A Broke Theatre

02/11/2023

Up next in our cast announcement roll out is Aidan Cottreau , playing Johnny.

An actor & theatre artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, and cofounder of A Broke Theatre , Aidan has written & performed original works such as The Sandbox (Art Matters Festival ) BOGEYMAN (2021) and The Beinoni (Nomad 2022). He currently plays the voice of Jonah in Dreamers, an audio drama podcast by Broken Crown Productions . Trained in acting at Concord Theatre he also teaches drama & leadership skills at camps.

08/30/2020

"The Sexual Encounters of Caterpillars" is a new poetry/art zine written by A Broke Theater's Madison Phyper with art by the very talented Adrienne Gantenberg. The zine discusses experiences of sexual grey zones and sexual violence in relation to pre-pubescent and adolescent bodies. Developed from a series of interviews, conversations, and musings, the collection is an attempt to say in poetic terms what could not be said in typical language. To create dialogue for the previously ineffable. The zine is for sale now through Madison. Please contact her at [email protected] to place your order! (15$ a zine, available for pick up in person, or delivery).
We hope you'll check it out! :)

Some sneak peaks:

05/04/2020

An audio piece by our very own Aidan Cottreau is premiering on The Opportunity Theatre Company's online show on May 9th! Check it out, and look to this page for audio productions of A Broke Theatre members' original plays. More coming soon!

Meet this week's OTC's Online Show's artist: Aidan Cottreau

Aidan Cottreau is a student currently studying at Concordia University in the Acting for the Theater Specialization. Although Aidan is most known as an actor, he is a multifaceted theater artist with experience writing, directing, scoring, and mask making for the stage. As a highschool student he received a Sears Festival award for Outstanding Production for his work on an adaptation of Medea, and has been nominated for the 2020 Hnatyshyn Foundation Developing Artists Grant for english theater acting. In 2018 he co-founded A Broke Theatre, a company originally dedicated to providing space for performers to showcase original work to other artists, through which he and his partners now produce their own plays in Montreal. This fall, Aidan will be a performer/creator in Concordia’s Black Box Project, and co-writing a contemporary adaptation of Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound which he hopes will premiere in Winter 2021.

Learn more about what Aidan and A Broke Theater will present to you this Saturday, May 9th at 8 PM over here: A Broke Theater presents The Bogeyman : OTC's Online Show

Go like the company's page too! This is where their project will continue after their OTC Online Show! A Broke Theatre

04/20/2019

Just a reminder to everyone that this is happening tomorrow night!!! Looking forward to seeing you all there and witnessing our wonderful performers. Again doors will be open at 8:30. Performances will start at 9:30. (As usual if you come past the start time you may have to wait a bit before someone can let you in).
Also we've had to revise the performance schedule: Here's our new line up :)
9:30 - Intro
Andrew - Music
Val - Clown/hula/ monologue
Jen Townsend - Music
Ash - Poetry
Intermission
Madison - suprise
Lila - Music
Aidan - film/performance
Julie D’entremont - Music
Chris - Music

04/13/2019

We present the line up for Coffee House 420 "Welcome to Neverland!"

9:30 - Intro
Andrew - Music
Val - Clown/hula
Lila - Music
Ash - Poetry
John - Poetry
Intermission
Madison - Monologue
Jen Townsend - Music
Aidan - Something?
Maggie - Poetry
Chris - Music

We'd like to thank all our wonderful performers! We hope to see you all there! Doors will be open at 8:30, performances will start at 9:30. BYOB plus your 420 gear. Same address as usual 4300 St. Urbain.

04/04/2019

Hey everyone! We will be having the last coffee house of this school year on April 20th! Performers please message us now! We know it's a bit last minute but we want to squeeze one in before everyone heads home for the summer. Let's make this one the best one yet!!!

03/11/2019

03/11/2019