Dayna Lea Hoffman and Katie Yoner in ‘Rat Academy’, Photo by Photo Marc Chalifoux, Epic Photography

Presented by Batrabbit Productions

So, I have two new friends. They’re rats. They survived Alberta’s culling. (A whole thing I just learned about!) One of them is a little nicer than the other, but y’know, it can’t be easy being detested vermin; one must make allowances for some, uh, anti-human sentiments. Fingers (Katie Yoner) has plenty of those. He’s rough, ready to fight and desperate to teach his gentle and trusting side kick, Shrimp (Dayna Lea Hoffmann) how to be a proper, survivor rat. Thus: Rat Academy, a clown show created by Yoner and Hoffmann, takes the form of a lecture. Shrimp and the audience are disappointing students, but Fingers himself has some valuable lessons to learn. Continue Reading