August 2013
- Theatre Review -- Around Miss Julie
as featured on Three Weeks Edinburgh - Based on the famous work by August Stringberg ‘Around Miss Julie’ takes an interesting and amusing take on the classic text. Focusing on the actors putting on a version of the play, this show is a must watch for any performer or director. Creating comedic moments from the perils of early rehearsal and ‘how they were going to ‘do’ the... (Read more)
- Around of Applause
as featured on BroadwayBaby.com - It’s rare that, at the close of a play, I’m still anxious to follow its characters around, still curious about their lives and where they lead but after the uproarious, somewhat abrupt close of Around Miss Julie, which follows the lives and loves of three Canadian actors as they rehearse an ill-fated contemporary adaptation (‘Miss Julie in a Snowstorm’) of... (Read more)
July 2013
- Hamilton Fringe 2013 Reviews
as featured on View Magazine Online - Around Miss Julie Review by Katie Penrose This is an interestingly–written play with a vibrant main character Julie, who is funny in an unusual way and almost glows with her strange qualities. Bubbly, full of hope, fresh–faced Julie has come into some money recently and by unorthodox means intends to produce and direct a play with the cash for personal... (Read more)
- Around Miss Julie (second review)
as featured on Hamilton Fringe Festival Community Reviews - Playwright: Harry Standjofski Director: Norah Paton Cast: Mitchell Cohen, Miriam Cummings, Lindsey Huebner, Samantha Megarry Review by: Katie Stoneman Art imitating, life imitating art. Around Miss Julie is a must see if you like a show with laughs and lots of sexual tension; a pretty good mix of things. It’s a play about putting on a play. Basically, it offers... (Read more)
- Hopegrown Tour, Part 4, It’s a venue!
as featured on Bloody Underrated - By Miriam Cummings, Hopegrown Productions Getting to London, Ontario was the first true “people piled in a car road trip” leg of the tour. At 5:00am on July 2, Hopegrown (and Around Miss Julie) piled into two cars. Norah and Tariq (Sam’s boyfriend and arguably Hopegrown’s #1 Fan) got us safely into London with half an hour to spare before... (Read more)
- Hopegrown Tour, Part 3, On to the next… Ottawa!
as featured on Bloody Underrated - By Norah Paton, Hopegrown Productions Ottawa was the first stop on our ʻhometown tourʼ of Ontario this summer. Leaving Montreal meant we were sort of living on the road, although with Lindsey and my parents both based in Ottawa, it also meant staying in nicer houses than our apartments in Montreal. We also left Tara and Sonya in Montreal, which... (Read more)
- Around Miss Julie – Summer tour 2013…catch it while you can!
as featured on The Beat Magazine - By Trish West Around Miss Julie is an adaptation of an adaptation of August Strindberg’s classic play Miss Julie. Having had no prior knowledge of this classic, I wasn’t sure how much of the humor or story line I would catch. As the play progressed, I knew I didn’t have to worry, as the Playwright Harry Standjofski has set this... (Read more)
- Kenneth Chisholm's Review – Around Miss Julie
as featured on Theatre In London - By Kenneth Chisholm Some actors can keep an intellectual wall around their roles, but for others, theatre is not always that emotionally simple. This play compellingly illustrates that truth with a challenging narrative where the actors’ roles and their personal lives intertwine to the point where differentiating each is a matter of interpretation. In a rented theatre, a small company’s... (Read more)
- Hopegrown Tour, Part 2, Every new beginning
as featured on Bloody Underrated - By Lindsey Huebner, Hopegrown Productions Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end… Lines from the 13th Hour hit ‘Closing Time’ still rattle through my head, even days after our final a capella rendition. Post-show, post-Frankies, post-dance party, post-goodbyes, post-Montreal FRINGE: we found ourselves in the nation’s capital for round two. This was the play I never thought would... (Read more)
June 2013
- Matthew’s Review – Around Miss Julie @ Ottawa Fringe 2013
as featured on Production Ottawa - By Matthew Champ Hopegrown Productions presents Around Miss Julie, a play about a group of actors who come together to rehearse and perform a pulpy, purple-prose adaptation of Miss Julie with the “guidance” of a young director who feels that she has something to prove. Coming in hot from Montreal Fringe, Around Miss Julie garnered two award nominations for Best... (Read more)
- 5 Fringe Questions with Hopegrown Productions
