TORONTO, March 30, 2006 -- Theatre Glendon will present its annual bilingual showcase of student theatre from April 4-8, 2006, at York University’s Glendon College campus.

The Fridge Festival will feature work produced, directed, performed and penned by York University students.

This year’s annual Fridge marks twenty years of provocative student theatre that began as an open mic evening of improv, skits and song in the early 1980s, and preceded the founding of Glendon College’s thriving Drama Studies program.

While the Fridge remains satirical and irreverent, it has become an important showcase for student work.

“Today’s Fridge festival maintains the goals of the original event as it gives students free reign to develop their own ideas and put to use the skills and information they are learning in their courses,” says Professor Robert Wallace, coordinator of Glendon’s Drama Studies program.

“Ultimately, it demonstrates the viability and vitality of student-generated and produced theatre. It's a wonderful tribute to the cultural prosperity of the College,” Wallace says.

Drama Studies became its own degree-granting program in 1996 and has since experienced phenomenal growth, with over 50 students now pursuing a major or honours in the field.  As the program grew in size, it attracted more serious students for whom the Fridge provided an important opportunity to independently develop and produce their own work. 

Since 1999, students were offered the opportunity of curating the event themselves, and with each successive year, they have introduced innovations to the structure and significance of the festival that continues to evolve today.
 
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