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We’re so excited to finally announce that we’ll be bringing our dystopia pop solo show I DON’T EVEN MISS YOU home after its national tour (with stops in Ottawa at the Undercurrents Festival @ottawafringe , Toronto as part of @factorytheatre ’s 2024-2025 season, and in Calgary as part of @verbtheatre ’s 2024-2025 season and the 2025 @highperformancerodeo ). Join us for a fall stop in Edmonton as part of @commongroundarts ’ upcoming Prairie Mainstage Series! ❤️‍🔥✨ (Also beyond stoked to be programmed alongside the amazing @wequittheatre + with their multidisciplinary I AM YOUR SPANIEL; OR, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BY GISLINA PATTERSON. 🐕🪩) More to come in the coming months, but in the meantime— see you in October, YEG 🌱 ⋆. 𐙚 ˚⋆. 𐙚 ˚⋆. 𐙚 ˚⋆. 𐙚 ˚⋆. 𐙚 ˚⋆. 𐙚 ˚⋆. 𐙚 ˚⋆. 𐙚 ˚⋆. 𐙚 ˚ 🅸 🅳🅾🅽’🆃 🅴🆅🅴🅽 🅼🅸🆂🆂 🆈🅾🆄 Produced by @tinybearjaws Written & performed by @elenabelyea   Direction & dramaturgy by Emma Tibaldo Sound & video design by @torigmorrison Music by Elena Belyea & Tori Morrison Choreography by @giannamartinevacirca Assistant Choreography by @ainsleyhillyard   Lighting design by @heywhittyn Set design by @gilceven Technical direction & production management by @jason.eckenroth (Edmonton 2026) Associate producer & captions operated by @macbrockisover Stage managed by @andreaquetzal Additional music support/dramaturgy by @mandsypants Caption transcription by @davidgagnonwalker Promo photo by @briannejang Full credits at commongroundarts.ca. #idemy #theatre #edmontontheatre

we are ONE WEEK away 🌷from our in-process sharing 🌖 of 🌱 APOLOGY SHOW 🌱 we’re so excited to share some NEW SONGS + OTHER EXCEPTS in hopes of figuring out what this show is ☁️ and dreams ☁️ of being ☁️ ⏱️‼️ running wednesday, january 28 to friday, january 30 with showtimes changing nightly ‼️⏱️ see u there ❤️‍🔥

📍Tarragon Theatre (30 Bridgman Avenue, Toronto)
🎟️ $18 for a single ticket, $39 for a festival pass
🗓️ January 28-30, 2026 (Wednesday to Friday)

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Produced by Tiny Bear Jaws @tinybearjaws 
Text, Music and Performed by Elena Belyea (@elenabelyea )
Directed by Sadie Epstein-Fine
Sound Design and Music Direction by Tori Morrison (@torigmorrison )
Production Management by Dylan Tate-Howarth (@dylanmollyth )
Costume Design by Malcolm LeBlanc (@m_a_leblanc )
Dramaturgy and Associate Direction by Caleigh Crow (@caleigh_crow )
Additional Dramaturgical Support by Sadie Epstein-Fine, Dylan Tate-Howarth, Tori Morrison, Rob Baker, Syd Campbell, Jenna Rodgers
2024 Workshop Production Costume Design by Dylan Mitro
Promotional photos by Brianne Jang (@briannejang )
Photo shoot assistance from Sarah Emslie (@__emslie__ ) 

#newplay #theatre #queer #theatre

🥀 WILL WE EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN? 🥀 Part pop concert, roleplay, confession, and dissertation, The Researcher searches for answers but only finds more questions. What is an apology? What differentiates a good one from a bad one? Do apologies help? If so, why? Join us in TWO WEEKS for a workshop presentation of @elenabelyea ’s new play with music, directed by Sadie Epstein-Fine, as part of @tarragontheater ’s Greenhouse Festival, January 28-30. THREE SHOWS ONLY. TICKETS ON SALE NOW. 🔗 LINK IN BIO 🔗 🌱 WE LITERALLY 🌱 CANNOT FIGURE OUT 🌱 WHAT THIS IS WITHOUT YOU 🌱 📍Tarragon Theatre (30 Bridgman Avenue, Toronto) 🎟️ $18 for a single ticket, $39 for a festival pass 🗓️ January 28-30, 2026 (Wednesday to Friday) 🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻 Produced by Tiny Bear Jaws @tinybearjaws Text, Music and Performed by Elena Belyea (@elenabelyea ) Directed by Sadie Epstein-Fine Sound Design and Music Direction by Tori Morrison (@torigmorrison ) Production Management by Dylan Tate-Howarth (@dylanmollyth ) Costume Design by Malcolm LeBlanc (@m_a_leblanc ) Dramaturgy and Associate Direction by Caleigh Crow (@caleigh_crow ) Additional Dramaturgical Support by Sadie Epstein-Fine, Dylan Tate-Howarth, Tori Morrison, Rob Baker, Syd Campbell, Jenna Rodgers 2024 Workshop Production Costume Design by Dylan Mitro Promotional photos by Brianne Jang (@briannejang ) Photo shoot assistance from Sarah Emslie (@__emslie__ ) #newplay #theatre #queer #theatre