as featured on Visitorium - I admit that I never really heard of Montreal’s Hopegrown Productions until I found out they would be sharing a venue with me at my inaugural acting Fringe. Their original show, Around Miss Julie, just made its debut in Ottawa after tearing it up at Montreal Fringe. Consisting of Graham Berlin, Miriam Cummings, Lindsey Huebner, Samantha Megarry & Norah Paton,... (Read more)
- On The Fringe Around Miss Julie
as featured on Hamilton Fringe - by Denyse Terry Around Miss Julie at the Hamilton Fringe Festival Five folks from Hopegrown Productions recently piled in to their rehearsal space to Skype-chat about their upcoming play, Around Miss Julie, and their extensive travel plans for the summer. The 45 minute show recently opened in Montreal and was nominated for Centaur Theatre’s Best Production: English Theatre Award. From... (Read more)
- Fringe Review - Around Miss Julie
as featured on The Main - Montreal - Posted by Uma Hopegrown Productions’ debut performance of Around Miss Julie by Harry Standjofski is a refreshing piece of theatre. Being a play about putting on a play, it’s about as self-reflexive as theatre gets. It’s a performance that humorously reveals the ups and (mostly) downs of what goes on behind the scenes when putting on a play. Featuring a... (Read more)
- Around Miss Julie - Two nominations
as featured on Festival St-Ambroise Fringe News - ##Two nominations for Hopegrown’s Around Miss Julie! They are: ###Centaur Theatre Best Production: English Theatre Award Nominees (so far): 2 for Tea (Life & Depth) Around Miss Julie (Hopegrown Productions) The Birdmann (The BIRDMANN) Dandyman (Varietyville Productions) Good Housekeeping (R.L. Palestine) Fuck You! You fucking Perv! (Leslie Baker) Little Orange Man (SNAFU Dance Theatre) Peter n’ Chris Explore their Bodies... (Read more)
- Around Miss Julie @ Ottawa Fringe 2013
as featured on Production Ottawa - By Josh Chenoweth Brought to you by Montréal’s Hopegrown Productions, Around Miss Julie tells the tale of a young theatre director and three actors adapting August Strindberg’s beloved classic while trying to deal with each other. Snowstorms, dead birds, and more await you in this dramedy penned by Harry Standjofski and directed by Norah Paton. ##ABOUT MISS JULIE (HOPEGROWN) By:... (Read more)
- Fringe Interview Series CUTV - Around Miss Julie
as featured on Concordia University TV - Graham and Miriam are interviewed by Concordia University Television (CUTV) about Around Miss Julie. (Read more)
- Around Miss Julie Gets the Part
as featured on The Link - Your Guide to FRINGE Fest 2013 By Alejandra Melian-Morse With a mission to bring more dynamic female roles to the stage, Hopegrown Productions showed promise in the pre-fringe hype, even managing to making it onto The Main’s list of Top 10 Fringe Picks . The play by Harry Standjofski does not disappoint. The team is successful not only in the... (Read more)
- Much Hope for Hopegrown
as featured on The Link - Concordia Theatre Group Debuts Around Miss Julie at Fringe Fest By Alejandra Melian-Morse If having playwright and director Harry Standjofski as a professor has taught his students one thing, it’s that—in the theatre world especially—you have to create your own opportunities. As a group of recently graduated Concordia fine arts students, Miriam Cummings, Lindsey Huebner and Samantha Megarry have realized... (Read more)
- Ladies Love Hopegrown Productions
as featured on The Main - Montreal - Posted by Lauren Marlowe Photo: Hopegrown Productions Hopegrown Productions was born out of necessity. Months earlier and a few months away from graduation, three fourth-year theatre students at Concordia University – Miriam Cummings, Lindsey Huebner and Samantha Megarry – in dreaded anticipation of the empty abyss of joblessness, post-study decided to find a play that they could possibly perform at... (Read more)
- Hopegrown Tour, Part 1 - Out of the Classroom and On the Road
as featured on http://bloodyunderrated.net - We at Hopegrown are pragmatic. Since the Fall, we’ve been anticipating this moment: the dance between the exhilaration of completing an undergraduate degree and the crushing fear of the future. We wanted to keep busy in the face of the unknown, so we designed a 6-city summer tour. Now it’s June, so it’s time to collect our gowns for Convocation... (Read more)
May 2013
- The Tension of Fresh out of School
as featured on The Charlebois Post - Canada - In September 2012, Hopegrown Productions was created by Miriam Cummings, Lindsey Huebner and Samantha Megarry to facilitate a 2013 Fringe Festival tour. Graduating from Concordia’s Theatre Performance program and keen to work together, the project was initiated to help bridge the gap between the academic and professional worlds. We commissioned Montreal playwright and director Harry Standjofski to write us a... (Read more)
