist; Amadeus, This Is Our Youth, The Laramie Project – Stage Manager, General Manager (Staged and Confused Productions); Crazy For You – Production Manager, Gypsy – Stage Manager (Queen’s Musical Theatre).