Article: Local theatre group inspired director

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By Kevin Prokosh

OFFICIALLY, hotshot Newfoundland director Jillian Keiley is making her Winnipeg debut helming a touring production of Tempting Providence, opening at Prairie Theatre Exchange tonight.

Privately, the 37-year-old Keiley is making a pilgrimage to the hometown of Primus Theatre, a defunct Winnipeg experimental theatre (1988-98) that played a pivotal role in her development as a rising stage star.

"Primus was a huge influence on me," says Keiley, who calls St. John's, N.L., home.

Such Primus works as Dog Day, Alkoremmi and The Night Room were lauded for being startingly original and radically imaginative, terms that has ...

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