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The grad class of Fall 2025 dressed up as clue characters, holding various weapons.
Fall 2025 Grads | Back L-R: Ellie McCullough, Hernán Alonso Adrianzén Abanto, Clayton Melanson
Front L-R: Tresha Thamilchelvan, Stella Jack-Rennie, Alek Toledo-Cisak, Carys Watts
Photo by Emily Cooper

The Solo Show projects are a celebrated Studio 58 end-of-term graduating tradition. Students are mentored by artist and instructor David Bloom over the course of a year and a half in creating their own one-person shows. These self-written, self-directed and self-performed solo works each feature a graduating student.

Meet Our Graduates!

WHERE: 
Langara College in room A058 (lower level of the A Building)

WHO AND WHEN:
Monday, December 8, 2025 at 7 PM

  • Carys Watts
  • Clayton Melanson
  • Stella Jack-Rennie
  • Ellie McCullough
  • Tresha Thamilchelvan
  • Hernán Alonso Adrianzén Abanto
  • Alek Toledo-Cisak

Our box office will open one hour prior to showtime.
For more details on each graduating student and their show, please refer to our dropdown menus below. 

HOW: 
Tickets are by donation on a first come, first served basis.

Meet the Fall 2025 Graduates

Chop the Witch! | Carys Watts (she/her) | Acting Graduate 
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A photo of Carys Watts

Town announcement:
New findings on witch hunt: witches can’t speak properly. Capital punishment is at 7 PM to discover the town witch. Bring your own ale.

Content advisories: coarse language, use of stage weapons, mentions and depictions of death

 

 

 

 

The Case That Stole Christmas | Clayton Melanson (he/him) | Acting Graduate 
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A photo of Clayton Melanson

[CLASSIFIED]

Content advisories: coarse language, use of haze and fog

 

 

 

 

 

TURN ME OFF/ON | Stella Jack-Rennie (they/she) | Acting Graduate 
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A photo of Stella Jack-Rennie

Climate change. Hope. Religion. Love. Existential Dread. Life is hard… for a lamp.

Content advisories: use of haze, loud noises, coarse language

 

 

 

 

 

M.O.S.A.I.C. | Ellie McCullough (they/she) | Acting Graduate 
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A photo of Ellie McCullough

What rooms in your heart do you refuse to touch? Desperate and lost, a time traveller jumps through their memory on a quest to find their inner child.

Content advisories: coarse language, screaming, themes of mental illness, implied body dysmorphia


 

 

 

Tiger Claws | Tresha Thamilchelvan (she/her) | Acting Graduate
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A photo of Tresha Thamilchelvan

Tigers aren’t the only ones with claws. Tresha wants to quit the dance class her mother puts her through so she can ignite her passion for hip hop. Will she continue to surrender to her parents’ wishes or finally break out of the cycle?

Content advisory: references to war

 

 

 

 

Studio 58...Heaven or Hell? | Hernán Alonso Adrianzén Abanto (he/him) | Acting Graduate
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A photo of Hernán Alonso Adrianzén Abanto

What happens in the afterlife of a student at Studio 58? Join us to meet these incredible characters that will take you on a journey beyond what's known.

Content advisories: coarse language, use of stage weapons and haze

 

 

 

 

 

Where's My Wallet | Alek Toledo-Cisak (he/him) | Acting Graduate
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A photo of Alek Toledo-Cisak

I've lost my wallet! I’m going to be late, so stop screwing with me and help me find it.

Content advisories: coarse language, loud noises