Past Productions by mutatis mutandis
A Leave of Absinthe
created by The Absinthe Collective
directed by David Whiteley
mutatis mutandis produced The Absinthe Collective's A Leave of Absinthe at the Montreal and Ottawa Fringe Festivals in June of 2008.
The green hour is not yet upon them, but the denizens of this famous cafe are set to play. What is real? What is a creation of the Green Fairy? As Oscar Wilde once said: (or did he?) "After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world."
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About The Absinthe Collective
Like fine wine, the collective is maturing and expects to independantly produce subsequent productions of a revised and expanded A Leave of Absinthe in the future.
Richard Gelinas, Co-Creator and Performer
Richard was nominated for a Rideau Award this past season as best actor for his work in Betrayal (Third Wall Theatre). He has acted extensively in the Ottawa area (Eddy May Mysteries, Third Wall Theatre, A Company of Fools) and enjoys long walks with his wife and hanging with his too numerous to count cats. A vegetarian; Richard is also a generally great guy. He can be seen this summer in parks around the Ottawa region in Romeo and Juliet (A Company of Fools).
David Hersh, Co-Creator and Performer
David Hersh is an actor, director, playwright, producer and teacher. His most recent work has been producing for a Company of Fools as he just completed Richard III in Bouffon which toured Montreal and Ottawa. David has performed with: A Company of Fools, Third Wall Theatre Company, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival, Odyssey Theatre, mutatis mutandis, and Salamander Theatre. Besides co-creating A Leave of Absinthe; he is in the process of developing another new play with the By the Well Collective entitled The Well.
Teri Rata Loretto, Co-Creator and Performer
A Montreal native, Teri holds a BA in Theatre and is continuing her studies in the fall at the University of Ottawa in the Masters Program. Recent directing credits include Sorrow at the Ottawa Fringe, Equus for the Algonquin College Theatre Program and Theatre Life for Toto Too Theatre. She is the stand in weather specialist for CBC Ottawa's News at Six and has acted for many theatres including Third Wall, Vision Theatre, 730 Productions, New Ottawa Repertory Theatre, Repercussion Theatre and Canplay Productions.
Margo MacDonald, Co-Creator and Performer
Margo is best known for her work with A Company of Fools, a Shakespearean performance company she co-founded in 1990 and has created and performed with ever since. She also frequently works with other theatre companies in Ottawa, including: Third Wall Theatre, Great Canadian Theatre Company, Odyssey Theatre, Histrions, Theatre la Catapulte, and Seven Thirty Productions. Margo trained at the University of Ottawa and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in England.
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David Whiteley, Co-Creator, Director and Artistic Director of mutatis mutandis
Fresh off creating a rhymed verse translation of Moliere's Tartuffe for Third Wall Theatre, David has worked in various capacities with several companies including the GCTC, Odyssey Theatre, Eddie May Murder Mysteries, Vision Theatre and Third Wall Theatre, where he directed his own critically acclaimed translation of The Misanthrope and he is also no stranger to the Fringe scene, having participated in every Ottawa Fringe Festival since 2000. David is often seen onstage, and you can catch him at the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival this summer in Prescott Ontario. He is the artistic director of mutatis mutandis