Nowhere Normal will screen as part of FAVA Fest in Edmonton this March. Detailed schedule coming soon.
Nowhere Normal at FAVA Fest!
Old-school Radio Play Series, Nov. 5th
Here is the complete schedule for Midtown Radio’s play series!
Write Heather Morrow’s play, No Public Transit 54th Avenue, is second of the roster, November 12, 2023.
IMDb, YouTube, and updates
Watch Nowhere Normal online now
WINNER for Best Live-Action Short!
Take a Bite Productions is thrilled to announce that our film Nowhere Normal has won the jury award of Best Live Action Short of Alberta, from the Edmonton International Film Festival!
Congratulations to the entire cast and crew of the film. Thank you so very much to EIFF, the audiences, and everyone who’s supported the film to get us here!
Thank you EIFF!
AND thank you to everyone who came to the short film screenings tonight. Thank you for loving Nowhere Normal!
It was great to meet our fellow filmmakers and the audience. Such a great night.
Do you have your EIFF tickets yet?
Nowhere Normal screens a week from tonight at the Edmonton International Film Festival!
EIFF schedule released!
The schedule for the Edmonton International Film Festival is up! And HERE is where to book tickets to see Nowhere Normal on the big screen!
See at 6pm, Friday, September 22, 2023, at EPL.
A RADIO play, thanks to you!
Who’s ready for some GOOD news?
The play which Heather Morrow wrote during the Writeathon fundraiser of May 2023 will be on radio!
Midtown Radio KW in Kitchener, Ontario, is producing 6 news old-school. The plays will be recorded live over 2 sessions, in October and November, with the same 3 actors for all roles, plus a foley artist doing sound effects! The plays will then be broadcast live in 2024.
So the play No Public Transit 54 Ave, which YOU donated to witness being written, is happening!
Postponing Reasons
Some sad news: we’re postponing production of Reasons I Hate Being Single . Our director has family matters to attend to, which will keep her busy for most of this fall. As you know, we intended to shoot Reasons in September, so that won’t work!
We’re going to try again in the spring.
In the meantime, we have a few other early-development projects on the go, and Nowhere Normal is coming to EIFF, so watch for that!
Nowhere Normal is coming home to Edmonton!
Nowhere Normal has been selected to be shown at the Edmonton International Film Festival this fall!
The festival will run from September 21 to October 1, 2023. Keep an eye on EIFF’s website for the complete schedule.
Yay!
Thank you Kunitz Shoes!
In addition to hot-dog heroes Fat Franks, Edmonton institution Kunitz Shoes has also agreed to sponsor Reasons I Hate Being Single!
Kunitz has been provided unique and beautiful footwear in Edmonton, Alberta for over 40 years. We’re so happy to partner with them for dressing our actors. Please check them out!
RIHBS shooting in September
Grand news: Take a Bite’s second short film, Reasons I Hate Being Single, will be shooting September 9 and 10, 2023!
Stay tuned for updates on cast, crew, BTS and promotional photos, and of course, where and when the film will be seen!
Thanks for attending NextFest!
Thank you to everyone who caught the screening of Nowhere Normal at Nextfest on Sunday, June 4.
Your next chance to see it is via the Toronto Lift-Off Festival, from home, until July 3!
Nowhere Normal screening TODAY
Don’t forget! You ONE chance to see Normal Normal on a big screen is TODAY! Nextfest, Roxy Theatre on 124 St, 1 pm!
Screening of Nowhere Normal TOMORROW
The first of 4 chances to catch Nowhere Normal is tomorrow!
May 28, 2 pm, virtual, via THIS LINK.
You’ll also see every short film Take a Bite Productions has done so far!
- Monster Cat!
- Deadline
- Elope
- Patience
- Rabbit Hill St.
- Nowhere Normal
On hand will be the director of TaB’s next 2 films, Janine Waddell, and screenwriter / producer Heather Morrow.
See you then.
Toronto Lift-Off festival selects Nowhere Normal
The Lift-Off Global Network is a series of online and in-person film festival worldwide, and Nowhere Normal has been selected to participate in the 2023 Toronto Festival!
AND, audiences as well as a jury will decide on the festival’s best films. Stay tuned for how to catch its online screenings and vote for Nowhere Normal!
2 upcoming screening of Nowhere Normal
You have TWO chances to catch our short film Nowhere Normal in the next few weeks!
First will be right here! Watch all of Take a Bite Productions’ short films online, starting at 2 pm on May 28. Zoom link will be available this Friday, May 26.