🎭 HAPPY WORLD THEATRE DAY! 🎭 we’re so thankful to have been making work and building new friendships for the past DECADE! (time flies when you’ve got a snack table). you’ve ever joined us to help bring any of our shows to life, we (tori & eli) are very very very grateful for you ❤️‍🔥 photos are from our past shows: EVERYONE WE KNOW WILL BE THERE (A HOUSE PARTY IN ONE ACT) 🍻 CLEAVE ✂️ MISS KATELYN’S GRADE THREES PREPARE FOR THE INEVITABLE ✏️ THE WORST THING I COULD BE (IS HAPPY) 💧 GENDER? I HARDLY KNOW THEM 🌈 SMOKE 🔥 THIS WON’T HURT, I PROMISE 🎤 I DON’T EVEN MISS YOU 🪩 APOLOGY SHOW 🥀 taken by @briannejang , @dahliakatz , and @mat.simpson did you see any of the above?⚡️ let us know ⚡️

an enormous & heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who supported our in-process sharing of APOLOGY SHOW last week, including: ☁️ THE TARRAGON THEATRE @tarragontheatreto ☁️ 🌱 THE GREENHOUSE FESTIVAL 🌱 (Especially Jonnie, Annasofie, and Justin, for curating us) 💌 EVERYONE WHO CAME TO SEE THE SHOW 💌 🌸 OUR WONDERFUL CREATIVE TEAM 🌸 your help, questions, responses, reactions, tech support, and feedback are all ⚡️ deeply ⚡️ appreciated and we CANNOT WAIT to apply what we learned to APOLOGY SHOW’s next iteration! 🌺 until next time ❤️‍🔥

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Produced by Tiny Bear Jaws @tinybearjaws 
Text, Music and Performed by Elena Belyea (@elenabelyea )
Directed by Sadie Epstein-Fine
Sound Design and Music Direction by Tori Morrison (@torigmorrison )
Production Management by Dylan Tate-Howarth (@dylanmollyth )
Costume Design by Malcolm LeBlanc (@m_a_leblanc )
Dramaturgy and Associate Direction by Caleigh Crow (@caleigh_crow )
Additional Dramaturgical Support by Sadie Epstein-Fine, Dylan Tate-Howarth, Tori Morrison, Rob Baker, Syd Campbell, Jenna Rodgers
2024 Workshop Production Costume Design by Dylan Mitro
Promotional photos by Brianne Jang (@briannejang )
Photo shoot assistance from Sarah Emslie (@__emslie__ ) Archival photos by Jae Yang (@silentjae ) 

#newplay #theatre #queer #theatre

"Profound, unique, and innovative!" 𝗔𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗬 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 opened Night 2 of the Greenhouse Festival to rave reactions 💥🥲 Catch the final performances: ✨ TONIGHT at 9:15PM ✨ Jan. 30 at 7:30PM 🎟️ Get your tickets!! Creator/Performer - Elena Belyea Director - Sadie Epstein-Fine Sound Designer/Music Director - Tori Morrison Production Manager - Dylan Tate-Howarth Costume Designer - Malcolm LeBlanc Dramaturg/Associate Director - Caleigh Crow 📸 by Jae Yang (@silentjae )

🌿 it’s here it’s here it’s finally here!!! 🌱🌱🌱 this is the week we finally get to share some of our little show 🌷 with @tarragontheatreto audiences as part of the 🌻greenhouse 🌻 festival of new work 🌻! we’d love to have you there 🪩 part research project, part pop concert, and big-time audience-centric, APOLOGY SHOW literally can’t happen without you! ❤️‍🔥 ⛓️‍💥 LINK TO TICKETS IN BIO ⛓️‍💥 ⏱️‼️ running wednesday, january 28 to friday, january 30 with showtimes changing nightly, so check the greenhouse schedule to double-check what’s playing when! ‼️⏱️

📍Tarragon Theatre (30 Bridgman Avenue, Toronto)
🎟️ $18 for a single ticket, $39 for a festival pass
🗓️ January 28-30, 2026 (Wednesday to Friday)

