https://www.rebekkagondosch.com/about daily 0.75 2023-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/91ed0795-ac5a-40da-a0bb-37cb08a35d1e/unnamed+%282%29.jpg About - Hi, everyone! I’m Rebekka (they/she), an actor, director, writer, creator, and arts educator living in Hamilton, Ontario. Theatre has been the great love of my life for as long as I can remember. I studied Dramatic Arts at Brock University and completed my Masters in Philosophy in Theatre and Performance at Trinity College Dublin. My research focused on embodiments of violence in the works of contemporary Irish and Canadian female playwrights. I continually gather inspiration from feminist discourse, devised theatre, Irish theatre, site-specific theatre, gothic literature, and queer performance. I have been teaching high school Dramatic Arts for over seven years as an Ontario Certified Teacher. Inclusivity, representation, and creating safe spaces are the heartbeats of my teaching practice. I have been working on a website called “The Queer Curriculum” which shares performing arts content by queer artists for teachers and students studying the arts. I believe students can do their best work when they are truly heard and supported, as they are. When I’m not making, teaching, or talking about art, I am walking barefoot in my garden, reading books (my current recommendations are “Hard Child” by Natalie Shapero, “When All is Said” by Anne Griffin and “Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times” by Katherine May), meditating, being a stereotypical Capricorn, and spending time with my squishy-faced rescue cats Sookie and Oscar and my tiny terrier rescue pup Jameson. I am delighted you stopped by! I look forward to connecting with you! Photo: Natalie Plouffe Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1620004386714-M10GA29UATKQ0LUR94SJ/1.jpg About In my happy place! 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Gondosch I am thrilled to be directing an adaptation of this classic gothic tale with the incredible actors at Saltfleet Secondary School. After many years of limited live theatre in schools, it is ever-more exciting to support young actors as they step out onto the stage, some for the very first time! Date: January 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1619981332089-73RNFPY3OKPJZ38E8RK1/A+Christmas+Carol+Poster+2.jpg Theatre - Directing - A Christmas Carol adapted by Ed Monk Directed by Rebekka M. Gondosch What made this particular show special was the involvement of students in all parts of the creative process. Visual arts students designed the set, one of our Theatre students choreographed the dance at Fezziwig’s party, our music director worked with students on the many musical elements of the show, and students from various disciplines worked as members of the crew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/126b0c00-096a-4e43-98a6-175b56825dc3/Rent.JPG Theatre - Directing - RENT the Musical Director: Nupi Gokhale Assistant Director: Rebekka M. Gondosch Vocal Director: Jennifer Evans August 2022 Excited to be part of the creative team for Theatre Ancaster’s new Conservatory Company’s production of RENT the musical. This performance will be the first show at Peller Hall in Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre. Youth who have graduated secondary school and are up to 29 years old can audition for the Conservatory Company shows. Photo of Mimi (played by Sydney Hoareau) and Roger (played by Shane Bowley) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1619980987175-HPGOR4FM0T0XRZIEAVI7/A+Parting+Glass+Poster.jpg Theatre - Directing - A Parting Glass with Lady Gregory Directed and arranged by Rebekka M. Gondosch Sound design by Jesse Horvath The Redeemer Theatre Arts Department presents an evening of short plays and poetry by the Irish playwright Lady Augusta Gregory, a founding member of Ireland’s National Theatre. Through audio performances, visual storytelling, and music, this digital performance will bring a piece of Ireland to your hearts and homes. This performance was originally intended to be a live stage production. Due to COVID-19 it was adapted into a radio play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1619981936414-4J1ZNBW0DXDFQQA7IUN6/Radium+Girls.png Theatre - Directing - Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory Directed by Rebekka M. Gondosch Directing this show was a remarkable experience. My young actors