Second, Nowhere Normal will be part of NextFest 2023 at the Roxy Theatre! Check the film schedule!
Starting a FEATURE
Thank you THANK YOU to the Edmonton Screen Industries Office for their support!
Thanks to their Early Stage Project grant, we can start on the pitch of Take a Bite’s first ever feature-length film!
Thank YOU all for following, and stay tuned.
Another Edmonton screening!
Nowhere Normal will be part of the short film program at NextFest 2023, this June 4!
The complete program will be up soon. Follow NextFest for more.
Virtual Screening of Nowhere Normal
Please click below to RSVP to the online screening of Nowhere Normal, and other Take a Bite films, on May 28, 2023!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1499839260546823?ref=newsfeed
See Nowhere Normal…from home!
The long-awaited virtual screening of Nowhere Normal is coming!
Please join us for a virtual screening of Nowhere Normal at 2 pm on May 28, 2023.
The screening will include not only Nowhere Normal, but all the short films of our producer, Heather Morrow.
Janine Waddell, the director of our second short film Reasons I Hate Being Single, and producer screenwriter Heather, will attend!
The screening is free, though we’ll be accepting generous donations towards Reasons.
Mark your calendars now.
AMH is a finalist!
The Writers’ Guild of Alberta has named the play Alex and Michael and Hannah, written by screenwriter Heather Morrow, as a finalist for the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama!
The winners of all the 2023 Alberta Literary Awards will be announced on June 3rd.
Signed copies of the play are available on our webstore!
The Easter Bunny arrives!
Thank you again to everyone who supported our next short film Reasons I Hate Being Single via chocolate!
We’ll make arrangements to deliver to you this coming week.
Film Premiere in Bali!!
Nowhere Normal has been selected to be screened at the 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival, running from September 26-30, 2022, in Bali, Indonesia!
This will be our little, Canadian short’s world premiere!
Best Short Comedy at Lily
Crew: Meet Lee Conrad
Lee is a committed, experienced filmmaker wearing many hats. On Nowhere Normal, he was the storyboard artist, editor, and grip! We were very lucky to have him.
Crew: Janine Waddell
Janine is an Edmonton-based intimacy coordinator (her role on Nowhere Normal) and stunt performer. Selected Intimacy Coordinator credits include Under the Banner of Heaven (Disney), Billy the Kid (MGM), and The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw (A71 Entertainment). Stunt credits include Black Summer (Netflix) and Karate Couple (JD Buzz).
Crew: Meet Fami Kaur
Fami is the production manager of Nowhere Normal. She immigrated from India in 2024 with a background in Journalism and Mass Communication to attend the NAIT Digital Cinema program. Since 2018, Fami has worked for the Edmonton Short Film Festival as a Social Media Strategist. In 2020, she founded her own production company, Biji Productions, and was elected as the new Vice President for Women in Film and Television Alberta. Her production prowess is well-rounded and only continues to grow with Fami’s passion for the industry and the people in it.
Check out some of Fami’s work below:
- Henna
- Heartsong
- Colour Blind
- Queen of Band Camp (pre-production)
We’re on Instagram
Follow the film on Instagram @nowherenorm for the very latest updates!
Announcing the cast of Nowhere Normal
We are thrilled to introduce the cast of the upcoming short, Nowhere Normal!
Keep checking back for updates, and in the meantime, the film has an IMDb page!
Nowhere Normal in pre-production!
Otherworldly news. Take a Bite’s first short film, Nowhere Normal has received a grant from the Canada Council! We are officially in pre-production!
Follow for updates on cast and crew, production, and showings.
It Started with an Allergy
The show is now up! Spoonie Theatre’s production of It Started with an Allergy can now be viewed on YouTube. Go and see this virtual one-woman show about endometriosis and watch a wrestling match with a uterus!
It Started with an Allergy on Jan. 15, 2022
My one-woman play It Started with an Allergy will stream in an online, multi-media production, starting on January 15, 2022!
Produced by Spoonie Theatre, starring Annette Devitt, and directed by Anna Ashkenazie Bush, It Started with an Allergy is my painfully funny solo show about the 8+ years it took before I was diagnosed with endometriosis. Tune in to Spoonie Theatre’s YouTube channel to see what they’re all about.
In the meantime, have a look at the promo videos below, and see what the first production looked like under PHOTOS.
It Started with an Allergy and Spoonie Theatre Productions
Annette shares why you should watch It Started with an Allergy
An online play!
My play It Started With an Allergy will soon have an entirely made-for-online production! Check out Spoonie Theatre on Facebook for details.
small update to AMH
Listen on Facebook Live!
