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Here’s a brief look at a few now-familiar faces who got an early start in Buddies’ Rhubarb patch.
ANN-MARIE MACDONALD
You know her for:
Internationally successful novels Fall On Your Knees (an Oprah pick!) and The Way The Crow Flies, deliciously humorous plays Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) and Belle Moral, sharp acting (Top Girls).
Rhubarb show:
Nancy Drew (Goes In Search Of Her Missing Mother), written with Beverly Cooper (1984)
SEAN REYCRAFT
You know him for:
The screenplay for the gay-themed Breakfast With Scot and edgy TV scripts for The Eleventh Hour and Degrassi: The Next Generation that combine comic moments and emotional insights.
Rhubarb show:
Pop Song (1998)
MOYNAN KING
You know her for:
Directing the Hysteria Festival, as former Rhubarb director and current associate artist at Buddies, where she makes good use of her discerning feminist eye and keen sense of dramaturgy.
Rhubarb shows:
The Importance Of Being Beautiful (1992) and Simon’s Wife (1993)
MARK LONERGAN
You know him for:
Running acclaimed physical theatre troupe Parallel Exit in New York City and as NOW cover boy when he returned to Toronto to direct Daniel MacIvor’s nearly wordless play Jump.
Rhubarb show:
Zed’s Dead Baby (1995)
ANNA CHATTERTON and EVALYN PARRY
You know them for:
Tongue-in-cheek but emotionally truthful works like Frances, Mathilda And Tea. Chatterton’s also writing opera libretti and Parry is director of youth initiatives at Buddies.
Rhubarb show:
Clean Irene & Dirty Maxine (2002)
DANIEL KARASIK
You know him for:
The well-received In Full Light at last year’s SummerWorks, a show both funny and threatening in its look at intimacy.
Rhubarb show:
Night’s Swift Dragons (2004), part of the fest’s Under 21 series, written when he was 17.
MICHAEL REDHILL
You know him for:
Acclaimed novels Martin Sloane and Consolation as well as the gripping, nuanced plays Building Jerusalem and Goodness.
Rhubarb show:
Lake Nora Arms (1996)
