Now You See Her

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"It would be difficult to overstate how brilliantly realized and intricately crafted Now You See Her is. Everything means something, even the most casual choices are revealed to contribute to the braid of the story... If you're not sure what theatre is for anymore, this show will restore your faith in the art form." -- S. Bear Bergman, Mooney on Theatre "Now You See Her radiates wit, urgency, and theatricality." --Jose Teodoro, Now Magazine They are the invisible, the vanishing, and the disappeared. In an insurrectionary outburst of original music, words, and movement, the six characters in Now You See Her explore some of the diverse ways women fade from sight in our culture. They sing, dance, and thrust themselves into the elements as they travel through the seasons of their lives. Their voices are defiant. Their question is simple: why and how do we allow our power to disappear without a fight Now You See Her follows Quote Unquote Collective's acclaimed international hit Mouthpiece.

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"Now You See Her radiates wit, urgency, and theatricality." --Jos Teodoro, four stars, Now Magazine

"Now You See Her embraces diversity in aesthetic, not just in its cast." --Kelly Nestruck, Globe and Mail

"Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava play both sides of Cass' psyche in a quickfire, interrogative internal dialogue that's full of other voices, feminist rage, confusion and songs - a humorous heteroglossia performed with virtuosic precision and flexibility. [...] It's truly astounding stuff - searching and unsentimental. [...] Exquisitely polished and powerful show in which two performers portray one woman's psyche." --Anna Winter, The Stage, on Mouthpiece

"General stories of sexual harassment, glass ceilings, the intensity of motherhood, and body image risk coming off with an after-school-special level of depth. But Now You See Her knows that making these stories personal takes it deeper, and its creators aren't afraid to let those details show. That's where the real strength of Now You See Her lies...(it) layers perspectives on top of one another, especially by making the actor and the character visible at the same time." (3.5/4 Stars) --Carly Maga, Toronto Star

"It would be difficult to overstate how brilliantly realized and intricately crafted Now You See Her is. Everything means something, even the most casual choices are revealed to contribute to the braid of the story. If you're not sure what theatre is for, anymore, this show will restore your faith in the art form." --S. Bear Bergman, Mooney on Theatre

"It's an engrossing and virtuosic performance, layered with meaning and culminating in a silent scream that any woke person -- male, female or undefined by arbitrary binaries -- will recognize from their own confused, complicated and conflicting mind." --Carly Maga, Toronto Star, on Mouthpiece

"This is a show that points up the everyday sexism with which women contend but doesn't spare the way we sometimes collude when it suits us or try so desperately to please. [...] [A] smart show, beautifully put together and performed, and one that speaks up for all the women who daily bite their tongues." --Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, on Mouthpiece

"Through text, movement, song and visual effects, the collective has crafted an extravaganza that is an assault on both the mind and the senses."--Paula Citron, Ludwig Van Toronto

Author Bio

Amy Nostbakken is an award-winning director, writer, performer, and composer. She is co-artistic director of the theatre company Quote Unquote Collective in Toronto and core member of Theatre Ad Infinitum in the UK. She has created and composed numerous productions including The Big Smoke (2011), Ballad of the Burning Star (2013), Bucket List (2016), and Mouthpiece (2015) which she directed, co-wrote, composed, and performed. Mouthpiece was published by Coach House Books and Oberon UK, and continues to tour internationally. It has been adapted into a feature film directed by Patricia Rozema. Now You See Her, which Amy co-wrote, directed, composed, and performed, premiered in Toronto. Amy currently lives in Toronto. Norah Sadava is an award-winning director, writer, and performer. She is co-artistic director of the theatre company Quote Unquote Collective in Toronto. Norah has created and performed numerous productions including Mouthpiece (Coach House Books), which she co-wrote and has performed internationally for the last four years. Mouthpiece continues to be produced internationally and was adapted into a feature film in collaboration with acclaimed Canadian director Patricia Rozema. Now You See Her, which Norah co-wrote, directed, and performed, premiered in Toronto in 2018 to critical acclaim. Norah is currently working on Quote Unquotes next production Universal Child Care, set to premiere in 2021. A graduate of the DellArte International School of Physical Theatre in California, Norah teaches theatre for both adults and young people. She lives in Toronto. A graduate of Concordia University's Interdisciplinary Studies program, Lisa has had the pleasure of working for a wide variety of theatre companies (large and not so large) including: Quote Unquote Collective, Why Not Theatre, Spur-of-the-Moment Shakespeare, Headstrong, Dauntless City Theatre, Shakespeare in the Rough, Theatre Smash, Nightwood Theatre, National Arts Centre, the Stratford Festival of Canada, and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Often playing men and other mythical creatures, Lisa is also a teacher, choreographer, dancer, and director in addition to being an actor and mother. She relishes work that combines music, movement, and heightened language to create rawfully honest performative experiences. Born in Iran, raised and living in Toronto, Raha Javanfar is a multifaceted artist. As lighting designer, she has worked on numerous productions in Toronto. As projections designer, she has toured the world with Tafelmusik over the course of a decade. A multi-instrumentalist, Raha performs regularly as frontwoman and singer/bassist of her blues/r&b band Bad Luck Woman & Her Misfortunes, and as a fiddle player in the Double Cuts, as well as in numerous other bands. Raha has sat on juries for the Dora Awards, FACTOR, and the OAC. She was co-recipient of the Siminovitch Prize, and is an active arts advocate and ambassador for Music Canada. Cheyenne Scott is Coast Salish of the Saanich Nation and a theatre artist with a focus on developing new Canadian works. Through impactful personal expression and storytelling, her work is an exploration and celebration of her Indigenous heritage. She strives to inform settlers with truth and, more importantly, honour the people of her community by creating vibrant characters that are full of life and hope. Having learned theatre through a colonial process, she is working to indigenize her practice. She is invested in the powerful voice of the youth and supporting their growth. Maggie Huculak has performed on Canadian stages for forty years. Cherished artistic collaborations include Necessary Angel (with Canadian writers Michael Ondaatje, Colleen Murphy, and John Mighton, and directors Richard Rose and Daniel Brooks), the late great Theatre Columbus (Martha Ross/Leah Cherniak), Soulpepper Theatre, Globe Theatre, and Quote Unquote Collective. Shes premiered scores of Canadian writers plays, and is the co-author of five collective creations: Mein, Hysterica, The Betrayal, Lonely Nights and Other Stories, and Now You See Her. She has worked extensively in film, television, and radio, and was the sole narrator of the epic CBC documentary series Canada: A Peoples History. Maggie is a six-time Dora Award nominee, and is the recipient of a Dora Award and a Chalmers Award.