MixTape
November 8 to November 13, 2022
By Zorana Sadiq
Directed by Chris Abraham
Running Time: 95 minutes
Content Advisory: MixTape contains references to domestic violence and the occasional use of strong language.
Age Recommendation: 16+
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"Can you think of the first song you played over and over again?"
The Story
For writer, performer, and musician Zorana Sadiq, sound is our first, last, and most influential sense. After all, the first thing we do in life is make sound. In this solo show, Sadiq invites audience members into a personal exploration of her life – experienced through sound. From Barbra Streisand to George Michael, from Sondheim to Mozart, and from squeaky oven doors to the thwap of a heartbeat, multidisciplinary artist of Pakistani descent, Sadiq has curated the ultimate mixtape for life: part memoir, part scientific inquiry, and part love affair with listening.
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From the Stage Door
The Cast
Zorana Sadiq
Zorana Sadiq is an award-winning Toronto-based actor and classical musician. A multidisciplinary artist of Pakistani descent, Sadiq’s work is wide-ranging. Her work spans different types of performance from theatre, verbatim theatre, and television to chamber music, modern opera and new music. Sadiq recently guest-hosted Tempo on CBC Music.
Recent appearances include: Into the Woods (STC), Wildfire (Factory Theatre- Dora Mavor Moore for Outstanding Production) Towards Youth (Crow’s Theatre), CHILD-ISH (Summerworks Lab), Eleven Moons (Boston Musica Viva) Helen’s Necklace (Canadian Rep Theatre), The Enchanted Loom (Cahoots Theatre), Bend it Like Beckham (Starvox), Sultans of the Street (Young People’s Theatre- Dora Mavor Moore for Best Ensemble), Four Minutes Twelve Seconds (Theatre 180- online), All the Little Animals I have Eaten (Nightwood Theatre-online), as well as appearances with Necessary Angel Theatre, Soulpepper’s Global Cabaret, Vancouver’s Turningpoint Ensemble, Soundstreams Canada, The Tanglewood Music Centre, Bad New Days, Banff Summer Arts Festival, Calgary Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Boston Musica Viva.
For Television: Strays, In the Dark, Designated Survivor, Kim's Convenience, The Mulroneys, Burnt Toast.
Also active as an arts educator, Sadiq has been a guest vocal coach and lecturer at the high school and university level. She has taught at the Regent Park School of Music for the better part of two decades, where she began the Park Songbook project for young classical pianists and singers.
Passionate about New Music, Sadiq has premiered the works of numerous contemporary composers including Jeffrey Ryan, Sebastian Currier and Shirish Korde. She was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Centre, the Banff Summer Festival and the Aspen Music Festival and holds a Master of Music from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Music from McGill University.
MixTape was nominated for three Dora Mavor Moore Awards including Outstanding Performance and will appear on CBC’s Play Me podcast next season. Sadiq is the recipient of a Creative Development grant from the Canada Council and a Creative Residency grant from the Ontario Arts Council and was named one of 2019’s Top Ten Theatre Artists in NOW Magazine.
Recent appearances include: Into the Woods (STC), Wildfire (Factory Theatre- Dora Mavor Moore for Outstanding Production) Towards Youth (Crow’s Theatre), CHILD-ISH (Summerworks Lab), Eleven Moons (Boston Musica Viva) Helen’s Necklace (Canadian Rep Theatre), The Enchanted Loom (Cahoots Theatre), Bend it Like Beckham (Starvox), Sultans of the Street (Young People’s Theatre- Dora Mavor Moore for Best Ensemble), Four Minutes Twelve Seconds (Theatre 180- online), All the Little Animals I have Eaten (Nightwood Theatre-online), as well as appearances with Necessary Angel Theatre, Soulpepper’s Global Cabaret, Vancouver’s Turningpoint Ensemble, Soundstreams Canada, The Tanglewood Music Centre, Bad New Days, Banff Summer Arts Festival, Calgary Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Boston Musica Viva.
For Television: Strays, In the Dark, Designated Survivor, Kim's Convenience, The Mulroneys, Burnt Toast.
Also active as an arts educator, Sadiq has been a guest vocal coach and lecturer at the high school and university level. She has taught at the Regent Park School of Music for the better part of two decades, where she began the Park Songbook project for young classical pianists and singers.
Passionate about New Music, Sadiq has premiered the works of numerous contemporary composers including Jeffrey Ryan, Sebastian Currier and Shirish Korde. She was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Centre, the Banff Summer Festival and the Aspen Music Festival and holds a Master of Music from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Music from McGill University.