rose to the challenge of sharing this powerful story and embodied their characters with brilliant commitment and compelling performances. Many of our actors took the stage for the first time in their high school experiences. Performing a feminist text was important to me, especially for my first high school directing experience. https://www.rebekkagondosch.com/theatre/guest monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1622682448588-JROFKDW37GG8DWUWJXUR/OpportunitiesfromObstacles.PNG Theatre - Guest Artist - NEST Artist Residency - Guest Artist It was such a gift to share and discuss with the 2020-21 NEST artists through St. Catharines’ Suitcase in Point. In May 0f 2021, I had the chance to share a topic I called, “Opportunities From Obstacles” where I offered obstacles I’d faced on my artistic journey and opportunities I’ve discovered amidst these barriers. You can read more about the NEST residency below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1621444235491-FVRA0G3QZULM9BNK28Q3/spark+the+future.jpg Theatre - Guest Artist - Voice in the Shadows “Voice in the Shadows” was an original digital piece created by Lily Sutherland and Muna Mario as part of Theatre Direct’s Forward March Festival in April 2021. I had the pleasure of voicing the role of Mom for this project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1619988291842-SLOF9QEFKVW66LFWW2G3/whyartpodcast2.jpg Theatre - Guest Artist - The Why Art Podcast In 2020 I was asked to share about my art, teaching practice, and faith on The Why Art Podcast hosted by my fellow Hamiltonian artists Rose Hopkins and Laura Welch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1619988653686-15M728P98HBTYITHL315/DramaQueen.PNG Theatre - Guest Artist - Drama Queen Created by Rebekka Gondosch and Joginder Singh Directed and Filmed by Joginder Singh A short film about my work as an artist and teacher by photographer Joginder Singh as part of his M.A. at Ryerson University. This film was made in 2020. https://www.rebekkagondosch.com/theatre/companies monthly 0.5 2021-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1619984935659-742NQWDEKIC7WQ7A1UJI/Passing+Through+Theatre.whitebackground.black.FINAL+%281%29.jpg Theatre - Theatre Companies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1619985001752-1O7ISG4QN4OS8BWTDR7M/lightechotheatre.jfif Theatre - Theatre Companies https://www.rebekkagondosch.com/theatre/education monthly 0.5 2021-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1619992963268-JZEILGNWXIS3JH960LFF/Creativity+in+Chaos.png Theatre - Arts Educator - Creativity in Chaos An original workshop I created for high school students at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. I felt it important to help young artists nurture their creativity during a chaotic time in the world and to support whatever stage of the creation process they were in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1619992726915-N8WMLBOMSMLFNER6CZKE/Creative+Script+Writing+Workshop+INSTA.png Theatre - Arts Educator - Creative Script Writing Workshop for LGBTQIA2S+ Artists and Allies An original workshop I created for young artists through Curtain Call Performing Arts Centre. I wanted to offer a safe space for young adults to create and share in a supportive artistic community. This workshop was led on Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1619993222661-XK9UFTL4NTO20A01V8V4/DSC_0145.JPG Theatre - Arts Educator - Lights, Camera, Accents! A workshop I conceptualized and facilitated on vocal work and dialects for young theatre artists. This workshop was held in the studio at Burlington Royal Arts Academy in 2019. Workshop photos by Joginder Singh https://www.rebekkagondosch.com/theatre/spark monthly 0.5 2022-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/be955d04-5eb8-442e-8751-1afcec559607/Spark4.JPG Theatre - Spark Intensive - About the Spark Program Up to 10 participants are selected for this 10 day intensive where teens ages 13-18 learn practical devising skills, and participate in workshops with local guest artists in movement, music, writing, theatre, and multi-disciplinary art. This program is free thanks to sponsors the incite Foundation for the Arts and the Edith H. Turner Foundation Fund. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/99fd6a3c-f0be-4e40-9cc4-ff5c9a9b55f2/DSCF2682.JPG Theatre - Spark Intensive Rehearsal photos by Joginder Singh https://www.rebekkagondosch.com/theatre/acting monthly 0.5 2021-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/190636d2-d215-4063-9899-4605ab257190/Hamlet.PNG Theatre - Acting - Hamlet Directed by Aaron Joel Craig Presented by Rook’s Theatre x Same Boat Theatre Performers Sophie Cote David DiFrancesco Rebekka Gondosch Allison Hossack Stephanie Hope Lawlor Stephen Near Michael Rode Jennifer Walton Jay Watson I had the honour of playing the role of Ophelia in a sold out run of Hamlet in the autumn of 2024. This performance was a site-specific adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic, performed at St. Luke’s Mission in Hamilton. You can read more about this production in the digital program below and at Rook's Theatre | rookstheatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1628719318839-X8JL7ZOA44M5ZYRIXWE5/relative+loneliness.jpg Theatre - Acting - Relative Loneliness Open Heart Arts, Hamilton Written by Steve Hartwell Directed by Kelly Wolf Performers Rebekka Gondosch (Jude), Jesse Horvath (Will), and Jen Frankel (Jean) Loneliness comes in many guises. While clearing out their parents house, an ailing aunt comes to stay with Jude and Will. Can this aunt exorcise their loneliness before driving them all around the bend? Artwork by Alan Alizadeh. Performed as part of Hamilton Fringe Festival’s “Theatre on Demand” series, July 2021. “…this play is definitely not one to miss in this year’s Fringe.” -Beyond James Blog “The performances here are engaging and genuine. All three actors Jen Frankel, Rebekka Gondosch, and Jesse Horvath have excellent on-stage chemistry…a wonderful piece of theatre. Definitely worth seeing.” -Steel City Girl Reviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/70c39601-13df-49c8-ad66-6a9588a9c47d/Fertility+banner.JPG Theatre - Acting - Fertility: A Workshop Reading Light Echo Theatre, Hamilton “The idea for Fertility is a theatrical collage of monologues that came from grappling with our own biological reproductive timelines. As we began to discuss the many ways our fertility effected our lives it became clear that many of these topics are deeply private and rarely discussed in public. Featuring a cast and creative of local Ontario women, trans and non-binary artists, including (in no particular order) Karen Ancheta, Laura Welch, Niki Nikita, Melissa Murray-Mutch, Meg Webster, Bria McLaughlin, Jessica Pellicciotta, Kaleigh Gorka, Rebekka Gondosch, Kit Simmons and Carly Anna Billings, this collection of stories surrounding the ever-pressing subject of fertility is currently in workshop and its reading is ready to be witnessed by an audience. Join us March 1, 2023 in the Theatre Aquarius Lobby at 8pm for a reading of this 60 minute work followed by a discussion with these creators and performers.” Fertility’s development has been generously supported by the Ontario Arts Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/fa188f4d-96c2-4098-9844-9794a9ab8d6e/ForwardMarch_WebEdits305.jpg Theatre - Acting - Why the River Sings Created by Passing Through Theatre Lily Sutherland, Shanice Bowrin, and Rebekka Gondosch Originally commissioned and presented by Theatre Direct, as part of Forward March Festival in Toronto, April 2022 Music Composition and Music Direction by Chris Thornborrow Featuring Manisha Maharajh, Monique May Dion, Collette Radeau, Helen Peever, Kelsey Dann Indigenous Consultant: Rose Stella Accessibility Consultant: Sage Lovell Through storytelling, puppetry, and choral music, audiences are invited into an immersive theatrical experience inspired and informed by the history of Toronto’s famous lost river, Garrison Creek. Photo by Sam Polzin Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1628719318839-X8JL7ZOA44M5ZYRIXWE5/relative+loneliness.jpg Theatre - Acting - Relative Loneliness Open Heart Arts, Hamilton Written by Steve Hartwell Directed by Kelly Wolf Performers Rebekka Gondosch (Jude), Jesse Horvath (Will), and Jen Frankel (Jean) Loneliness comes in many guises. While clearing out their parents house, an ailing aunt comes to stay with Jude and Will. Can this aunt exorcise their loneliness before driving them all around the bend? Artwork by Alan Alizadeh. Performed as part of Hamilton Fringe Festival’s “Theatre on Demand” series, July 2021. “…this play is definitely not one to miss in this year’s Fringe.” -Beyond James Blog “The performances here are engaging and genuine. All three actors Jen Frankel, Rebekka Gondosch, and Jesse Horvath have excellent