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Adrianna has written several historic dramas inspired by Toronto history as well as a story of bereavement based on her personal story of losing her brother to suicide. Chronologic index of shows: Pratties and Point (2009) Performed at The Gibson House Museum winter 2009 The Story of Catherine Flinn - A Storytelling and Hearth-cooking Experience for AdultsThe year of 1847 was a year of turmoil and pain for Ireland. A mass exodus due to an overwhelming famine forced people like Catherine Flynn to find solace across the ocean. Finding work in Toronto with the Gibson family, she arrives for her first day of work as a spinster... 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. Catherine's earlier life would have been dramatically different from the relative middle class
comfort of the Gibson household you will see around you.
-BlogTO
http://www.blogto.com/events/7913 Rebellious Women: Teaspoons Raised (2010) Performed at The Gibson House Museum spring 2011 November 1851: In the front parlour of Mrs. Gibson's newly built home in Willow Dale a table is set with cake and tea. Mrs. Gibson and her guests Mrs. Cummer and Mrs. Sheppard have gathered. Gibson House hosts the three unique women of Willow Dale whose lives were touched by the events of the 1837 Rebellion. Based on letters and journals, discover history thorough the perspective of the wives, daughters, and mothers of those men who fought for change on Yonge Street.
Theatrical Trailer here A Secret Life of a Schoolmistress (2011) Performed at Zion Schoolhouse winter 2011 & Spring 2012 *As seen in the Torontoist, Toronto Life, NOW Magazine and Live With Culture. Hattie Dickson reflects on a lifetime in the classroom as a Schoolmistress. Share her triumphs, her failures and the secrets she kept hidden as she says goodbye to teaching. Based on actual accounts of life in Canada in the early 20th century."Congratulations on a great performance. My grandmother was really moved by the play. On the drive home she told me a number of stories from her own life that she had never told me before, each clearly brought to mind by the events in the play."
-Audience member of Secret Life 2011 performance "...truly wonderful work."
-Ann-Marie Macdonald, Canadian Author and Playwright "Congratulations! You must be very proud. Solid script, engaging audience interaction, powerful range of emotions. . . . Really really good work, Adrianna! I am sorry I couldn't stay for my detention, but I very much enjoyed being picked on!"
- James Ashby, Co-Artistic Director of Bricoteer Puppetry & VP of OPA
"...a compelling and engaging story of a Canadian schoolmistress in the early 20th Century. A great performance by the cast, and the historic Zion Schoolhouse creates an authentic setting for the play. I very much enjoyed being a student in Miss Dickson's class!"
- Lila Karim, Managing Director of North York Arts Interview with Adrianna by Live With Culture here Everything But the Cat... (2010/11) Performed exerpts at Canadian Stage's Ideas and Creation Festival 2010
& Storytelling at Caplansky's for Suicide Prevention Week 2011 A not-so-one-woman show dealing with dating, relationships, and loss - the kind that you didn’t see coming. Life is ridiculous and so are we. Dealing with mental health issues as those around us make heavy choices - we are forced to ask ourselves the same questions: To be or Not to be. Or, is the answer All You Can Eat Sushi? From the petty to the heavy; life is full of choices. Explore how suicide touches the lives of those left behind and how loss is sometimes greater than leaving your umbrella on the subway. Excerpt: A: I started bereavement counseling… B: I thought you already started that? A: No that’s therapy. One is group and one is just for me. B: So one is personal and the other isn’t? A: No they’re both personal, but one is about my dead brother and the other is about my dead relationship.
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