About
Young adult audiences are thirsty to see themselves represented in stories that reflect the diversity of their experiences. Blank Page Productions is a collective of young artists committed to radical honesty. Their debut production, From the Wreckage has proven itself as an opportunity to bring young people into theatre as performers and audience members.
Like all great rock and roll, From the Wreckage is about pushing boundaries. We show women as innovators of rock music by reinvigorating the genre with innovative rhythms and bass lines, inventive guitar solos and lyrics steeped in complex imagery. The most revolutionary element of this story is its centre on women’s relationships - friendships, familial and romantic. This story is a protest against over simplified and over sexualized “coming-out” stories of young Queer women. Our characters confront their vulnerability, tenderness, intimacy, loss and capacity for growth. .
Nicole Stamp
Writer/DIRECTOR/performer
"[From the Wreckage] absolutely blew the roof off the theatre!"
Maddie Bautista
creator/Composer/Sound Designer
"I've had the pleasure to watch From the Wreckage ... and witnessed first-hand the electrifying impact it had on young audiences -- specifically teenagers."
Jake Schindler
composer/musical director
"Each time I have seen it,
I have been struck by its uniqueness, scrappiness, and individuality—something the Toronto musical theatre scene could really use."
Production/Development History
July 2024
March 2024
December 4, 2023
April 23, 2023
March 2023 - May 2023
March 2022 - January 2023
Upcoming Fringe Patio showcase! Details coming soon!
Funded development through Ontario Arts Council begins.
Toronto Fringe awards FTW 3rd prize in the Adam's Prize for Musical Theatre. The new 90 minute version of “From the Wreckage” focuses on the story’s essential relationships and expanded the seven song EP to a full length album composed of twelve songs.
Release of From the Wreckage (Original EP)
One act version of this piece (50 mins) has undergone three staged performances through the 2023 National Theatre School (NTS) Drama Festival. “From the Wreckage” earned several prestigious awards including three Outstanding Production awards, Best Original Music and The B.J. Castleman Award for Best Original Script
Through community conversations, improvisations, writing and music sessions the show found its soul rooted in the experience of Queer women and the intersection of Queerness, Religion and BIPOC identities. Initial draft of From the Wreckage was developed in this period.
Blank Page Productions gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Fringe and Theatre Direct. Thanks to our past collaborators and supporters: NTS DramaFest, Jake Schindler, Maureen Gualtieri, Nicole Stamp, Maddie Bautista, Kaitlyn Riordan, and the original cast and crew.
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