Utopia

Utopia Utopia is a play written and directed by Len Falkenstein.The play will make it's debut at the 2012 Vancouver Fringe Festival.

Late one enchanted night, a strange new visitor drops anchor at a backwoods Christmas tree farm somewhere in the Maritimes. A small, glowing planet floating in orbit overhead, but connected to Earth by way of an earthen stairway into the sky that starts just outside the back door of the farmhouse of single mom Karen and her troubled teen daughter,
Jess. Ruled legal owner and guardian of the planet

, Karen takes on the mantle of Queen of Utopia. And when the planet is discovered to be habitable and bursting with natural resources and fossil fuels, she is soon courted by developers and politicians of all stripes. What to do with Utopia is a question that will soon push Karen and her family to the edge, even as the once friendly face of the planet begins to appear more malign. Utopia is a rich, densely layered work that is at once a dark fairy tale, an allegory, and a moving, emotionally powerful drama about parenthood and the plight of the powerless. Utopia will be making its world premiere at the Vancouver Fringe, and is the newest play from Fredericton, NB-
based Theatre Free Radical, who earned critical acclaim at the Fringe for their productions of Free/Fall (2010) and Doppelgänger (2008). The play features a haunting original score by ambient/experimental musician and composer Eric Hill, as well as Theatre Free Radical’s trademark multimedia performance style, which has captivated critics and audiences at Fringes from coast to coast, earning Best of Fringe ratings for Doppelgänger (Edmonton, 2006), Free/Fall (Toronto, 2004), Manifesto (Winnipeg, 2001) and Allure (Edmonton, 2000).

Theatre Free Radical is excited to premiere our brand new work, Soft Target, June 2-3 2017 in Saint John, New Brunswick....
05/26/2017

Theatre Free Radical is excited to premiere our brand new work, Soft Target, June 2-3 2017 in Saint John, New Brunswick. About Soft Target: A government airlift of refugees from the Middle East has crashed under mysterious circumstances, killing all on board. Crash investigator Gordon Joseph, a man scarred by military service overseas, tries to piece together the events that brought the plane down, both aided and antagonized by Nick Radic, a government counter-terrorism operative who specializes in cyber-surveillance of homegrown jihadi wannabes. [ 148 more words ]

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Theatre Free Radical is excited to premiere our brand new work, Soft Target, June 2-3 2017 in Saint John, New Brunswick. About Soft Target: A government airlift of refugees from the Middle East has…

Lac Athabasca will be heading to Edmonton for performances at North America's largest and most venerable Fringe Festival...
07/29/2016

Lac Athabasca will be heading to Edmonton for performances at North America's largest and most venerable Fringe Festival, August 12th through 21st. It'll be our first time performing in the Edmonton Fringe since 2007 and we couldn't be more excited, especially given Lac/Athabasca's Alberta origins and since much of the play is set there, with many local references and resonances for Alberta audiences. [ 108 more words. ]

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Lac Athabasca will be heading to Edmonton for performances at North America’s largest and most venerable Fringe Festival, August 12th through 21st. It’ll be our first time performing in…

Lac/Athabasca received a week long professional workshop at Queen's University in January, directed by Rob Kempson of Th...
03/09/2016

Lac/Athabasca received a week long professional workshop at Queen's University in January, directed by Rob Kempson of Thousand Islands Playhouse, for winning second prize in the 2015 Herman Voaden National Playwriting Competition. The workshop concluded with a fabulous public reading of the play, featuring cast members Danny Mahoney, Daniel Maslasny, Ash Knight, Rong Fu, and Allison Deon, to a packed house at the Rotunda Theatre on Saturday, January 23. [ 72 more words. ]

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Lac/Athabasca received a week long professional workshop at Queen’s University in January, directed by Rob Kempson of Thousand Islands Playhouse, for winning second prize in the 2015 Herman V…

We're delighted to announce that after performance runs in Vancouver and Toronto, our current show, Lac/Athabasca by Len...
09/14/2015

