My musical satire Will You Be My Friend premieres as a radio play Sunday April 25th on Midtown Radio KW. My director Matt White of Green Light Arts has been working with me via video as we work through the recording. It’s been very interesting to revisit this show about the challenges of loving white […]
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Read more >Burdock, 1184 Bloor St W.Doors at 6 p.m., Show at 6:30 p.m.$10 in advance, $15 at the door BUY TICKETS Come to my first Toronto concert in a long time! I will be singing my new Lullabyeeees backed by Melinda Suarez. Justin James will also join on keyboard for some jazz numbers. Hilarious and dazzling […]
Read more >Hey KW,It’s been 7 months since I performed a concert at home. It’s winter and hard times. Let’s get cozy and I’ll sing you my nice lullabyes. If I get my act together this month, it will also the release of my Lullabyes EP.Bonus points and free stickers if you wear fuzzy pastel clothes, onesies […]
Read more >Wow wow such kind reviews from the production of Will You Be My Friend in Toronto, Theatre Passe Muraille, Produced by Green Light Arts, Oct-Nov 2018. NOW MAGAZINE “Will You Be My Friend introduces an artist with something to say… and sing” by Glenn Sumi, 4/5 N’s Link THE STAR: “Will You Be My Friend […]
Read more >May 18, 2019 Interview on CBC Radio about Will You Be My Friend Link
Read more >My main project, Ancestor Song! Epic folk, sweeping ocean melodies and Korean drum. This is what I have created when I’m not being destroyed by oppression. Anthems for fierce feminists freeing ourselves of anger and hate, and coming into our power. Playground Festival of New Work Presents Ancestor Song by Janice Jo Lee Sun June […]
Read more >Article Link Sep 01, 2017 by Valerie Hill Waterloo Region Record More emphasis on youth programming, a budget $100,000 higher than the 2015 festival and now with a lineup of interesting new venues, Impact 17, the international theatre festival has reinvented itself. The bi-annual festival, which runs Sept. 26 to Oct. 1, has kept all […]
Read more >Article Link SHYENNE MACDONALD JANUARY 10, 2018 Look around you. Look at the buildings, the shops and the schools. Look at all the things that make up the Kitchener Waterloo area, all the things that make up your community. Do you think this is where you belong? Are you happy here? If your answer is no, […]
Read more >Article Link Lively debate of top 10 Canadian books as chosen by Waterloo residents CBC News Posted: Oct 18, 2017 7:30 AM ET Ragged Company by Richard Wagamese has been named the top book in the Waterloo Reads battle of the books. The novel came out on top after a lively debate at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex […]
Read more >Jun 19, 2017 by Valerie Hill Waterloo Region Record KITCHENER — Theatre performers, Matt White and Carin Lowerison, just wanted to get out of Toronto, away from the noise, the pressure, the competition. “We decided we needed a change of pace,” said White. “We wanted to switch up life, find a different community and try […]
Read more >Article Link SAM NABI JULY 6, 2017 Janice Jo Lee’s new play, Will You Be My Friend, attracted multiple sold-out shows at the Conrad Centre in downtown Kitchener during its inaugural run from June 22 to 25. Billed as a musical comedy, this one-woman show follows Lee’s quest for friendship and validation as a Korean […]
Read more >Article Link June 2017 Editor’s Note: Janice Jo Lee’s album, Sing Hey, begins with three deep breaths, as if she’s thinking through what she has to say before launching into a kind of slam-sung poem of tough self-talk. That opener, “All the Times You Were Silent,” kicks off a seamless and stunning mix of soulful folk, blues […]
Read more >Montréal: Janice Lily/22 June 2017/ Janice, Montréal, Août 2016 (Version française plus bas) 1) Can you introduce yourself ? My name is Janice, I am a singer, songwriter, poet and community organizer. I take care of my sister who’s twelve years younger than me and I try to do art projects that fight for social […]
Read more >Article Link By Keira Koroma January 17, 2017 Becca Redden, 2016 graduate of the former UW independent studies program, continues her independent streak with ambitious documusical Sing Hey, collaborating with past Kitchener Artist in Residence Janice Lee. While at UW, Redden utilised the relative freedom of the independent studies program to focus on social justice and media, so […]
Read more >It’s going to be a big year for me friends! The Legend of Sing Hey Feature documusical directed by Becca Redden. Premieres Feb 10, 2018, 2pm Princess Twin Cinema, Waterloo, $10 BUY TICKET Will You Be My Friend A Musical Satire by Janice Jo Lee A remount of my one-person […]
Read more >As a part of LSPIRG Radical Orientation Week! A new play by Janice Jo Lee about her journey in finding her place within the community as a person of colour is coming to Laurier as part of LSPIRG’s Rad Week. Janice Jo Lee is a celebrated singer-songwriter-poet who was the City of Kitchener’s Artist […]
Read more >Mark your calendars! *Friday, Sept 29th* Better yet, get your tickets in advance: Tickets available now: https://alyshabrillastarlight.eventbrite.ca/ Alysha Brilla & The Brilltones invite you to come celebrate Brilla’s fourth studio album release, “Rooted”; a rhythmic collection of songs with themes of inner strength, empowerment and spirituality. Let’s get Rooted. This hometown show will be part of […]
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