MixTape was nominated for three Dora Mavor Moore Awards including Outstanding Performance and will appear on CBC’s Play Me podcast next season. Sadiq is the recipient of a Creative Development grant from the Canada Council and a Creative Residency grant from the Ontario Arts Council and was named one of 2019’s Top Ten Theatre Artists in NOW Magazine.
Creative Team
Zorana Sadiq
Playwright
Zorana Sadiq is an award-winning Toronto-based actor and classical musician. A multidisciplinary artist of Pakistani descent, Sadiq’s work is wide-ranging. Her work spans different types of performance from theatre, verbatim theatre, and television to chamber music, modern opera and new music. Sadiq recently guest-hosted Tempo on CBC Music.
Recent appearances include: Into the Woods (STC), Wildfire (Factory Theatre- Dora Mavor Moore for Outstanding Production) Towards Youth (Crow’s Theatre), CHILD-ISH (Summerworks Lab), Eleven Moons (Boston Musica Viva) Helen’s Necklace (Canadian Rep Theatre), The Enchanted Loom (Cahoots Theatre), Bend it Like Beckham (Starvox), Sultans of the Street (Young People’s Theatre- Dora Mavor Moore for Best Ensemble), Four Minutes Twelve Seconds (Theatre 180- online), All the Little Animals I have Eaten (Nightwood Theatre-online), as well as appearances with Necessary Angel Theatre, Soulpepper’s Global Cabaret, Vancouver’s Turningpoint Ensemble, Soundstreams Canada, The Tanglewood Music Centre, Bad New Days, Banff Summer Arts Festival, Calgary Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Boston Musica Viva.
For Television: Strays, In the Dark, Designated Survivor, Kim's Convenience, The Mulroneys, Burnt Toast.
Also active as an arts educator, Sadiq has been a guest vocal coach and lecturer at the high school and university level. She has taught at the Regent Park School of Music for the better part of two decades, where she began the Park Songbook project for young classical pianists and singers.
Passionate about New Music, Sadiq has premiered the works of numerous contemporary composers including Jeffrey Ryan, Sebastian Currier and Shirish Korde. She was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Centre, the Banff Summer Festival and the Aspen Music Festival and holds a Master of Music from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Music from McGill University.
MixTape was nominated for three Dora Mavor Moore Awards including Outstanding Performance and will appear on CBC’s Play Me podcast next season. Sadiq is the recipient of a Creative Development grant from the Canada Council and a Creative Residency grant from the Ontario Arts Council and was named one of 2019’s Top Ten Theatre Artists in NOW Magazine.
Recent appearances include: Into the Woods (STC), Wildfire (Factory Theatre- Dora Mavor Moore for Outstanding Production) Towards Youth (Crow’s Theatre), CHILD-ISH (Summerworks Lab), Eleven Moons (Boston Musica Viva) Helen’s Necklace (Canadian Rep Theatre), The Enchanted Loom (Cahoots Theatre), Bend it Like Beckham (Starvox), Sultans of the Street (Young People’s Theatre- Dora Mavor Moore for Best Ensemble), Four Minutes Twelve Seconds (Theatre 180- online), All the Little Animals I have Eaten (Nightwood Theatre-online), as well as appearances with Necessary Angel Theatre, Soulpepper’s Global Cabaret, Vancouver’s Turningpoint Ensemble, Soundstreams Canada, The Tanglewood Music Centre, Bad New Days, Banff Summer Arts Festival, Calgary Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Boston Musica Viva.
For Television: Strays, In the Dark, Designated Survivor, Kim's Convenience, The Mulroneys, Burnt Toast.
Also active as an arts educator, Sadiq has been a guest vocal coach and lecturer at the high school and university level. She has taught at the Regent Park School of Music for the better part of two decades, where she began the Park Songbook project for young classical pianists and singers.
Passionate about New Music, Sadiq has premiered the works of numerous contemporary composers including Jeffrey Ryan, Sebastian Currier and Shirish Korde. She was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Centre, the Banff Summer Festival and the Aspen Music Festival and holds a Master of Music from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Music from McGill University.
MixTape was nominated for three Dora Mavor Moore Awards including Outstanding Performance and will appear on CBC’s Play Me podcast next season. Sadiq is the recipient of a Creative Development grant from the Canada Council and a Creative Residency grant from the Ontario Arts Council and was named one of 2019’s Top Ten Theatre Artists in NOW Magazine.
