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Adrianna is a Historical Interpreter for the City of Toronto since 2007. Her love for theatre has led to many theatre-in-education projects through her museum houses: Gibson House, Colborne Lodge, Montgomery's Inn and the ROM. She is currently part of program development at Gibson House and Montgomery's Inn and at all sites is one of the few who participates in program delivery. Click here to read about Adrianna delivering a Halloween Haunt Tour at Colbourne Lodge Adrianna has also headed lectures on how to be a Historical Interpreter and the difference between first, second and third interpretation in 2008 for the annual SLATE conference for museum faculty. Due to the ongoing interest in this young performers ability to educate and entertain The Advocate asked her to write an article on her endeavors. Advocate article "Acting and Interpretation" by Adrianna Prosser page 1 and page 2 Adrianna was featured in a torontosit article for Doors Open Toronto 2009 She has also written a unique theatrical experience complete with interactive components, hearth cooking workshops and edible history! The event sold out quickly and audiences adored Adrianna's portrayl of Catherine Flinn calling her use of acting, history and improvisation "creative" and "wonderful" and "so imaginative". You can bet Adrianna is coming back with this unique event in the near future - as well as writing up her next proposal for another adventure into the past! "Theatre-in-education specialist Adrianna Prosser's transformation into Catherine Flinn will fascinate, touch your heart and entertain while you immerse yourself in this 1800s environment. Inspired by the intriguing reference to a young Irish immigrant in the Gibson household in the 1851 census, Adrianna's research into diaries and documents of the Irish experience has enabled her to create a living Catherine whom visitors will come to admire and care about. Hear tales of the famine and what it was like to travel to Upper Canada."
-blogTO Adrianna as Catherine Flinn in her self written one-woman "Pratties and Point: the Story of Catherine Flinn" with The Gibson House Museum in North York Toronto 2009. Adrianna also portrays Mrs. Montgomery at Montgomery's Inn for school programs and leads historical walks, talks and tours at all her locations.
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