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SUMMARY:Interview Protocols and Practices for Playwriting with Kamila Sediego
DESCRIPTION:Do you have a play idea and need to interview someone for your research? Whether it’s for learning personal or familial histories\, understanding historical/cultural/societal contexts\, or digging deeper into a niche expertise the method and means of interview can affect what information is collected. Join a workshop with local published playwright and dramaturg\, Kamila Sediego\, for tips on how to ethically gather information\, how to conduct interviews\, and how to turn that research gold into storytelling tools and inspiration. \nKamila Sediego (she/her/siya) is a daughter of immigrants\, sister\, auntie\, partner\, playwright\, and dramaturg grateful to live on the unceded and stolen territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish\, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Her ancestral roots stretch across the Pacific\, and are embedded in the lands of Iloilo\, Cebu\, and Manila\, Philippines. \nKamila’s play Homecoming was published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2025 and its world premiere (Urban Ink) was at the Cultch and at the Evergreen Arts Centre in 2024. Most recently\, Kamila participated in the PuSh Festival’s In Dialogue program\, and she was a playwright at Caravan Farm Theatre’s National Playwright Retreat. She was a Playwrights Theatre Centre Associate (2021-2024)\, and is a current Resident Dramaturg and co-lead of Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre’s Creation Lab. With the care and support of many\, she is developing a new play\, Engkanto. \nPhoto credit: Veronica Bonderud\n—\nPresented in partnership with Playwrights Theatre Centre.\n—\nThis event is open to all with limited space available and registration is required. It takes place in the Mount Pleasant Branch Meeting room.
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/interview-protocols-and-practices-for-playwriting-with-kamila-sediego/
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library – Mount Pleasant Branch\, 1 Kingsway\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3H7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Interview,Meet & Greet,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vancouver Public Library":MAILTO:candie.tanaka@vpl.ca
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: smokin' holy spirits by Nate Nate Nainers
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate Nate Nate Nainers’ (my) newest (and wildest) poetry book\, smokin’ holy spirits (Galleon Books)!!! \nPurchase Tix Here: \nhttps://www.enablingarts.com/product/smokin-holy-spirits-book-launch/F6DU6CDIHD5HENVPYQ62XC6L \nAbout smokin’ holy spirits: \nA multi-dimensional clown has popped the evangelical bubble she was indoctrinated in. By subverting the art of prophecy with profanity\, transgressions\, and crazy-talk\, this clown takes us on a wild and careening ride through the fall-out of leaving the church in six simple steps to quit smoking. With each step\, she moves closer to a generational redemption arc\, making peace with demons and angels alike. She is Nainers as much as she’s not Nainers\, and when she says she’s Nainers\, she’s not at all. \nProudly working-class (though mildly educated)\, neurodivergent (though heavily medicated)\, gay as fuck (though actually bisexual)\, and a bastion of all things weird and strange (though pretty serious\, ok?); smokin’ holy spirits is Canada’s favourite sacrilegious pastime. \nBlurbs for smokin’ holy spirits: \n“A shootin’ the shit poetics that falls into a free-wheeling polyphonic journey with counter-culture undertones and feel good overtones” – Kevin Spenst \n“Nainers’ book walks a tightrope between the twin peaks of nonsense and deep meaning with a wild bull ride that dares us to hang on for sweet joy with an open heart and good lingerie” – RC Weslowski \nAbout the Author: \nNate Nate Nainers is an award-winning poet\, storyteller\, and performance artist living on the unceded territories of the Kwikwetlem and Sto:Lo First Nations\, (PoCo\, BC). Their first book\, “It’s Gonna Be Sick As Hell!” (Wharfingers Press) came out in 2022. In 2024 they placed 3rd at the Vancouver Story Slam Championship at the Vogue Theatre. In 2025\, they wrote and produced two 40 minute solo shows with music and aspects of clown; “Berry Stained Teeth\,” and “Jerald the Space Bear” which was performed at North Vancouver’s Arts in the Garden. In 2026 they were also a featured artist at Galiano Literary Festival. They have been a board member for SAD Magazine\, as well as a co-producer for Parade of Lost Souls\, and founded the street performance group\, Wizard Walks\, as well as Whoa Whoa Hey Now Cabaret\, and the League of Fuddy Duddies with Silly Hats. \nPurchase Tix Here: \nhttps://www.enablingarts.com/product/smokin-holy-spirits-book-launch/F6DU6CDIHD5HENVPYQ62XC6L
URL:https://www.readlocalbc.ca/event/book-launch-smokin-holy-spirits-by-nate-nate-nainers/
LOCATION:Enabling Arts\, 104-343 Railway Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6A 1A4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Interview,Launch,Reading
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