Articles by Michael Potter

First they were stories — stories scattered across hundreds of letters written by nurses who’d graduated from Windsor’s Grace Hospital. In anticipation of the hospital’s centennial, local author, historian, and former poet laureate Marty Gervais […]

The late 1990s. Prolific Canadian playwright George F. Walker was living in Vancouver, spending his days at a library, when he wrote plays on pads of yellow legal paper. They were all set in the […]

Theatre companies are all about live performance. So when the Covid-19 pandemic suddenly shut down live theatre in March 2020, these companies lost their ability to function without warning. Yet, while much of the theatre […]

The journey of Matthew St. Amand’s Negatunity – a new play making its world premiere this month at The Shadowbox Theatre – illustrates just how closely life and art can intertwine. That means it’s a […]

Since March 2020, when theatres and other live performance venues were forced to close to the public because of the COVID pandemic, there hasn’t been a lot of live entertainment in our region. Sure, Windsor […]

It can be difficult to get a new play produced. It’s difficult to get people to give you detailed feedback on a play you’ve written. Hell, it’s difficult enough just to convince people to read […]

Although 2020 was a grim year for theatre due to the COVID-19 pandemic, two local theatre companies have entered into a new partnership in a shared spirit of optimism and collaboration. With the dawn of […]

Theatre companies have been hit hard by the pandemic – harder still by the restrictions and shutdowns our local and provincial governments have mandated in their efforts to control the spread of the virus. While […]

On the outskirts of the tiny town of Leenane, in Galway, Ireland, live two women, Maureen and Mag. Maureen (played by Cindy Pastorius) is a middle-aged woman who’s been caring for her elderly mother, Mag […]

What if the United States was a person? What sort of person would it be? You might think of Uncle Sam – the tall, lanky goateed man in a star-spangled suit and top hat. And […]