Motley Play Reading

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Did you ever feel that something was missing from your life?

Motley Theatre Company presents

Corpus Callosum

a play by

Anna MacKay-Smith

Starring:

Rosemary Dunsmore

&

Janet-Laine Green

Reading by Cathie Daley

*Actors subject to change due to unforeseen professional commitments

About Corpus Callosum

The corpus callosum is the connective tissue that relays signals between the left and right hemisphere of the brain and make it function as one entity.  Each hemisphere has it’s own distinct “personality”.  Right hemisphere takes care of the functions such as creativity, imagination and spirituality. The left hemisphere deals with language, order and logic.

In Anna MacKay-Smith’s humorous and touching play, Corpus Callosum, twins separated at a young age each have a personality that reflects the extreme of each hemisphere. What happens when their worlds collide? How do these clashing personalities find their way back to the synchronistic relationship they once had.  Can they reconnect their corpus callosum after it has been severed for so many years?

Rosemary Dunsmore

Rosemary is an award winning actress, director and teacher whose career has taken her across Canada, the United States and Europe. Rosemary recently appeared on stage in Toronto in Tout Comme Elle, The New Electric Ballroom (Dora nomination best actress), Kayak, Festen, The Sisters Rosenswieg, The Glass Menagerie.  She has been recently seen in the feature films The Baby Formula (Actra Best Actress Award), Orphan, At Home By Myself With Me, BBC mini-series Burn Up, TV movies: The Good Times Are Killing Me, Too Late to Say Goodbye, When Love is Not Enough, Red, The Santa Suit, episodes of Crash and Burn, Murdoch Mysteries, Living in my Car, web-series Guidestones and the YTV series Unnatural History.   She directed The Beauty Queen of Leenane at the Neptune Theatre in Halifax in early 2011 followed by The Skin of Our Teeth at George Brown College.  She will direct My Granny The Goldfish at Factory Theatre in early 2010. She is the Actor in Residence at the Canadian Film Centre. She was chosen by Maclean’s Magazine in 1990 for the Honour Roll of Canadians Who Make a Difference.

Janet-Laine Green

Janet-Laine Green is the mayor on the new series for Vision TV, She’s The Mayor. Her television credits include lead roles in Haven, I Me Wed, MVP, Conspiracy, This Is Wonderland, Doc, Blue Murder, Anne of Green Gables the Continuing Story, Kung Fu, Road To Avonlea and Seeing Things. Her most recent film work includes Mulroney, The Opera, The Stone Angel, Niagara Motel, The Limit, Striking Poses and The Circle Game. Janet -Laine produces, directs and acts for her company Briefcase Productions, She directed the play Menopositive in several theatres in Ontario. Janet -Laine has received nine award nominations including a 2000 Gemini nomination for her guest appearance on the hit series Traders, a 1990 TV Week Award for Best actress in The Beachcombers and a 1995 Dora Award nomination for her portrayal of Margot in the Canadian Stage production of Transit to Venus. She is also an acting teacher, presently teaching at Humber College, a private acting coach as and an on set film coach.

Anna MacKay-Smith (playwright)

Anna MacKay-Smith is a director, teacher, actor, producer and playwright living in Toronto. She is co-founder with Ken Welsh and Artistic Director of The Motley Theatre Company which has been running since 1996, producing over 80 plays for Uxbridge audiences.  She was founder and Artistic Director of The Players Academy for ten years. She has acted in theatres across Canada, including the Stratford Festival. She has and MFA in directing from York University and has directed over twenty plays, including The MOM Project, The Ah-Men Project and the WIT Project with women in the Uxbridge and Orillia community. She has taught acting at The Players Academy, York University, George Brown College, Sheridan College, Equity Showcase and Armstrong Acting Studios. She also coaches acting privately.  Anna is also a creativity coach for artists, as well as for those who wish to bring more creativity into their lives.  Corpus Callosum is her first play for adults.