100 Watt in the Community

Bringing artistic skills and techniques from the community onto the stage, and from the stage to the community. This includes schools, community centres, hospitals, local and national festivals, and care homes for the elderly.

[ID: Eleven youth in matching blue hoodies and sweat pants stare straight ahead. ]

Start Swimming at Ottawa Fringe Festival(2018), a TWA production

PROJECTS INCLUDE:

  • With the National Arts Centre & Ottawa Schoolchildren (2011-) Three Minute Play Festival (read about it here.)
    • Teaching, devising, and guiding the creation of new plays by children & teens, performed by audiences of all ages of Ottawa.
  • With the Ottawa International Children’s Festival (2011-2018) The 100 Watt Earth Stage
    • 5 days of Performing Arts by Youth, free to audiences of all ages.
  • Climate Change Project
    • Theatre and the Arts as a voice for young peoples’ hopes and curiosity for the planet.
  • With the Playwrights Guild of Canada (2007-2009) “Uthink”
    • Youth write & perform site specific plays, inspired by a place in their community.
  • Our Stories Outreach Program (2005-2010)
    • Theatre as a voice for children of all backgrounds and challenges; new creations based on their stories.
  • TWA (Third Wall Academy) (2012-2018)
    • The precursor to the current 100 Watt Youth Ensemble, TWA (Third Wall Academy) was a 6 year project in partnership between 100 Watt Productions (Kristina Watt, Artistic Director) and Third Wall Theatre (James Richardson, Producer). It was Ottawa’s only young company connected to professional theatre companies. Based on training, ensemble development, and performance as part of the Ottawa Fringe Festival. 
  • Power of Persuasion (2017-)
    • Coaching lawyers and litigators how to balance clarity with passion, to use rhetoric with ease and presence. With the Advocacy Club.
  • LIFE DRAMATURGY with for Toronto Fringe Festival artists and Ottawa artists as part of TACTICS Ottawa
    • Inspired by her work at the Lincoln Center (NYC), Kristina offers a workshop that gives strategies to identify, clarify and strengthen your personal vision as an artist. “The artist you are is defined by the choices you make—and how you make them in relation to others.”

Please contact 100 Watt for further information: kristina100Watt@gmail.com.