by Charlie Petch
WORLD PREMIERE | A Theatre Passe Muraille and Erroneous Productions Co-Production
Collage and poster design by Emily Jung
“Everything I needed to know about emergency response, I learned as a teenage hot dog vendor in downtown Toronto.”
Award winning playwright, author, and spoken word performer Charlie Petch (They/He) shares their personal accounts of working at hot dog stands around downtown Toronto. Through spoken word, musical storytelling and de-escalation techniques, Charlie regales audiences with tales of survival, and kindness as a witness to life on the street.
No One’s Special at the Hot Dog Cart will tour to Public Energy Performing Arts, Peterborough on April 24, 2024
Show Dates
March 14th – 23rd, 2024
April 24, 2024 at Public Energy Performing Arts, Peterborough
Running Time: 65 minutes
Accessibility
All shows
Relaxed Environment
ASL Interpreted Performances:
Sunday March 17 at 2:00 pm
Friday March 22 at 7:30 pm
Location
Theatre Passe Muraille (16 Ryerson Avenue)
Tickets
Pay-What-You-Can-Afford
$12 | $35 | $65
A man’s deep voice yelling in one part of the show.
Depictions of Violence, Strong Language, Sexual Content, Reference to Police Violence.
Company members of No One’s Special at the Hot Dog Cart are immunocompromised so we ask that audience members in the front two rows wear a mask while in the theatre. You are welcome to bring your own or one will be provided for you. The rest of the audience will be encouraged to wear masks as well, with the exception of our fully mask mandatory dates on:
*Thurs Mar 14th, 7:30PM
*Wed Mar 20th, 7:30PM
For more information please take a look at our COVID-19 Protocols
If you would like information on the topics or themes in our productions, or to determine the suggested age for attending a performance, please reach out to our Box Office staff at 416.504.7529 or by email at info@passemuraille.on.ca.
Read the Digital Program
Credits
Written & Performed by
Charlie Petch
Directed by
Autumn Smith
Dramaturgy by
Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
Stage Managed by
Flávia F. Martin
Set Design by
Joel Richardson
Sound Design by
FLAUTIE
Lighting Design by
Steph Raposo
Sound Assistant
Christopher Sutherland
Deaf Performer
Jaideep Goray
ASL Coach
Gaitrie Persaud, Phoenix The Fire
ASL-English Interpreters
Aneesa Mustafa & Emma Dehez
We are the Erroneous, we are the free.
No One’s Special at the Hot Dog Cart is travelling to Peterborough on April 24th, 2024 presented by Public Energy Performing Arts.
Charlie Petch (they/them, he/him) is a disabled/queer/transmasculine multidisciplinary artist who resides in Tkaronto/Toronto. A poet, playwright, librettist, musician, lighting designer, and host, Petch was the 2017 Poet of Honour for the speakNORTH national festival, winner of the Golden Beret lifetime achievement in spoken word with The League of Canadian Poets (2020), and founder of Hot Damn it’s a Queer Slam. Petch is a touring performer, as well as a mentor and workshop facilitator. Their debut poetry collection, Why I Was Late (Brick Books), won the 2022 ReLit Award, and was named “Best of 2021” by The Walrus. Their film with Opera QTO, Medusa’s Children, premièred 2022. They have been featured on the CBC’s Q, are the current Writer In Residence for Berton House (2023), were long-listed for the CBC Poetry Prize in 2021, and will be debuting their solo show “No one’s special at the hot dog cart” in 2024 at Theatre Passe Muraille.
Email contact charliCpetch.gmail.com
Links : Why I Was Late (Brick Books)
Hot Damn it’s a Queer Slam
Medusa’s Children
To schedule an interview with the artist, or staff members at Theatre Passe Muraille regarding this production, please email Red Eye Media at Suzanne@redeyemedia.ca. We will try out best to accommodate your media requests, however they are not guaranteed.
The TPM Book Club meets online monthly to discuss books – selected in collaboration with our artists – that spark a deeper conversation on the themes of our current season. For No One’s Special at the Hot Dog Cart, we will be reading the poetry collection Why I Was Late by show creator Charlie Petch. Sign-up for our virtual book club here.
The “Prelude” is our annual series of community events inspired by the productions in our current season. For No One’s Special at the Hot Dog Cart, we will be hosting a de-escalation techniques workshop facilitated by artist Charlie Petch on Sunday March 17 at 3:15 PM. ASL-interpretation is provided. Sign-up at this link.
All of our community programming is free to attend.
If you have any questions about our community programs, please contact our Community Engagement Coordinator Angela by emailing outreach@passemuraille.on.ca or by calling 416-504-8980 (ext. 2140).