Unspoken Theatre
Moving forward while looking back
Unspoken Theatre recognizes the lengthy history and cultural span of theatre. We are interested in staging work that embraces and acknowledges this scope. We mount old and new work, and support new play development. Founded in Toronto in 2011 by sisters, Natalie and Nina Kaye, the company has produced and developed award-winning plays in a wide variety of genres including children's theatre, 1920's cabaret, and raw adult drama. The company has a focus on new work by local female playwrights which contains a historical, classical, or mythological element. Past productions have been praised for poetic imagery, believable characters, inventive staging and powerful performances.
Unspoken Theatre recognizes the lengthy history and cultural span of theatre. We are interested in staging work that embraces and acknowledges this scope. We mount old and new work, and support new play development. Founded in Toronto in 2011 by sisters, Natalie and Nina Kaye, the company has produced and developed award-winning plays in a wide variety of genres including children's theatre, 1920's cabaret, and raw adult drama. The company has a focus on new work by local female playwrights which contains a historical, classical, or mythological element. Past productions have been praised for poetic imagery, believable characters, inventive staging and powerful performances.
Artistic Director - Nina Kaye
Nina Kaye is the artistic director of Unspoken Theatre Company. A playwright, poet, actor, singer, costumer, dramaturge, publicist, director and producer, she is a graduate from the Masters' program in Drama at the University of Toronto.
Named one "of our city’s best emergent playwrights” by Mooney on Theatre, her full-length play, Unspoken, won first prize in the Hart House Players play contest and was named a finalist with Panfish Productions and NuVoices. Her one-act play, Seven Ages, was a runner-up in the Sterling Studio Theatre play contest. Her short comedy Castle Falderal won the Playwright’s Survivor contest at Sterling Studio Theatre. Her writing has been produced in Toronto, New York, and Washington.
Nina has worked as a director with Alumnae Theatre Company, Hart House Players, 2hardboiledeggs, and Unspoken Theatre, and as an assistant director with Bard in the Park.
In April 2016, she directed The Dialogues of Leopold and Loeb at Alumnae Theatre and her short comedy Kill Your Darlings appeared at the Short Short Play Festival. In May 2016, her full length play about Niagara Falls Into The Abyss received a reading with Alumnae Theatre and her short play Death Meets Harlequin premiered at the Ralph Thornton Centre in Leslieville. In June 2016 she produced Mood Swings, a shed show at the Toronto Fringe. Her play Death Meets Harlequin was produced at Toronto Fringe in July 2017. She produced and wrote for two immersive site-specific productions inside a community kitchen in 2018, Play With Your Food and Kitchen Sink Drama.
Named one "of our city’s best emergent playwrights” by Mooney on Theatre, her full-length play, Unspoken, won first prize in the Hart House Players play contest and was named a finalist with Panfish Productions and NuVoices. Her one-act play, Seven Ages, was a runner-up in the Sterling Studio Theatre play contest. Her short comedy Castle Falderal won the Playwright’s Survivor contest at Sterling Studio Theatre. Her writing has been produced in Toronto, New York, and Washington.
Nina has worked as a director with Alumnae Theatre Company, Hart House Players, 2hardboiledeggs, and Unspoken Theatre, and as an assistant director with Bard in the Park.
In April 2016, she directed The Dialogues of Leopold and Loeb at Alumnae Theatre and her short comedy Kill Your Darlings appeared at the Short Short Play Festival. In May 2016, her full length play about Niagara Falls Into The Abyss received a reading with Alumnae Theatre and her short play Death Meets Harlequin premiered at the Ralph Thornton Centre in Leslieville. In June 2016 she produced Mood Swings, a shed show at the Toronto Fringe. Her play Death Meets Harlequin was produced at Toronto Fringe in July 2017. She produced and wrote for two immersive site-specific productions inside a community kitchen in 2018, Play With Your Food and Kitchen Sink Drama.
Associate Artistic Director - Natalie Kaye
Natalie Kaye is an award-winning poet and playwright. A graduate of York University and the University Toronto, Natalie has a Masters' in Drama. She has worked in theatre as a playwright, director, actor, dramaturg and sound designer. She is also an editor and an award-winning poet.
Her one-act play, Mood Swings, won first place in the Pat the Dog 24-hour play contest. The play was workshopped by Pat the Dog in February, 2014 and received a full production at Toronto Fringe in 2016.
Her short plays, Universe Inc. and A Toast were produced by Newborn Theatre at the Odds and Ends Festival.
An except from her full-length musical comedy, Walking Around in a Dream, or Gentlemen Prefer Maypoles, was given a public reading with Unspoken Theatre.
She is the co-founder of 2hardboiledeggs productions, and was a member of the gutterbird collective.
Her one-act play, Mood Swings, won first place in the Pat the Dog 24-hour play contest. The play was workshopped by Pat the Dog in February, 2014 and received a full production at Toronto Fringe in 2016.
Her short plays, Universe Inc. and A Toast were produced by Newborn Theatre at the Odds and Ends Festival.
An except from her full-length musical comedy, Walking Around in a Dream, or Gentlemen Prefer Maypoles, was given a public reading with Unspoken Theatre.
She is the co-founder of 2hardboiledeggs productions, and was a member of the gutterbird collective.
Producer - Gary Kaye
Gary is a graduate of the University of Toronto, a published poet and an art curator of Persian rugs and Inuit art. Upcoming in 2024, he will be launching a gallery of Inuit art in Leslieville, called the Riverside Gallery.
Associate Artist - Aaliya Alibhai
Aaliya is a playwright and novelist with a long history of work in theatre. Her credits include performer, dramaturg, designer, stage manager, playwright and assistant director. Credits with Unspoken Theatre include Lovesick, which featured her short play Anthony, and Bran in The Red Deer. She also co-wrote and starred in Sexpectations: A Collective Procreation with Hart House Players.
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Associate Artist - Maggie Cheung
Maggie is a 20-something currently studying for a degree involving Food, pursuing human rights activism, and seeking lifelong passion. She found her voice through theatre at the tender age of fourteen and continues to explore acting through community and collegiate theatre. With Unspoken Theatre, she has acted in LOVESICK (S, Melanie) and Let's Misbehave (Helen).
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