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Produced by Tiny Bear Jaws @tinybearjaws 
Text, Music and Performed by Elena Belyea (@elenabelyea )
Directed by Sadie Epstein-Fine
Sound Design and Music Direction by Tori Morrison (@torigmorrison )
Production Management by Dylan Tate-Howarth (@dylanmollyth )
Costume Design by Malcolm LeBlanc (@m_a_leblanc )
Dramaturgy and Associate Direction by Caleigh Crow (@caleigh_crow )
Additional Dramaturgical Support by Sadie Epstein-Fine, Dylan Tate-Howarth, Tori Morrison, Rob Baker, Syd Campbell, Jenna Rodgers
2024 Workshop Production Costume Design by Dylan Mitro
Promotional photos by Brianne Jang (@briannejang )
Photo shoot assistance from Sarah Emslie (@__emslie__ ) 

#newplay #theatre #queer #theatre

We had an AMAZING time 🌷 during our workshop 🌸 of APOLOGY SHOW 💐 at @tarragontheatreto last week! 🌼 An enormous thank you to everyone who joined us for our invited sharing— your feedback 📝 and presence ✨ was INVALUABLE. We can’t wait to return 🪩 in January to share APOLOGY SHOW’s next iteration as part of the 2026 Greenhouse Festival! 🌱 Stay tuned 👀 to find out more 🪻 Tickets to Greenhouse onsale now, link in bio 🔗⚡️ #canadiantheatre #newplay #theatre #music

Up next in the Greenhouse Festival line-up: 𝗔𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗬 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 🥲 Part concert, monologue, and research project, 𝗔𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗬 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 is an intimate exploration of accountability, regeneration, and repair where select audience members are invited to role-play their dream apology. Written and Performed by Elena Belyea (@elenabelyea ) Directed by Sadie Epstein-Fine Sound Design and Music Direction by Tori Morrison (@torigmorrison ) Songs by Elena Belyea Production Managed by Dylan Tate-Howarth (@dylanmollyth ) Costume Design by Malcolm LeBlanc (@m_a_leblanc ) Dramaturgy by Caleigh Crow (@caleigh_crow ) 🗓️ Showtimes: January 28 @ 7:30PM January 29 @ 9:15PM January 30 @ 7:30PM 🎟️ Buy festival pass for just $39 and stay tuned for more exciting announcements! Additional Dramaturgical Support by Sadie Epstein-Fine, Dylan Tate-Howarth, Malcolm LeBlanc, Dylan Mitro, Tori Morrison, Rob Baker, Syd Campbell, Jenna Rodgers Produced by Tiny Bear Jaws Poster by Elena Belyea

we had a great time earlier this october, back in workshop for our new piece with music APOLOGY SHOW x some of what we explored this month, with the generous support of a @buddiesto + @ontarioartscouncil recommender’s grant (thank you thank you thank you thank you) 🌱 continued uncovering the character and world 🌱 welcomed our costume designer/builder malcolm leblanc into the process 🌱 revisited/rewrote three new songs 🌱 shared an invited reading with a small test audience we can’t wait to get back together in december with this warm, innovative and endlessly generous team (along with our heart eyes dramaturg/associate director caleigh crow) as we prepare to share ar @tarragontheatreto ‘s greenhouse festival this january 2026 🌸🌷🪻 a huge thank you to @outside_the_march as well for letting us use their space! CREATIVE TEAM DIRECTOR - sadie epstein-fine
WRITER/PERFORMER/SONGWRITER/CO-PRODUCER - elena eli belyea @elenabelyea PRODUCTION MANAGER - dylan tate-howarth @dylanmollyth SOUND DESIGN/CO-PRODUCER - tori morrison @torigmorrison DRAMATURGY/ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - caleigh crow @caleigh_crow COSTUME DESIGN - malcolm leblanc #newplay #canadian #theatre

We’re so excited to share the next iteration of our play with music APOLOGY SHOW as part of @tarragontheatreto upcoming Greenhouse Festival 🪴 in Toronto this upcoming January! 🌳 APOLOGY SHOW is an intimate and confessional concert/space for reflection, where audience members will be invited to consider their dream apology. 🎹☁️✨ During this residency, we’ll be exploring the impact of APOLOGY SHOW’s narrative being more significantly guided by audience’ offerings than in our last workshop.🫀 Watch this space ⚡️ to find out 🎤 more 🌱 📸 and costume by @meetdylan #newplay #newwork #canadiantheatre

✌️✌️✌️ We’ve been in workshop in Toronto all week (thanks an in-kind space donation from @outside_the_march ), working on music for our new play, APOLOGY SHOW! Here’s a peek at what we’ve been up to 🎤🧑‍🎤 To find out more about the show as it develops, watch this space! 👀⚡️ #theatre #queer #newwork #newplay #music