In a March, 2024 decision not publicized until now, the judge argued that it was the actors who ‘lacked professionalism’ in a case stemming from Sprung’s play Fight On!
Director-playwright Guy Sprung faced a suspension from the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association a few years ago after several actors became so uncomfortable with his approach to a new play that they filed a complaint against him. Now a Superior Court of Quebec judge has ruled that the suspension was “unjustifiable,” arguing that it was the actors who “lacked professionalism.”
“At least some of the actors,” the judge wrote, “appeared to think that they were in some sort of improvisational or workshop setting where they were at liberty to criticize the script, propose changes and, in one case, even rewrite their own lines as they saw fit.” If an actor felt uncomfortable with Sprung’s approach, he continued, “then he or she should simply have declined to participate in the production.
Sprung, 77, has had a long career both in Canada and abroad. He co-founded London’s Half Moon Theatre in the 1970s and has served as artistic director of several institutions, including the former Toronto Free Theatre.for several years, seeking input from members of the M’Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island, the court filing says, as well asTaylor had even recorded some commentary to be played during the play’s performances.
The decision does not fully name the actors involved but says the cast had divergent responses to Sprung’s script. Three Indigenous cast members wrote a note for the play’s program that said “hopefully through this theatrical reimagining, settler audiences can find a way into a much bigger and complex conversation.”
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