{"id":6114,"date":"2020-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/art-apart-click-bait\/"},"modified":"2020-04-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T04:00:00","slug":"art-apart-click-bait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/art-apart-click-bait\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Apart: Click Bait"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"o-section-gutenberg -classic o-text\">\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC07cVkjDIRc-zeF7sJjaSpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch the webseries on youtube<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/usVRG264oCQ\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>About the project<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the satirical horror-comedy <\/span><em><span data-contrast=\"none\">Click Bait<\/span><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Emma is a filmmaker who, after years of hard work on her politically driven short films, has gotten herself nowhere but a deep financial rut. After a particularly hard night during which she is rejected for a low-level internship due to her lack of social media following, she turns to a Reddit forum. There, she meets Grace: a law<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">student with ambitious plans, forced into selling her panties on the internet to make rent. After a drunken night of private messaging, the two decide that they too will seek infamy, even if it takes infiltrating the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">StreamTeam<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> (a group of five of the internet\u2019s top influencers) to do it. What Emma doesn\u2019t anticipate is getting seduced into participating in the violent revenge that Grace has in store, truly proving that \u201cviolence gets views.\u201d<\/span><span> <br \/><\/span><span> <br \/><\/span><em><span data-contrast=\"none\">Click Bait<\/span><\/em><span data-contrast=\"none\"> is a multimedia web series that uses live streams, YouTube videos, video diary entries, and texts to tell the story. The seven<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8211;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">episode series was born out of a desire to see just how much is possible in the realm of collaboration when none of the actors are face to face. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the midst of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> social distancing and self-isolation, <\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"none\">MacMullin<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and <\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"none\">Pappas-Kemps<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"none\"> want to explore the sense of community and bonds that can be formed from behind a screen, as well as the fierce competition, aggression and apathy: a mirror of the outside world. \u201cClick Bait\u201d is \u201cHeathers\u201d for the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">TikTok<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> generation<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Click Bait<\/span><\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> features a cast and crew comprised of <\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jack Copland<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Renisha<\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Henry<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Siobhan Johnson<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Amy Leis<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Barry McCluskey<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lauren <\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Merotto<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and <\/span><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lia Pappas-Kemps<\/span><\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> <\/span><span> <br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> <\/span><span> <br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can stay up to date on just theatre at @<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">justtheatreco<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This project received financial support from the National Theatre School of Canada via the <a href=\"\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/art-apart-artistic-works\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Art Apart program<\/a>, an emergency fund for emerging artists who are affected by physical distancing due to coronavirus (COVID-19).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the artists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JustTheatre_vignette.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" data-w=\"318\" data-h=\"262\" data-r=\"1.2137404580153\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"fig_bnk_i_4311\" contenteditable=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Julia-Weisser_Vignette-1.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" alt=\"\" data-w=\"318\" data-h=\"262\" data-r=\"1.2137404580153\" \/> <\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"><strong>just theatre<\/strong><span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">was founded by <\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">Nastasia<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> Pappas-Kemps<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"><span> <\/span>and<strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"spellingerror\">Cait<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"spellingerror\">MacMullin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">. Their inaugural production,<span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">The Red Nose Show<\/span><\/span><\/em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"><span> <\/span>was mounted in December 2019. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"scxw195149919\"> <\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW30133119 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW30133119 BCX0\"> <\/span><br class=\"SCXW30133119 BCX0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"scxw195149919\"> <\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW30133119 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW30133119 BCX0\"> <\/span><br class=\"SCXW30133119 BCX0\" \/><\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">Nastasia<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> Pappas-Kemps<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"><span> <\/span>is a Toronto-based writer and actor who studied at Concordia University in playwriting before completing her actor<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"><span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">training at George Brown Theatre School. As a playwright her work has been mounted <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"contextualspellingandgrammarerror\">with<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> We Are One Theatre, and Ergo Arts Theatre. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">Nastasia<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> is also an award-winning filmmaker whose short films have been screened at the Scholastic\u2019s Festival, Next Wave Jump Cuts, Toronto Youth Shorts, Big Screen Student Festival, and Take21.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"scxw195149919\"> <\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW30133119 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW30133119 BCX0\"> <\/span><br class=\"SCXW30133119 BCX0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"scxw195149919\"> <\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW30133119 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW30133119 BCX0\"> <\/span><br class=\"SCXW30133119 BCX0\" \/><\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"spellingerror\">Cait<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"spellingerror\">MacMullin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> is an actor, producer, and playwright originally from Cape Breton, NS, who is<span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"AdvancedProofingIssue SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">in the midst of<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"><span> <\/span>a strange last month of training at George Brown Theatre School. As a producer, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"spellingerror\">Cait<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> has worked with such companies as Dusk Dances, Crow\u2019s Theatre, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"spellingerror\">Esie<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> Mensah Creations, and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"spellingerror\">Angelwalk<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> Theatre, among others. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"spellingerror\">Cait\u2019s<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> plays have been workshopped by Eastern Front Theatre and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"spellingerror\">Kostume<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"spellingerror\">Kapers<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> Children\u2019s Theatre. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"scxw195149919\"> <\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW30133119 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW25459003 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW25459003 BCX0\">C<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW25459003 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW25459003 BCX0\">lick Bait<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW25459003 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW25459003 BCX0\">\u00a0is a multimedia web series that uses live streams, YouTube videos, video diary entries, and texts to tell the story. The seven<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW25459003 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW25459003 BCX0\">&#8211;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW25459003 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW25459003 BCX0\">episode series was born out of a desire to see just how much is possible in the realm of collaboration when none of the actors are face to face.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-apart"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent-nts.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}