SCA | Quick News | May 9, 2025
rEvolver Festival 2025
There is massive SCA participation in Upintheair Theatre's rEvolver Festival, including SCA alumni (Creator/Director/Performer), and (Performers), and (Stage Manager) in ; SCA alumnus as Director of ; and SCA alumnus as both the Co-Creator/Co-Director/Translator for and Co-producer for , all as part of the festival's . Also, the festival's include , which has SCA alumni as a Performer/Creator and as a Performer; and , a showcase of new work from SCA folks, including 's WORD VOMIT (with SCA students Wu, Camille Millar, and as Performers and Video Design by SCA alumnus ); 's Nostalgia and Nostalgia (with Gherasim, SCA alumnus , and Elie DeCorby as Performers, Music/Sound by SCA student Kai MacDonnell, Video Design by SCA alumnus and SCA students and ); and 's Output (with Maher and SCA students , , Gabrielle Comartin, , and , and Kira Cooper and Kaitlin Leitch). Whew! That's confusing, and we hope we got everyone! Altogether, the rEvolver Festival runs May 21 – June 1, 2025. Find everything you need to know about locations, times, tickets, and more .
Chambers and Sachar collaborate for Indian Summer
In their first choreographic collaboration, the SCA's and Simran Sachar are presenting Today is the evening to strike lightning / Aaj To Bijiliyan Girane Ki Shaam Hai on Saturday, July 5, 2025, from 7:30?PM – 9:00 PM at the Annex (823 Seymour St., Vancouver), presented as part of the curated edition of the Indian Summer Festival, co-presented with the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, and supported by Vancouver Civic Theatres and the Hari Sharma Foundation. More .
Marks talks Enfolded Media
The SCA's Laura U. Marks gave the keynote talk, "Enfolded Media, from Glissant to Small Files," for the OPACITIES seminar, running May 6 & 7, 2025, in the Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre at National College of Art & Design, Dublin, convened by . More .
Wong in Dream Factory
, who was our Fall 2023 Audain Visual Artist in Residence, is presenting a "show-stopping stage installation" as part of Dream Factory: Cantopop Mandopop 1980s-2000, which opens May 28, 2025, at the Chinese Canadian Museum (51 E. Pender St., Vancouver). More .
Smith inaugurates the 3rd Thursday
The SCA's joins T?uy?t?tanat-Cease Wyss, Johanna Hauser, Lisa Cay Miller, and Themba Tana for the inaugural 3rd Thursday, a new improvised music series, on Thursday, May 15, 2025, from 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM at 8EAST (8 East Pender St., Vancouver). More .
Congratulations, Vanessa!
SCA alumnus Vanessa Goodman () was announced as the recipient of the annual from The Dance Centre, along with Eric Cheung, who received the biennial Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award. Congratulations! Find out more .
Tremors 2025
SCA alumnus 's Dream Machine is running as part of Rumble Theatre's Tremors Festival, which runs June 6 – 8, 2025, at Progress Lab (1422 William St, Vancouver BC). SCA alumni (Collaborator for Christine Genier's Dear Star Trek), (Lightning Designer for Kern Albert & Donna-Michelle St. Bernard's Panoptikon), and (Dramaturg for Paige Louter's Nod) are also part of the programming, while (Lead Producer), , and (Venue Technicians) are part of the Festival Team. More .
SCA judging BCSFF
With a jury of SCA film students, including , , , and , the British Columbia Student Film Festival, open to students from grades 8-12, is having its on Saturday, May 24, 2025, from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, in the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema here at the School for the Contemporary Arts (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver), presented with support from the Vancouver Film School. More .
Prairie Dusk in Concert
If you're in Calgary, don't miss SCA alumnus ' Prairie Dusk in Concert on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM (doors at 6:30 PM, at Congress Coffee Company (215 36 Avenue Northeast #1A Calgary). More .
Congratulations, Cheadle!
Theatre Replacement announced SCA alumnus as their 2025 COLLIDER Artist. As TR describe it, COLLIDER is "a project-centered incubator that provides key opportunities for experimental artists through mentorship, access to studio space, a commissioning fee of $5,000 as well as presentation opportunities in HOLD ON LET GO." Congratulations! Find out more about COLLIDER .
The Frontliners reviewed
Read Stir Vancouver's review of Zahida Rahemtulla's , running May 1 – 11, 2025, at the Firehall Arts Centre, with SCA alumnus as director, and SCA alumni (Lighting Designer), (Associate Sound Designer), (Apprentice Stage Manager) (Production Manager) behind the scenes. Read it .
