Fat Fables
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Reimagining Fat Queer Futures
Be part of Fat Fables, our storytelling, performance arts and creation program for fat 2SLGBTQ+ folks ages 18-29, returning as part of our programming in 2025.
From March to August, participants will work together with a team of professional directors and other guest artists to create and devise performance pieces that will be presented at the 2025 SummerWorks Performance Festival.



Part One: Creation
Participants will meet weekly for 9 weeks, working together to create and devise a full-length performance.
This phase will be focused on creating work, learning new performance skills and dramaturgy. Each week will start with a shared meal, followed by writing exercises or guest artist workshops.

Part Two: Dramaturgy
After the Creation phase, participants will shape the performance through dramaturgy workshops in June and then longer, more regular rehearsals throughout July.

Part Three: Performance
In August, the participants will present their performance at The SummerWorks Performance Festival. This part of the program focuses on performance skills, exploring staging and incorporating design elements. During the festival, participants will share a community meal with the broader theatre community and engage in dialogue around the importance of fat 2SLGBTQIA+ spaces and community.
The Story Behind the Project
Fat Fables was conceived of in 2019 by both Morgan Davis and Jules Vodarek Hunter with the intention of addressing gaps in arts programming for folks living at the intersection of fatness and queerness.
As fat folks, there are many parts of life we don’t participate in because of the way the world is set up. Within the queer community, there is often an image of a thin, androgynous, cis, white person represented in media as what “queer” looks like. Many of us go through most of our lives feeling alone in our identities and never see ourselves represented in media. When we do, the fat character was always the butt of a joke, the comic relief, or their storyline was centered around weight loss. Within queer community and the theatre community, rarely do we see fat folks at the center of a performance or event.
Fat Fables aims to build community, create opportunities and reimagine what’s possible for fat 2SLGBTQIA+ people who want to reclaim space on stage and tell their own story,
As Featured In HowlRound Theatre Commons
Check out this conversation for HowlRound Theatre Commons between the founders of Fat Fables and AMY’s current leadership team, Morgan and Jules, as they discuss what drove them to create the program.
our proud partnership with summerWorks
This will be the ninth year of partnering with SummerWorks to present an original show as part of the SummerWorks Performance Festival .
Participating in the festival is also a way for our participants to learn more about the Toronto performing arts community. Through the generosity of SummerWorks, our youth participants can attend numerous performances, partake in artist discussions, and work to build a strong network.
our Generous funding partner ArtReach
ArtReach is an organization that supports community-based arts initiatives that engage youth from equity-deserving populations who have experienced exclusion in Toronto.
In addition to funding, ArtReach provides free capacity building initiatives that aim to strengthen the community of young artists working towards social change in Toronto. Examples include grant-writing supports for youth applicants, mentorship for funded projects, and free workshops as part of our Grassroots Organizing and Leadership (G.O.A.L.) youth capacity-building series.
Grab The First Issue of the Fat Fables Zine
Created by the 2021 ensemble, this zine is packed with poetry, essays, collage and more. All funds received from the zine will go towards the program and its staged productions.