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Directed and Co-Created by K.P Dennis
Written and Performed by Monica Ogden
Produced by Rage Sweater Theatre Productions, Monica Ogden & K.P Dennis
Film Production by Queer Based Media
Production Management – Maria Zarillo, Tony Adams 
RISER Coordination – Tom Arthur Davis, Kelly Read
Starring Monica Ogden
Director of Photography – Chris Reed & Kendell Yan
Editor – Kendell Yan & Chris Reed
Lighting – Vee Pho
Audio Technician – Vee Pho
Production Assistant – Bella Sie
Hair and Makeup – Isabelle Cooke
Hair and Makeup Assistant – M I L O 
Production Support – James Ogden 
ASL Translation & Interpretation – Gaitrie Persaud
Filmed at KW Studios

Filmed on the lands and territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples

Monica Ogden (Writer, Performer, Producer)

Monica Ogden (she/they) is an award winning queer, disabled, Filipina, Polynesian, British storyteller, actor and comedian. Her Lilang migrated to Kapuskasing ON from Santa, Ilocos Sur, Philippines in 1966, and Monica’s family live uninvited in the territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. Her solo show Monica vs. The Internet (★★★★★ Winnipeg Free Press) directed by K.P Dennis toured 6 cities across Canada in the summer of 2019, was presented at Second City Toronto (2019) and the National Theatre School of Canada (2020), and was recently recognized with the 2020 Witness Legacy Award for Social Purpose and Responsibility Through Art from the Pro Art Alliance and the Witness Legacy Blanket. Monica holds a BA with distinction in Gender Studies from the University of Victoria, works as the Education and Accessibility Manager at TYA company Story Theatre, and produces with Rage Sweater Theatre Productions, their disabled QT2BIPOC led/centered theatre company. Monica vs. The Internet will be presented as part of RISER 2022/23 with Why Not Theatre.

K.P Dennis (Director, Co-Creator, Producer)

K.P Dennis is a Black and non-binary theatre creator, writer, and interdisciplinary artist. Their work is rooted in social justice as daily practice, hope as an active choice we make, and revolution as habit that starts in the home. Their work uses sci-fi/fantasy, afro-surrealism, memoir, and bio-mythology to explore the magic and spirituality inherent in all of us, connection across the digital realm, and the joys we must embrace, and the sacrifices we must make to liberate our futures. 

K.P Dennis was the 2016 Youth Poet Laureate of Victoria, the 2017 recipient of the VACCS (Victoria African & Caribbean Cultural Society) Community recognition Award, and in 2020 they received the Witness Legacy Award for Social Purpose and Responsibility Through Art.

Rage Sweater Theatre Productions are an unapologetically loud, QT2BIPOC, non-binary, disabled theatre company, whose work focuses on socio-political activism, and sharing BIPOC stories.

Facebook – monicavstheinternetshow

Instagram – @monicavstheinternet

Salamat & Thank you’s

Geraldine Ogden (Mom)

Germelina Dela Cueva (Lilang)

Why Not Theatre & RISER Toronto

Canada Council for the Arts

BC Arts Council

 

RISER Senior Partners

fu-GEN Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, The Theatre Centre, Necessary Angel Theatre Company, Roseneath Theatre, Shaw Festival, Modern Times Stage Company, Factory Theatre, Nightwood Theatre, Aluna Theatre

 

More Thank you’s 

The xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) elders, children, and all generations before and to come

Progress Lab Vancouver

Rumble Theatre

Rice and Beans Theatre

Erica Petty, Harrison & George

Tenyjah Indra McKenna

Emilee Nimetz 

Ingrid Moore

David Ogden

James Ogden

The xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) elders, children, and all generations before and to come

Great Grandma Isabella and all of the ancestors who brought each of us here.

Maraming salamat po