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<\/a>\u201cWorking with Ingrid and Rod has been a barrel of laughs. I think we spend about 90 percent of the time rolling on the ground laughing,\u201d says Greenfield. \u201cThey are such sharp improvisers and sometimes I just can\u2019t stop the amazing things that spill out of their mouths.\u201d<\/p>\n
The character of Kitt is one that Hansen, also the co-artistic director of SNAFU Dance Theatre, holds very close to her heart. Loosely based on her own childhood, she says Kitt is a challenge to play onstage for extended periods of time.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s fun\u2026 and it\u2019s exhausting, because she\u2019s a real powerhouse and it\u2019s full force,\u201d says Hansen. \u201cI don\u2019t know if Kitt\u2019s really me as a child. She\u2019s maybe what I wished I was like as a child.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hansen met Peter through the local Atomic Vaudeville theatre group and says she\u2019s wanted to create a play with him for a long time. And Greenfield, whom she met in class while attending UVic\u2019s bachelor of fine arts program (both women are grads), is someone Hansen says she\u2019s very comfortable working with at this point. In fact, their special connection might be the reason Kitt and Jane<\/i> is so daring, she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s something really special about Kathleen in that she\u2019s so game and willing to go to the wildest and most unlikely of places, and she\u2019s willing to combine things that people might never consider combining,\u201d says Hansen, \u201cso I\u2019ll share the weirdest things with her in creating shows that I\u2019d probably never share with anyone else, and that\u2019s what enables us to build really unique stuff together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Greenfield is excited to see what response this updated version of Kitt and Jane<\/i>, which was previously launched at last year\u2019s Belfry Spark Festival, will receive from its Victoria audiences during an upcoming Belfry three-day run, as well as an October 17-26 staging at UVic\u2019s Phoenix Theatre.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a blast to participate in the next chapter,\u201d she says. \u201cWe already know the story of Kitt from Little Orange Man<\/i>, but what about Lucas who smells like he poops his pants, a.k.a. Jane?\u201d<\/p>\n
Even with An Interactive Survivalguide to the Near-Post-Apocalyptic Future<\/i> as the play\u2019s tagline, the creators aren\u2019t worried Kitt and Jane<\/i> is going to be passed up by those who fear it\u2019s not the feel-good show of the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, it\u2019s not a concern,\u201d says Hansen. \u201cIf anything, it\u2019s so great to have such dire stakes and then the humour comes out of the extreme situations. So there was never really any worry about it being a downer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oh, and if there\u2019s still a shred of doubt about the heavy subject matter, there\u2019s free cake! That\u2019s right, free cake!<\/p>\n