Chris Abraham
Director
Artistic and General Director, Chris Abraham has been the driving force of Crow’s Theatre since the 2008.09 season. He has successfully led the company through two major milestones: the 25th and 35th Anniversaries of the company; as well as building Streetcar Crowsnest, a pioneering, state-of-the-art facility with three venues in the East End of Toronto, including the newly built Nada Ristich Studio Gallery on Dundas Street East. This season, Chris launched the 2022.23 Crow’s season with his production of Uncle Vanya and will tour Crow’s Theatre productions of MixTape, and Cli Cardinal’s As You Like It. Chris is also developing a television adaptation of Stars: Together (based on the hit Crow’s stage production) with Sienna Films/CBC.
Chris’s artistic practice spans the spectrum of solo work, documentary, highly lauded Stratford and Shaw productions, hybrid music theatre concerts, opera, and filmmaking. At Crow’s, he has directed numerous award-winning plays including Julius Caesar, Stars: Together, The Wedding Party, True Crime, Boy in the Moon, The Assembly, The Watershed, The Seagull, Winners & Losers, Someone Else, Eternal Hydra, and I, Claudia. In 2003, Chris directed the film adaptation of Kristen Thomson’s award-winning hit I, Claudia for which he won a Gemini Award.
A graduate of the National Theatre School’s renowned directing program, Chris later served as co-director of the program from 2006 to 2010. In 2013, Chris was awarded the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre for Directing. Next spring, Chris will be directing Much Ado About Nothing at the Stratford Festival.
Chris’s artistic practice spans the spectrum of solo work, documentary, highly lauded Stratford and Shaw productions, hybrid music theatre concerts, opera, and filmmaking. At Crow’s, he has directed numerous award-winning plays including Julius Caesar, Stars: Together, The Wedding Party, True Crime, Boy in the Moon, The Assembly, The Watershed, The Seagull, Winners & Losers, Someone Else, Eternal Hydra, and I, Claudia. In 2003, Chris directed the film adaptation of Kristen Thomson’s award-winning hit I, Claudia for which he won a Gemini Award.
A graduate of the National Theatre School’s renowned directing program, Chris later served as co-director of the program from 2006 to 2010. In 2013, Chris was awarded the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre for Directing. Next spring, Chris will be directing Much Ado About Nothing at the Stratford Festival.
Thomas Ryder Payne
Sound Designer and Live Sound Operator
Thomas Ryder Payne is a composer and sound designer for theatre, dance, and film.
Select past work includes designs for Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, Mirvish Productions, Soulpepper, Canadian Stage, Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Young People’s Theatre, Crow’s Theatre, Modern Times Stage Company, Aluna Theatre, Buddies in Bad Time Theatre, Nightwood Theatre, Toronto Dance Theatre, National Arts Centre, Theatre Calgary, Great Canadian Theatre Company, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, and many others.
Thomas has received four Dora Mavor Moore Awards and 25 nominations.
Select past work includes designs for Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, Mirvish Productions, Soulpepper, Canadian Stage, Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Young People’s Theatre, Crow’s Theatre, Modern Times Stage Company, Aluna Theatre, Buddies in Bad Time Theatre, Nightwood Theatre, Toronto Dance Theatre, National Arts Centre, Theatre Calgary, Great Canadian Theatre Company, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, and many others.
Thomas has received four Dora Mavor Moore Awards and 25 nominations.
Julie Fox
Set and Props Design
Julie Fox has been a production designer for theatre, dance, and opera in Canada for over 20 years.
Crow’s Theatre credits: MixTape, A&R Angels, The Watershed, Seeds, The Seagull, Someone Else, I, Claudia. Other theatre credits include Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, Canadian Stage, Electric Company, Soulpepper, Tarragon Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times, Why Not Theatre, Necessary Angel, Volcano, Centaur, National Arts Centre, Segal Centre, Citadel, Theatre Junction, and Manitoba Theatre Centre.
She has received four Dora Awards for outstanding set design, the Virginia Cooper Award for costume design, and has been nominated for Sterling and Meta awards. She is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, where she also teaches.
Crow’s Theatre credits: MixTape, A&R Angels, The Watershed, Seeds, The Seagull, Someone Else, I, Claudia. Other theatre credits include Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, Canadian Stage, Electric Company, Soulpepper, Tarragon Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times, Why Not Theatre, Necessary Angel, Volcano, Centaur, National Arts Centre, Segal Centre, Citadel, Theatre Junction, and Manitoba Theatre Centre.
She has received four Dora Awards for outstanding set design, the Virginia Cooper Award for costume design, and has been nominated for Sterling and Meta awards. She is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, where she also teaches.
Arun Srinivasan
Lighting Design
Arun has worked extensively in the performing arts. He trained at York University earning a Specialized Honours B.F.A. Dance collaborators have included Robert Desrosiers, Peter Chin, Danny Grossman, COBA, Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, Tiger Princess Dance Projects, The National Ballet School and ProArteDanza. He has been the resident designer for Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre since 2002.
