Afterglow Theatre

The company was founded by Aaron Rothermund, and is dedicated to creating original work that sparks the imagination. We strive to keep a minimal approach to props and sets, and instead use a physicality to create the atmosphere. We enjoy working on passionate themes, and want to explore primitive stories with a stylistic approach. Our goal is to produce work that is visually stunning while provoking thought.

Afterglow Theatre members come and go, but we all share a love of local stories, myths, fables, and we are dedicated to producing Canadian work.

History

The first project was to provide a workshop for the Topological Theatre youth acting company while they worked on a cabaret show based on violence. The show was then performed at LKTYP, along with Dead Ahead directed by Ed Roy.

The second project was an ambitious play about a magical world inside the trees of the Dufferin Grove Park. Afterglow Theatre submitted a play wrote by Stephan Roberts to the Cooking Fire Theatre Festival. The play was written to encourage young audiences to seek their ancestry.

The third project “Human Nature” written by Aaron Rothermund will be performed in front of an audience at “Patio Plays.” The festival is produced by Back-Burner Productions, and it will take place August 2009.

The Spire

The story began in a Queen Street walk-in clinic while I was waiting to get blood work. As I waited for the needle I witnessed how a woman behaved when she felt threatened by someone less socially desirable, and how other women reacted to her ability to gain control over the situation. I noticed the characters were alive, and they were sitting in front of me, and they were vibrant. I watched the loneliness of the waiting room pre-occupied with illness. I wanted to show how people could behave in a pressure cooker. The characters are trapped together and socialize as a form of defense. “Human Nature” was first produced at Humber in The New Play Festival directed by Maja Ardal with a wonderful cast! Since then I have re-worked the play, and decided to play one of the female characters. What became interesting to me are the inner lives of these characters – what do they show and what do they hide?

Aaron Rothermund
Afterglow Theatre