We're delighted to announce that after performance runs in Vancouver and Toronto, our current show, Lac/Athabasca by Len Falkenstein, will soon be staged in Fredericton for the very first time! Our production will be mounted in cooperation with Fredericton's NotaBle Acts Theatre Company, with support from The Canada Council for the Arts, and will be staged at Memorial Hall, UNB, Thursday, October 15 through Saturday, October 17, with performances at 8 PM nightly. [ 245 more words. ]

https://theatrefreeradical.wordpress.com/2015/09/14/lacathabasca-coming-to-fredericton/

We're delighted to announce that after performance runs in Vancouver and Toronto, our current show, Lac/Athabasca by Len Falkenstein, will soon be staged in Fredericton for the very first time! Our...

A Trio of National Honours for Theatre Free Radical's Latest After a critically-acclaimed premiere at the 2014 Vancouver...
07/20/2015

A Trio of National Honours for Theatre Free Radical's Latest After a critically-acclaimed premiere at the 2014 Vancouver Fringe Festival, Lac/Athabasca, the newest play by Len Falkenstein and Theatre Free Radical, has been selected for production at the 2015 SummerWorks Theatre Festival in Toronto. Founded in 1991, the SummerWorks Performance Festival is widely recognized as one of Canada's most prestigious juried festivals and most important platforms for launching new Canadian artists - locally, nationally, and internationally. [ 392 more words. ]

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A Trio of National Honours for Theatre Free Radical's Latest After a critically-acclaimed premiere at the 2014 Vancouver Fringe Festival, Lac/Athabasca, the newest play by Len Falkenstein and Theat...

Lac/Athabasca Heading to the Vancouver Fringe Festival http://wp.me/p12PyX-3P
08/24/2014

Lac/Athabasca Heading to the Vancouver Fringe Festival http://wp.me/p12PyX-3P

Our brand new play, Lac/Athabasca will be premiering very soon at the 2014 Vancouver Fringe Festival. Read on for some information on the show and for where and when you can catch it. The story of Canada is a story of rivers and railways.Lac/Athabasca… [ 325 more words. ]

Where the Robots Came From: Historical Notes on Karel Capek’s R.U.R. http://wp.me/p12PyX-3S
04/07/2014

Where the Robots Came From: Historical Notes on Karel Capek’s R.U.R. http://wp.me/p12PyX-3S

The intellectual history of Theatre UNB’s upcoming production is truly fascinating. Here are some thoughts on the historical and cultural background to the play. R.U.R. in its Era: Historical and Cultural Contexts R.U.R. had its origins in…

Second last performance for SummerWorks in the lovely Lower Ossington Theatre. Come see us before Utopia disappears from...
08/15/2013

Second last performance for SummerWorks in the lovely Lower Ossington Theatre. Come see us before Utopia disappears from Toronto!

Loading in for our best time slot yet, 10PM! ...on a Wednesday. Absolutely everybody will flock to the Lower Ossington T...
08/15/2013

Loading in for our best time slot yet, 10PM! ...on a Wednesday. Absolutely everybody will flock to the Lower Ossington Theatre tonight for Utopia, right?
Prove me right, people!

08/14/2013

Next up in our 3 HARD QUESTIONS series is co-director/performer Laurence Dauphinais (iSHOW) who asked playwright/director LEN FALKENSTEIN what she really wanted to know about UTOPIA.       Listen in -this one’s an audio file- as this... Read more

Performance #4 loading in. We've got this down to a science! Tomorrow: a well earned day off.
08/12/2013

Performance #4 loading in. We've got this down to a science! Tomorrow: a well earned day off.

Toronto Reviews
08/12/2013

Toronto Reviews

Utopia has gotten some great responses at SummerWorks. Istzan Dugalin of mooneyontheatre.com says, “Utopia is a thoughtful and heartwarming little gem of a play… It charmed me completely. It’s a must see at this year’s SummerWorks!” Read full review at:…

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