Theatre credits include The Stratford Festival, Soulpepper Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, Canadian Stage, The Globe Theatre, fu-GEN, Cahoots Theatre and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. His career has garnered him nine Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations for outstanding lighting design in both the theatre and dance categories. Arun has had the privilege of teaching lighting design at York University, Ryerson University, University of Waterloo, and
mentorship at The National Theatre School.
Productions have taken him to Ukraine, Malaysia, Singapore, India, China, and across North America. Current projects include Much Ado About Nothing for Stratford and Red Velvet for Crow’s Theatre.
Theatre credits include The Stratford Festival, Soulpepper Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, Canadian Stage, The Globe Theatre, fu-GEN, Cahoots Theatre and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. His career has garnered him nine Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations for outstanding lighting design in both the theatre and dance categories. Arun has had the privilege of teaching lighting design at York University, Ryerson University, University of Waterloo, and
mentorship at The National Theatre School.
Productions have taken him to Ukraine, Malaysia, Singapore, India, China, and across North America. Current projects include Much Ado About Nothing for Stratford and Red Velvet for Crow’s Theatre.
Cherissa Richards
Assistant Director
Cherissa began directing after many years as an actor in the industry. She started this directing journey six years ago with The Power of Harriet T at Manitoba Theatre for Young People. Since then, Cherissa has assisted many incredible directors along her path and has pursued directing apprentice programs at Bard on the Beach, Shaw Festival, and Stratford Festival.
Cherissa has directed several shows in Winnipeg–at Sarasvàti Theatre, Prairie Theatre Exchange, and Theatre by the River. In 2021, Cherissa completed a directing residency at The National Theatre School of Canada and was one of the directing fellows in WhyNot Theatre’s This Gen Directing cohort.
Cherissa is the proud recipient of the 2021 Crow’s Theatre RBC Rising Star emerging Director Award and is honoured to have joined this amazing team on MixTape in her Crow’s directing residency. You can catch Cherissa’s next directing work at Winnipeg Jewish Theatre and at Bard on the Beach in 2022.
Cherissa has directed several shows in Winnipeg–at Sarasvàti Theatre, Prairie Theatre Exchange, and Theatre by the River. In 2021, Cherissa completed a directing residency at The National Theatre School of Canada and was one of the directing fellows in WhyNot Theatre’s This Gen Directing cohort.
Cherissa is the proud recipient of the 2021 Crow’s Theatre RBC Rising Star emerging Director Award and is honoured to have joined this amazing team on MixTape in her Crow’s directing residency. You can catch Cherissa’s next directing work at Winnipeg Jewish Theatre and at Bard on the Beach in 2022.
Sarah Miller
Stage Manager
Sarah Miller is a Toronto-based freelance stage manager for live theatre and events. She’s worked with arts organizations across the country including City of Toronto Cultural Events, Shaw Festival, Stratford Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more.
Select credits include: I Send You This Cadmium Red (Art of Time Ensemble); A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline (Capitol Theatre); What Makes a Man (Canadian Stage/Necessary Angel); Bang Bang, The Crackwalker, Morro and Jasp: 9 to 5, Twisted (Factory Theatre); Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mirvish); Lil’ Red Robin Hood (Ross Petty Productions); Sisters, Innocence Lost, Of Human Bondage, Spoon River, A Christmas Carol, Hosanna, The Heidi Chronicles, Angels in America, The Aleph (Soulpepper Theatre); Orestes, Yaga (Tarragon Theatre); The De Chardin Project (Theatre Passe Muraille); Towards Youth (Project Humanity/Crow’s Theatre).
Sarah is a mentor and instructor of Stage Management and has worked with students at Toronto Metropolitan University and Humber College.
Select credits include: I Send You This Cadmium Red (Art of Time Ensemble); A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline (Capitol Theatre); What Makes a Man (Canadian Stage/Necessary Angel); Bang Bang, The Crackwalker, Morro and Jasp: 9 to 5, Twisted (Factory Theatre); Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mirvish); Lil’ Red Robin Hood (Ross Petty Productions); Sisters, Innocence Lost, Of Human Bondage, Spoon River, A Christmas Carol, Hosanna, The Heidi Chronicles, Angels in America, The Aleph (Soulpepper Theatre); Orestes, Yaga (Tarragon Theatre); The De Chardin Project (Theatre Passe Muraille); Towards Youth (Project Humanity/Crow’s Theatre).
Sarah is a mentor and instructor of Stage Management and has worked with students at Toronto Metropolitan University and Humber College.
