PAST WORK

 

Do You Have Any Idea How Fast You Were Going? | Perhaps in a Hundred Years | No Secrets | Quartet | The Mysterious Death of WB | The Orchard | DKJR IV | DKJR III | Hold on Tightly, Let Go Lightly | DKJR II | DKJR I | Chalk Circle Trial |

Do You Have Any Idea How Fast You Were Going?
Dedicated to the Revolutions part 1
Premiered at the Rhubarb! Festival on New Work, Buddies in Bad Times, February 6 2006
We present the astonished traveler with a dazzling array of happy scenes, sad scenes, musical interludes, and brilliant explosions. (Pertaining to the Industrial Revolution and its effects on our lives, with particular interest paid to the steam engine and the subsequent accelleration of locomotion.)
Conceived and directed by Jacob Zimmer
Created with and Performed by Chad Dembski, Brendan Healy, Ame Henderson, Trevor Schwellnus, Kilby Smith-McGregor and Jacob Wren

PERHAPS IN A HUNDRED YEARS | AVAILABLE to TOUR | Info | Photos
Work-in-Progress performance August 11, 2005
Eastern Tour October 27- November 7:Toronto, Halifax, Saint John, Montreal
A performance about the future, optimism, and maybe being stuck in space. Perhaps in a Hundred Years mixes space rock show with confessional, talk show with theatre to create vital performance for the future.
Created and Performed by Chad Dembski, Ame Henderson, Jacob Zimmer
In Collaboration with Kilby Smith-McGregor
Conceived and directed by Jacob Zimmer

NO SECRETS
Premiered March 25, 2002
Solo show performed and conceived by Dustin Harvey.Presented at the 2003 SoloCentric Festival in Calgary Alberta, Festival Five in St John's Newfoundland and in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Co-created by Dustin Harvey and Jacob Zimmer
Directed by Jacob Zimmer
Performed by Dustin Harvey

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QUARTET
March 14-17 2003
Heiner Müller's provocative and explicit adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
Presented at the Pit at the University of King's College.
Written by Heiner Müller
Directed by Jacob Zimmer
Performed by Sue Snyder and Dustin Harvey

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THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF WB Photos | Text |
November 17, 24 & December 1 2002
A classic hard boiled detective story for radio.
Presented with Radio Ballroom and the Khyber Centre for the Arts.
Written and directed by Jacob Zimmer
Performed by Jesse Lund, Nate Crawford and Sue Snyder

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THE ORCHARD v.1 Photos | Text
May 23-June 2 2002
A new play using Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard as source material.
Presented at the Turret Room of the Khyber Centre for the Arts.
Assembled and directed by Jacob Zimmer
Performed by Simon Henderson, Elizabeth Elliot, Jocelyn White, Sue Snyder and Dustin Harvey

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DELAYED KNEE JERK REACTION IV: FAILING HISTORY | Text |
March 23, 2002
Created and Performed as a solo show.
Presented at the Khyber Club. Part of the Howl Festival of Art and Revolution.
Created and performed by Jacob Zimmer

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DELAYED KNEE JERK REACTION III: IN A ROGUE STATE OF MIND | Text |
February 27, 2002
Created and Performed as a solo show. Presented at the Khyber Club
Created and performed by Jacob Zimmer

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HOLD ON TIGHTLY, LET GO LIGHTLY
February 2002
Co-created with Dustin Harvey. Showcased at the SoloCentric Festival in Calgary Alberta.
Using text from Einstein, Newton and others.
Co-created by Dustin Harvey and Jacob Zimmer
Directed by Jacob Zimmer
Performed by Dustin Harvey

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DELAYED KNEE JERK REACTION II: TAKING MEASURES
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December 17, 2001
The second in the series. Using more contemporary playwrights (Cixous, Stein, Gambaro and more) and original scenes.
Performed in the Ballroom Gallery of the Khyber Centre for the Arts.
Assembled and directed by Jacob Zimmer
Performed by Sean Passmore, Simon Henderson, Jocelyn White, Kersti Tacreiter, Sally Morgan, and Dustin Harvey

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DELAYED KNEE JERK REACTION | Text |
November 20, 2001
Produced as a response to September 11, Delayed Knee Jerk Reaction was a combination of new scenes and "classic" anti-war plays (Shaw, Brecht, Aristophanes, Euripedes) Produced as "rough cheap and fast theatre"
Presented at the Khyber Club.
Assembled and directed by Jacob Zimmer
Performed by Sean Passmore, Simon Henderson, Sue Leblanc-Crawford, Kersti Tacreiter, Beth Van Gorder, and Dustin Harvey.

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CHALK CIRCLE TRIAL | Text |Photos
September 2-9, 2001
A play of contemporary parables and anti-parables. Using Brecht, Kafka and original writing. Created for the 2001 Atlantic Fringe Festival. "Hit of the Fringe".
Assembled and directed by Jacob Zimmer
Performed by Simon Henderson and Jocelyn White