{"id":34130,"date":"2024-01-25T20:38:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T01:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=34130"},"modified":"2024-01-25T20:38:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T01:38:36","slug":"shadowpath-makes-sure-love-is-in-the-air-this-valentines-at-local-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/shadowpath-makes-sure-love-is-in-the-air-this-valentines-at-local-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Shadowpath makes sure love is in the air this Valentine\u2019s at local gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everybody has a story that can inspire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a philosophy that drives York Region\u2019s Shadowpath Theatre Productions and has served to inspire a new immersive theatrical experience they\u2019re bringing to Aurora\u2019s Royal Rose Gallery on Saturday, February 10 \u2013 just in time for Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAurora In Love\u201d is a series of seven plays that will be staged in the gallery, penned by local playwrights that have been inspired by local stories. The plays will be staged throughout the multi-level gallery over the course of an hour as dynamic performers bring these stories of love and romance to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have always been interested in re-telling local stories,\u201d says Shadowpath\u2019s Alex Karolyi. \u201cWe go directly to the community to get inspiration for our material because everybody\u2019s got a story and sometimes you just have to ask \u2013 and people love sharing!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an approach that Shadowpath has taken many times over their 21 years of production, but not always related to a theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last fall, they staged a Halloween production at Hillary House National Historic Site, but now, in the thick of winter, they\u2019re shifting from the spooky to the seductive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cIt starts with a lot of research and exploration \u2013 we even went into wedding stores in Aurora and asked, \u2018Do you have any stories you want to share?\u2019\u201d says Alex. \u201cWe received stories that way and we also talked to a local officiant about stories. We got this whole pot of possible stories and our writers [picked], saying, \u2018I\u2019ll give this one a try.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven plays were ultimately selected and range from a story of romance from the Second World War, to the lighthearted, each showing off the many facets of love and romance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weaving together each of the plays will be the character of \u201cDr. Love\u201d who Alex describes as a \u201cboisterous, flamboyant woman who loves to be in love,\u201d trailed by her sidekick Omar, \u201cshy and a little bitter with his love experience\u201d whom the good doctor prefers to address as \u201cAmor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery community has stories to share and their stories could actually animate and activate everyday spaces within that community. It is kind of a celebration of identity and history and community all coming together at once. People will say, \u2018I don\u2019t have anything to share,\u2019 but everybody does. Everybody\u2019s voice, perspective and history is meaningful and important. Other people can relate to it or connect to it so people should open up and share their own selves, stories, more openly in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is about love and love has many different various forms and sometimes there\u2019s even negative love like obsession or madness that can be under the broad category of love. We wanted this project to not just be love in a traditional man and woman who fall in love, that kind of typical story. Yes, we have that, but we also wanted to have different scenarios, perspectives, relationships. We have same sex love, and we\u2019re trying to look at love in a diverse lens, bringing more diversity into people\u2019s experiences with love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aurora in Love will feature \u201cThe Peacekeeper\u201d by Alex Karolyi, \u201cMira\u201d by Maissa Bessada, \u201cIn Transit\u201d by Chantal Forde, \u201cLove Languages\u201d by Alex Karolyi, \u201cRound Two\u201d by Chantal Forde, \u201cDr. Love\u201d by Alex Karolyi, and \u201cThe Kiss\u201d by Karolyi, Jona Villa and Paige Madsen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show will run at the Royal Rose (15210 Yonge Street) on Saturday, February 10, from 2 \u2013 3 p.m., from 4.30 \u2013 5.30 p.m., and finally from 7 \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets range from $26 – $34 and can be secured at shadowpaththeatre.ca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir
Editor
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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