White Rabbit Productions is proud to be offering the second in our 2010 Workshop Series – Make-up 101 with Jean-Marc Lafond!

Join us on Sept 11 from 1-5pm for the workshop, which costs $75 (including the cost of a starter make-up kit).

Workshop participants will learn how to modify the appearance of the facial structure using highlights and shadows. We’ll focus on identifying the different planes of the major facial areas: the forehead, nose, cheeks, mouth and eyes.

Learn more on the event page or register now!

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Jeffrey with our Jenny

The Fringe has come and gone – and White Rabbit Productions couldn’t be prouder of what we accomplished this year with The Chip.

Our fantastic creative team brought an insightful and inspiring performance to the stage and our first original play drew more than 400 viewers at Manitoba Theatre for Young People’s CanWest Performing Arts Centre.

Chelsea Rankin, Shawn Kowalke and Murray Farnell gripped our emotions with every show and our hard-working behind-the-scenes production crew made the remarkable performance possible.

We even won a Jenny!!!!

Thanks to all who came out to see our first attempt at a non-musical and also to all those who supported our efforts!

We look forward to developing new projects over the next few months and telling you just what we have on the go!

(Also – a great big MERDE to Artistic Director Jeffrey Kohut who is on Rainbow Stage with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat!! Check him and the rest of the great cast out!)

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Created by a talented team of writers and actors, The Chip examines a world where nothing is secret and nothing is sacred …. and you can see it in just three short weeks!

Visit the Chip Event Page for more information on this great, thought-provoking show starring WRP faves Shawn Kowalke, Chelsea Rankin and Murray Farnell!

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While we felt our company was the perfect fit to develop and ultimately bring the unique and inspiring work to fruition, we will not be doing any further work on the show we still hold near and dear to our hearts.

Curveballs like this are commonplace for small theatre groups and, while we would be remised to say we are not upset, we knew something like this was bound to happen as we progress into a larger, more established theatre company.

We are disappointed by this surprising turn of events, but are excited by the fact that we now have the opportunity to develop other interests and projects we were keeping on the backburner throughout the two years we spent developing Neighbours.

We wish the project the best of luck and look forward to bringing you – our supportive community – an incredible new project in the fall!

Stay tuned for details!

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We decided it was time to create a new and more interactive home on the web for the rabbit to live in.  Expect to see the revival and improvement of our extensive archive section, a full listing of bios and photos of performers past, as well as other fun ideas such as WRP awards and all sorts of crazy statistics.

We plan to use this new online presence to do more than merely spread the word of the rabbit, we intend www.whiterabbitproductions.ca to become a hub for the community of artists that we have come to love and admire.  Thank you everyone for your hard work and patronage over the years, we hope you enjoy this next step in WRP’s evolution!

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Last year, we presented a staged reading of Greg Crowe and Cory Wojcik’s LondonTown and also showcased scenes from both LondonTown and Joseph Aragon’s Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare in the festival gala.

This year, we will offer festival-goers a second staged-reading of Neighbours – the original family musical by Craig Cassils and Robin Richardson which we workshopped and presented late last month.

Dramaturge Carson Nattrass continues to work with the writers – who we have come to lovingly know only as “the Boys” – and we are so excited to see what further developments come out of an already strong show.

Stay tuned for more details.

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You know, the one you come out of cringing … wondering what you could have done differently to make them even just a tiny bit better.

Sound familiar?

Well wonder no longer.

The first in our 2010 White Rabbit Workshop Series has just the solution to help!

Join us and Manitoba Theatre Centre Associate Artistic Director Robb Patterson for Audition Techniques – a hands-on, intimate day-long seminar designed to help you make the most of any audition.

Registration will open in early March, and we will send out a Facebook update to inform you of registration details.

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But since we announced our lottery luck, we’ve heard the rumblings. And we know what you’re all thinking.

Fringe? Musical? Surprise? Tell me! Tell me! Tell meeeee!!!!

Well, we’re about to let you in on a little secret so lean in close, now.

Closer.

Closer.

Closer.

Stop!

Here it is …

We’ve got an idea. And we’re not telling a soul! So you’ll just have to stay tuned, and be prepared to be shocked. Or awed. Or none of the above!

All joking aside, we are working hard to develop a very White Rabbit, very original Fringe show for this summer. And we know you’ll all love it when you see it.

But until then – or at least until MUCH, MUCH closer to Fringe – you’ll just have to wait to hear all about it!

Don’t worry. We know you can do it.

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That was pretty much the only thing the whole White Rabbit crew could say when we completed our staged reading of Neighbours, the original Canadian family musical by Robin Richardson and Craig Cassils.

A spectacular script and score came alive thanks to the dedication and amazingly entertaining character work of our entire cast and the hands-on direction and dramaturgy laid down by Carson Natrass.

The Park Theatre was packed for the event and our lucky audience was treated to a moving, thoughtful and emotional show.

Over the next few months, we will be hard at work finishing the next phase of Neighbours and working to further prepare for our full production in September 2010.

Stay tuned!

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