Lake Fire reviewed
Read a review of , the new record by SCA alumnus , out now from . Read it . Also, Leeds UK based online record shop Norman Records shared this good "album of the week" review, too. Read it .
顿á濒补惫补 at Zameen Art House
SCA Instructor and Julia Ulehla's project is having a set of shows to celebrate the release of their new album, , out now on Pi Recordings, on May 31, June 1, and June 7, 2025, at Zameen Art House on Granville Island (1515 Anderson St, Vancouver). More .
Shaffer's Foundations in Contact
, an SCA alumnus and Associate Artistic Director of EDAM, is running beginner-friendly Foundations in Contact classes on Thursdays from May 22 – June 26, 2025, from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM at EDAM Dance (303 East 8th Ave, Vancouver). More .
Brkovic plays Grad Party
SCA alumnus joins Lunr Girl, The Ryze, nic, Video, Media Resources, and ALL Y0R BA55 for Grad Party on Saturday, May 10, 2025, starting at 9:00 PM at Hargrove Studios (150 E 3rd Ave, Vancouver, Back Alley Entrance), presented by Radio Emily and Emily Carr Student Union. More .
Rahi and Po's Music for Augmented Pipe Organ
SCA PhD student and Angelique Po (organist and Director of Music at St. Andrew’蝉-Wesley United Church) are presenting an evening of Music for Augmented Pipe Organ on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM at St. Andrew's Wesley United Church (#100 – 1022 Nelson Street, Vancouver). More .
HEAVEN FM at the VAG
Read Stir Vancouver on the world premiere of by (the interdisciplinary arts company formed by SCA alumni , , and ) on Sunday, May 18, 2025, from 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM, in Courtroom 302 at the Vancouver Art Gallery (750 Hornby St, Vancouver). HEAVEN FM is developed and led by Gan, working with SCA alumni , , and , and Juolin Lee as co-creators and performers. Read it .
Mountain Jade
SCA alumnus is presenting Mountain Jade from September 24, 2024 – June 27, 2026, at the he Crow Museum at the The University of Texas at Dallas. More .
2025/26 at The Cultch
The Cultch have announced their 2025/26 season and it includes the Electric Company Theatre's presentation of Carmen Aguirre's , which has SCA alumni in the cast and on Technical Direction & Media Integration; Theatre Replacement's , written by Marcus Youssef with SCA alumnus Pedro Chamale (Artistic Director of ); the frank theatre company's (which has SCA alumnus as Artistic & Executive Director) production of Anais West's ; Theatre Replacement's production of Veda Hille and SCA alumnus ’蝉 ; and so much more. See the whole season and some ticket package options .
Wylie is a 2025-28 PTC Associate
Playwrights Theatre Centre (PTC) have announced Christina Cook and SCA alumnus as their incoming 2025-28 Associates, who will be residence with them to work their projects Proof Enough and Lost Season, respectively. Congratulations! More .
SCA at Cannes
SCA alumni and are presenting as part of the programming, and SCA alumni 's and 's are part of the programming at the 2025 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. More .
Momo in NYC
SCA MFA student and Belinda He are presenting IN ABStENTIA on Monday, May 12, 2025, as part of Movement Research at NYC's Judson Memorial Church (243 Thompson St., New York). More .
Sloth Canon
The good folks at The Dance Centre asked us to shared about the upcoming world premiere of Sloth Canon, which they describe as "a thrilling new international creation by Vancouver’蝉 and Singapore’蝉 The Human Expression (T.H.E) Dance Company which is inspired by the idea of building – and breaking apart." Company 605 Co-Director is a regular Sessional Instructor here at the SCA, and we're told SCA dance students and were both interns during the creation of the work. Catch Sloth Canon from June 5 – 6, 2025, at 8:00 PM & June 7, 2025, at both 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM at The Dance Centre (677 Davie St, Vancouver). Find out more .
Arts & Health's Exhibition & Gala Showcase
Inviting "artists, seniors and Elders to dance, sing, weave, write, paint, and develop collaborative art projects of all kinds," SCA MFA student , who's also part of the team at Arts & Health: Healthy Aging Through the Arts, shared that Arts & Health are holding their 19th annual Exhibition from May 27 – June 5, 2025, and Gala Showcase on Friday, May 30, from 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM, at the Roundhouse Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver). More .
Growing Pains – Dance Party
SCA alumnus is providing "glitchy video art projections" for Unity Arts Collective's Growing Pains – Dance Party tonight – Friday, May 9, 2025, at 9:30 PM – at the Cobalt (917 Main St., Vancouver). Get tickets .
