urban spine
​theater with a backbone
Established in 1999, a pioneer in site specific theater. Before reality TV,  urban spine was placing audiences directly into hypothetical worlds. In an increasingly digitalized society, urban spine believes human connection is essential to connecting ​humans back to their humanity.

The Cardboard Countess
Los Angeles London Saint John Toronto Charlottetown

Middleschoolandia

An irreverent NEW Musical
Hats off to Carson Goring, who wrote the show and portrayed Ashley.-BOB LEGGETT, INDIE VOICE BLOG
Before  Boys Don't Cry there was the sold old success...

Lie With Me
****A smart, sexy, gender bender…Best of the Fringe, Best interview
​-EYE MAGAZINE

The Duelling Dames
In the course of a zippily entertaining half-hour, you get a lot of laughs, some impressive stage combat, and a nicely digestible moral-THE TORONTO STAR
***** You have to respond to the translucent openness of Goring the performer-THE TORONTO STAR

​Happy

​If

Recipient: OAC Grant ​
Winner: Gateway Theater Playwriting Contest
Winner: Aurora Theater Playwriting Contest
Winner: Toronto Fringe Playwriting Contest
One of the top 6 grossing plays of the Toronto Fringe
*****Goring plays the woman to perfection…I’m willing to bet you’ll be as dazzled as I was. Be there. -THE TORONTO STAR

this
could
be
​you
A focused portrait of a woman on the edge, determined to stay alive
-NOW MAGAZINE

Hell is a Cubicle



Alumnae Theater,
Canada ​


Alberta Theater Projects,
Canada

Edgemar Theater,
USA


Ink Fest, 2 Cents Theatre, USA

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411 Studio, USA 

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City Theater Company, USA ​
INDIE holdover

 ​​Winner: Fringe Playwriting
 Contest

Recipient: OAC Grant
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This brilliantly conceived premise by playwright Victoria Goring catapults this play beyond the realm of ordinary into the extraordinary-WEST END ARTS


​Run

Disposable World (tm) c
In this bright, funny and entertaining satire, a woman looking for love gets sucked through her television into TV land…you’ll laugh, you’ll hum, you’ll be scared.-EYE MAGAZINE

The Pandemic Plays

Recipient: Laidlaw Grant ​

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