Awards for the State.

The nominees for the 15th annual Canadian Comedy Awards came out today and we are very happy to announce that we got a few nods! We were nominated in the Improv Troupe category and we were both nominated individually in the Female Improviser category.

If you are a voting member of the CCAs, you can vote for us as of June 24th. But, given our counterparts in the individual category (Kirsten Rasmussen, Ashley Botting & Caitlin Howden) and troupe category (Rapid Fire Theatre, Die Nasty, Bonspiel & The Sunday Service), you may as well just close your eyes and click anywhere. It is outstanding company to be in.

We can't wait for the festival! See y'all in Ottawa in the fall.

 

The Sufferettes 2014 Tour of Toronto!

 

Friends, Torontonians, Countrypeople!

The Sufferettes are on the verge of launching our 2014 Tour of Toronto.

After years of spending our springs touring overseas, we have decided to spend this year at home and finally visit all the wonderful comedy shows (and more) in our fair city. Included in the tour are shows we have never done, some classic favourites and a little mutli-disciplinary action. Like what? well, we are designing a set for Trampoline Hall, screening videos at festivals and even interacting with archival video at our VideoHag show at VideoFag.

We also doing shows in various neighbourhoods and even a couple wherein you can come up on stage and do scenes with us!

We are very excited to adventure through our own city as we have through others and hope that you will all come join us. It's a great way to check out this amazing amount of comedy in this city.

For the full tour listing (which, yes, continues to evolve and grow) look here.

All Our Happy Days Are Nominated for Awards!

We are totally delighted to report that the play we were in together last year, All Our Happy days Are Stupid by Sheila Heti, was nominated for FOUR Dora Awards this year, Including Best Ensemble in the Indie Division (and what an ensemble it was). This is the first time either of us has been nominated. The whole project was very grassroots and lots of blood, sweat and white paint went into it, so the award nods are really great. And we get to go to the party!

This on the heels of an announcement that the original cast (of fourteen) will be going down to New York City in February for an American premiere supported by McSweeney's and The Kitchen. We can't wait!

Now to plan our outfits for the Doras...

Camp Wayward (April 30, May 7 & May 14)

Camp Wayward is not a Sufferettes project, per se, but it is the most amazing all-female serialized improv show of all time. Created and directed by Becky and starring just so many incredible Toronto improvisers, Wayward is a series of live-directed, soap-opera style show always set in all-female environments. This time, we are going to camp!

With Lisa Merchant, Caroline Taylor, Christy Bruce, Ashely Comeau, Kayla Lorette, Shauna Wootton, Monica Heisey, Jess Bryson, Evany Rosen and Kirsten Rasmussen with musical director Laura Barrett.

Wednesdays at 9:30pm

April 30, May 7 & May 14
Comedy Bar
945 Bloor Street West
$10/$12
 

Space Riders: Division Earth.

It's here, it's here! The web series we are both in, Space Riders: Division Earth came to life today.
Written by and starring two extremely funny and talented men, Dan Beirne and Mark Little, Space Riders is basically the story of two shmos who turn magic...in a spacey kind of way. It also co-stars Amy Matysio, Kyle Dooley and Eugene Clark. Oh, and Kayla plays an intersex space villain and Becky plays three progressively degenerating clones.
See it now!
CANADA: http://www.ctv.ca/SpaceRiders.aspxU!S!A!: http://www.hulu.com/space-riders-division-earthREST OF WORLD: We will keep you posted. Sowwwwwwy.

The Sufferettes Take Toronto.

After all these years, we are finally doing our first full-legth show in Toronto. No other acts, no distracting bells and whistles. Just us, as we live and heave.

Fan Art.

by Serena Marie McCarroll

Following our victorious trip to London (we are attributing that claim to you, Adam Meggido), we Sufferettes have made some bold moves toward greater personal fame and fortune. Our current strategy looks like this:

1. Demand twitter followers
2. Demand fan art
3. Buy commanding outfits
Outcome: fame

We followed this by a demand for fan art. Within the last 24 hours, this has paid off mightily. Please join us in marvelling at the fruits of our pushiness thus far.

by TJ Czar

by Jonathan Monkhouse

by James McCrea

Want to join in on the fun? Do it! Just make some artwork of us based on photograph, memory or imagination and tweet it to us (@thesufferettes). This is how people get TV shows, right?