Youth Infringement Festival 2023

Now in its 24th year, the Youth Infringement Festival is an open access performing arts festival for Ottawa youth ages 16 to 25 to develop and produce original work. The Festival will showcase six original one-act plays written, directed, stage-managed, and performed by artists who are under the age of 25. This year, in order to decrease financial barriers, all tickets are pay-what-you-can: for in-person tickets, patrons can choose the option they're comfortable with from our PWYC pricing tiers; for streaming tickets, we are accepting donations in any amount for a link to the night's programming.

Join us at 6:15pm each night for live entertainment in the Studio!

For everyone's safety, we will be enforcing mask wearing during the festival. You can remove your mask when eating or drinking ONLY when seated. And we have some tasty snacks lined up for you at concessions ?

Wednesday, March 8 @ 7pm

Four Exes and a Funeral

Reality

À Demain

Thursday, March 9 @ 7pm

À Demain

Four Exes and a Funeral

Reality

Friday, March 10 @ 7pm

Reality

À Demain

Four Exes and a Funeral

Wednesday, March 15 @ 7pm

Study 108

CTRL

The Formaldehyde Files

Thursday, March 16 @ 7pm

CTRL

The Formaldehyde Files

Study 108

Friday, March 17 @ 7pm

The Formaldehyde Files

Study 108

CTRL

Reality, by Victoria Ricciardelli

Reality is a piece that explores the mysteries of the mind, unearthing a specific perspective of reality. The protagonist, Psyche, wanders through life in different states of being and attempts to make sense of the world around them. Traversing experiences of disassociation, isolation, and all facets of love, the narrative follows the growth of someone struggling with their mental health. Jumping between time and illusion, the story follows Psyche from the darkest parts of their past to their brightest outlooks of the future. Both relatable and distinctive, Reality is a psychological thriller that transforms into a love story between oneself and their recovery.

Four Exes and a Funeral, by Samantha Perry

Maddie's sudden death brings four of her exes together in unexpected ways. Each from a different stage of her life, Cassie, John, Jamie, and Luca have vastly different Maddies that they're mourning. But which version is true? Who knew her better, if at all? In this one-act 'dramedy' we remember that ultimately, funerals are not for the dead, they're for who is left behind.

À demain, by Alissa Stella Chayer Demers

À demain is a bilingual play about a dying woman and her personal care worker. More importantly, it’s a play about life, death, love, and how to deal with them.

The Formaldehyde Files, by Celeste Cormier

Hello, IT. Have you tried restarting the system? Have you tried closing some tabs? Have you tried unplugging the jumper cables from the neck of your gothic creation?

The stage is set for Dr. Vector Finkelstein and his assistant Egor's experiment to finally come into fruition, with a little help from tech support. The body? Prepped. The lightning rod? Primed. The cop sniffing around? A problem.

Study 108, by Luke McCaskill

After agreeing to participate in an experiment offered at a local health institute, Mr. Ducat is forced to confront the sins of his past. As the experiment continues at the insistence of a researcher who cares only for results, what’s real and surreal becomes harder to discern, and an apparition of Mr. Ducat’s past comes to haunt him.

CTRL, by Sophie Goyette-Hamels and Collaborators

A devised dance-theatre piece interrogating fascism, dictatorship, and the cult of personality.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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