Smith's I Saw You in the Archive
SCA alumnus is presenting her MFA Thesis exhibition, I Saw You in the Archive, from May 15 – 31, 2025, with an opening on Thursday, May 15, from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, in Gallery One on the University of Waterloo Art Gallery (263 Phillip St, Waterloo, ON). More .
Through the Flow of Summer Snow
SCA alumnus 's Through the Flow of Summer Snow is screening as part of Program Two: Let Mama Go at the Vancouver Short Film Festival on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at 1:00 PM in the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema here at the 51社区黑料School for the Contemporary Arts (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver). More .
D’Anuncia??o's Becoming
Presented by the , SCA alumnus is premiering Becoming, "an immersive multi-screen installation exploring memory and transformation," on June 4 & 5, 2025, from 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM, with at an opening reception, public screening, and conversation on June 4 at 7:00 PM and a Dance workshop on June 5 from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM, at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver). More .
Goodman's Tuning
SCA alumnus is presenting the European premiere of Tuning on May 15 & 16, 2025, at T-Werk (Schiffbauergasse 4 E 14467, Potsdam), presented as part of Potsdamer Tanztage 2025. More .
Reduce, Reuse, Tetra Pak Intaglio
SCA alumnus is offering the workshop, Reduce, Reuse, Tetra Pak Intaglio, on June 21 & 22, 2025, from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, at Dundarave Print Workshop (1640 Johnston Street, Vancouver). More .
XINEMA's Image After Stone
Ocean Falls by SCA alumni and and Aidan Whitele and Ermacora's Empire Valley are screening as part of XINEMA's Image After Stone on Thursday, May 15, 2025, from 8:30 PM – 10:30 PM at the Fieldhouse in Norquay Park (5050 Wales St., Vancouver). More .
Magnanensi & Smulovitz at the Gumboot
Giorgio Magnanensi and the SCA's are opening for Lunr Girl on Friday, May 16, 2025, at 8:00 PM at the Gumboot Cafe (1053 Roberts Creek Road, Roberts Creek, BC). More .
Calderon's Playwrights Hangout
SCA alumnus , who's also the Artistic Producer & Dramaturg for Playwrights Theatre Centre (PTC), is hosting a "Playwrights Hangout" on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Luppolo Brewing Co. (1123 Venables St., Vancouver), presented by Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance (GVPTA). More .
Koochakzadeh-Yazdi plays in Toronto
SCA alumnus is performing as part of the Link Music Lab Label Release Party on Saturday, May 10, 2025, from 8:00 PM – 2:00 AM at Cafeteria (1650 Dupont St, Toronto). More .
Hot Dyke Party at the Astoria
, the band with SCA alumni , , and , and Blue Chu, Hayley Sullivan, and Thule van den Dam, are playing Friday, May 23, 2025, at 8:00 PM at the Astoria (769 East Hastings St., Vancouver). More .
Small Files in a Small Theatre
, a free miniature theatre, presented a screening of films. See some documentation .
Tsai's Another glass of wine
SCA alumnus is performing Another glass of wine, a duet with Max Hanic, and featuring production design by SCA student , on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 7:00 PM, at The Dance Centre (677 Davie St, Vancouver), presented as part of The Dance Centre's Open Stage #5. More .
Reimer at the Cluster Festival
SCA alumnus is performing as part of the on Friday, June 6, 2025, with doors at 7:30 PM at The West End Cultural Centre (586 Ellice Ave., Winnipeg). More .
Patchbay's Satellite
SCA alumni and 's Patchbay project is hosting Satellite, "a free, outdoor ambient music concert and stargazing event in Elm Park," on Saturday, May 31, 2025, from 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM, at the Elm Park Fieldhouse (5837 Larch St., Vancouver). RSVP .
Friedenberg's workshop at LIFT
SCA MFA student is running a workshop on May 22, 2025, from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, presented as part of LIFT: Inverso Intergenerational Festival. More .
Resonance Beneath the Maple Tree
SCA alumnus is performing Resonance Beneath the Maple Tree, the 10th Anniversary of the great label , on Saturday, June 21, 2025, from 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM, at the Salty Pear Studio Gallery (279 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island). More .
Chan talks A Taste of Hong Kong on Q
SCA alumnus SCA alumnus was a guest on CBC's Q to talk about , running May 13 – 17, 2025, at the Theatre Passe (Muraille, 16 Ryerson Ave., Toronto), which also has SCA alumni (Lighting Design), (Sound Design), and (Production Management) behind the scenes. Listen .
Chimerik 似不像 are Associate Artists
, which has SCA alumni and as Co-Artistic Directors, are part of SummerWorks' inaugural 2025/26 Associate Artists program. More HERE.