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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, Zion School House 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. Adrianna also leads historical walks, talks and tours at all her locations. Adrianna as Miss Coulson at Zion School House 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 as Mrs Montgomery at Montgomery's InnAdrianna 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."
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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. "The lady that portrayed Catherine Flinn was amazing. It was so real and she took you back to this time period." -Joyce Dennie, Pratties & Point Attendee 2009 Adrianna has written and performed a follow up to her one-woman "Pratties & Point" with a historical look at what the woman of Victorian Toronto had to go through when civil war broke out on Yonge Street in the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion. Adrianna wrote andacted her "Rebellious Women: Teaspoons Raised" to an over-sold out run with the Storytelling Festival of Toronto in April 2011. The story of Mrs Gibson and her neighbors recount the story of the wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters of the men who fought bravely that December...
Adrianna as Mrs Gibson in Rebellious Women: Teaspoons Raised
Click the above picture to see a short trailer of this over-sold out show!
In November 2011 Adrianna moved into the Zion Schoohouse as she was inspired to tell the stories of all the Schoolmistresses of the 1900's. Taken from diaries and letters her play deals with the hardships of being a woman surrounded by the community she serves as well as wars, depressions, and love affairs. Joining her team is Maggie Newell, Liam Hanebury and Sarah Brose as the cast of "The Secret Life of a Schoolmistress" which sold out both runs and even made the Toronto Life's Top 6 Things to do in Toronto ! Her interview with Live with Culture can be found here!
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