Here’s to confirm that the reading of Alex and Michael and Hannah will be live-streamed, here, at 7:30 pm Mountain Time on October 17, 2021. Tune in and behold!
Script Salon Cast of Alex and Michael and Hannah
I’m happy to confirm the cast and director of the upcoming public reading of Alex and Michael and Hannah !
- Hannah, Ellen Chorley
- Alex, Andres Moreno
- Michael, Brennan Campbell
- Kathy, Ellie Heath
- Director, Janine Waddell
Sunday, October 17 at 7:30 pm Mountain Time, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 2G6.
In-person: Wear your mask! The event will also be on Facebook Live the day of!
A Zoom production!
My play It Started With an Allergy, which I last performed at the Edmonton Fringe in 2015, is getting a production via Zoom! Spoonie Theatre in Ocean, NY, USA, will be doing the show this fall. Stay tuned…
Public reading of Alex and Michael and Hannah
Mark your calendar : Script Salon will be presenting a public reading of Alex and Michael and Hannah!
7:30 pm, Sunday, October 17, 2021, at Holy Trinity Church, 10037 84 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 2G6
Finalist for best short script at SIFF!
Results of the Herman Voaden Prize!
Amazed to announce that Alex and Michael and Hannah has been awarded an Honourable Mention in the Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition!
Huge congratulations to the winners and finalists.
Cancellation
Hi TaB fans.
Sad news: the production of Alex and Michael Hannah has been cancelled.
We encourage everyone who’s been following pre-production to support all artists who’ve been badly affected by the Pandemic — see their videos, listen to their podcasts, and when this over, go go GO to as much live theatre as you possibly can.
THANK YOU to everyone who has donated on FB and bought tickets to the Paint Nite fundraiser. We hope you’ll be happy with the decision to donate those funds on to The Edmonton Food Bank. So many people have lost their jobs and are in need to help right now, and since the show can’t go on, it seems appropriate to pass on your generosity to others.
Playwright Heather continues to work on the script for Alex and Michael and Hannah, and hopefully, one day, you WILL see it onstage.
Stay healthy and safe 💜
Stage Manager Required for Alex and Michael and Hannah
Take a Bite Productions invites incredible stage managers in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to submit CVs for the world premiere production of Alex and Michael and Hannah, to appear at the Edmonton Fringe, August 13-23, 2020. Position is PAID. **Contingency plans to perform the show virtually should the Fringe be cancelled are afoot.**
Please send inquiries to Heather Morrow, hmorrow@takeabite.ca by April 17, 2020.
Charming, dependable Alex resists asking out Hannah for weeks, certain he’ll only hurt her. Hannah is so stunned to be asked out at all she assumes Alex has made a mistake. And Michael says he’s only after a good time, but finds himself becoming the lover and best friend of them both. A threesome's love story about self-doubt, society’s perceptions, and arguing over lunch.
No Paint Nite for now…
Dear TaB fans,
Like many events, our Paint Nite fundraiser for Alex and Michael and Hannah at The Billiard Club has had to be postponed indefinitely. The company which arranged the event will reassess the COVID-19 situation on March 27. We’ll inform ticket holders of what comes next as soon as we know.
Stay safe everyone 💜💜💜
TaB
FAVAFest begins tonight!
Don’t forget: FAVAFest starts at 7 pm tonight at the Orange Hub. Come see Nowhere Normal and tons of other brilliant Edmonton filmmakers’ work!
FAVA Fest schedule, including Nowhere Normal!
Below is the complete schedule for FAVA Fest 2024. Come out and support a huge variety of films from FAVA members in 3 of Edmonton’s iconic cinemas.
complete schedule here. https://fava.ca/fava-fest-2024/
Another nom for AMH!
The screenplay for Alex and Michael and Hannah has been named a finalist for another award! Check here for the nominees and winners of Planet Cinema’s fall competition.
Broad View festival and AMH!
Heather Morrow has adapted her award-nominated play Alex and Michael and Hannah, and now the screenplay is a finalist!
At the second-annual Broad View International Film Festival this past weekend, the finalists of the festival’s script development program were announced!
Radio Play on November 5
Heather Morrow’s first radio play, No Public Transit, 54 Ave, will be broadcast on November 12, 2023!
AND, immediately after the play, you’ll hear an interview with Heather, and the actor playing Allie, Jenn Weatherall!
Follow Midtown Radio out of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario to hear the play series beginning on November 5th. Every Sunday a brand new show will be broadcast for 6 weeks!