on-stage chemistry…a wonderful piece of theatre. Definitely worth seeing.” -Steel City Girl Reviews https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/43c7e041-8b5d-4ee8-96ea-d4198a62dfb3/unnamed+%281%29.jpg Theatre - Acting - a series of stories for somewhere in-between Created and Performed by Shanice Bowrin Rebekka Gondosch and Lily Sutherland A series of stories from somewhere in-between shares playful and heartfelt stories, both real and imagined, inspired by books, bookshops, and those who encounter them. Through storytelling, shadow puppetry, and music, Passing Through Theatre brings everyday stories to life in your local bookshop. Audiences are invited to join us outside the bookshop for an intimate sidewalk viewing experience. By peeking through the display window (from the outside-looking-in), performers behind glass will share tales of things lost, found, and the moments in-between. Originally commissioned and performed as part of In the Soil Festival, August 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1619983220631-OY6FVBQVOU1A7S2P5T94/ImposterQueer.PNG Theatre - Acting - Imposter Queer Created and Performed by Rebekka Gondosch and Jesse Horvath Imposter Queer explores what it means to discover your queerness late in life. Through a series of vignettes, the performance examines how frustrating, absurd, and comical heteronormative expectations can be. Why are these expectations so binding? Why are they so hard to break? With playfulness, physicality, and honest anecdotes, actors Rebekka Gondosch and Jesse Horvath respond to these questions and offer their ever-evolving perspectives on what it means to be queer. Originally devised for Hamilton’s Pride Showcase by Queer on Stage in 2019. Revived for In the Soil Festival’s Rhizomes in 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1619982611126-PS22EX9GNPGWI5VAAFF0/FrostBites2021.png Theatre - Acting - Through the Pages Created and Performed by Shanice Bowrin Rebekka Gondosch and Lily Sutherland Sound Design by Jesse Horvath Through the Pages is an auditory and visual journey into the history of Hamilton's library. Audiences are guided through time and into a world of imagination, without leaving home! It's time to turn the page… Originally commissioned and performed as part of Frost Bites Festival (Hamilton, 2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1619983509381-KXJNM6ZD62NS187XNS1V/VaginaMonologues.PNG Theatre - Acting - The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler Presented by Light Echo Theatre Light Echo Theatre’s inaugural production brought together femme artists from across Hamilton and Toronto to perform The Vagina Monologues at The Staircase theatre and raise money for organizations SACHA Sexual Assault Centre and Birthmark. The show raised $1,400 for these charity partners! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1619983757517-Y2X0BX71FWI656YF6CFA/IMG_2811.JPG Theatre - Acting - A Modicum of Freedom Presented by Make Art Theatre I love character acting and this production gave me the opportunity to play three unique and playful characters. This version of the play, written by Ryan M. Sero, was performed at The Staircase Theatre in Hamilton in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/1619986205273-G9W6G9OVJCNMLW4QASP5/ephemeralhome.jpg Theatre - Acting - Ephemeral Home Performed by Lily Sutherland and Rebekka Gondosch Written by Lily Sutherland Directed by Kelsey Dann “Ephemeral Home will take you on an adventure, without leaving the living room. Come and explore what 'home' means to us as human beings, and members of society. How are we affected by the homes we were born into, the homes we create for ourselves, and homes we never expected to discover? Using handheld lights, multiple voice recordings, projections and live music, the performers bring the audience together on a multi-sensory creative journey within the space of a Hamilton home. Originally performed at Hamilton Fringe Festival (Hamilton, 2018).” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/ecc00cf8-9664-4c34-874f-97bfa609e619/maccers.jpg Theatre - Acting Witch, Macbeth, 9M Theatre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/55ce2c3e-ecd8-439b-a92f-68718c8b4afb/Annie.jpg Theatre - Acting Lily St. Regis, Annie, Theatre Ancaster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/608ee4633a163d3d437c3740/0da2ba79-1004-40de-97ff-7fe78b498095/aimhighopening.jpg Theatre - Acting