Playwrights Theatre Centre brings five new plays to Vancouver audiences June 8-13, 2009.
All plays staged at Playwrights Theatre, Granville Island, 3rd floor, 1398 Cartwright Street,Vancouver. B.C.
This year’s plays include: Nigeria, by Martin Gover (Richmond); Stroke, by Marie-Léofeli Barlizo (Montreal), Herr Beckmann’s People by Sally Stubbs (Vancouver), Medicine Boy by Waawaate Fobister (Toronto), and Tear, by Jason Maghanoy (Toronto).
The plays will be presented in intimate staged readings offering audience members a front row seat to watch the process of making new Canadian theatre.
From dance theatre to intergenerational epic to psychological drama, the festival presents engaging content in innovative forms. This year’s playwrights delve into dislocation – from one generation to the next, from one culture to the next. The characters strive for connection, for understanding, and for an identity that acknowledges the past while grappling with contemporary realities. According to PTC Literary Manager Martin Kinch, “The festival reflects the strength of our ongoing development programs, with three of the plays coming straight out of the PTC Playwrights Colony. We’re very excited to share these plays and the process of play-making with our audience.”
All readings are at 8 p.m. The festival schedule:
The festival kicks off with our Playwrights Cabaret, featuring all the playwrights and improvisational band ion Zoo.
The Festival. all shows start 8pm.
Monday June 8 - Playwrights Cabaret with ion Zoo
Readings from works by the festival playwrights, plus special guests. Ion Zoo draws inspiration from a wide range of musical ingredients including bebop, noise, baroque aria, contemporary classical and Weimar cabaret to create an aural feast of haunting melodies, lush atmospheric textures and spontaneous compositions.
Tuesday June 9 - Nigeria by Martin Gover, director: Heidi Taylor
A three-way power struggle, with seduction at its core. What is fiction? What is reality? When our current reality becomes untenable, how do we escape?
Wednesday June 10 - Medicine Boy by Waawaate Fobister, director: Aiyyana Maracle
This new commission explores a young man’s search for his path in contemporary aboriginal society. A dance theatre exploration of medicine training and sexual identity, featuring Byron Chief-Moon.
Thursday June 11 - Stroke by Marie Leofeli Barlizo, director: Martin Kinch
A Filipino-Canadian family wrestles with its past when a traumatic event stirs up family secrets. A father and daughter, connected by their profession, but divided by years of emotional neglect, navigate the uncertain waters of memory and need.
Friday June 12 - Tear by Jason Maghanoy, director: Heidi Taylor
While fulfilling his duty to have his Grandfather’s tombstone made, a young boy is plunged into a world of new experiences. A Filipino homecoming for a Canadian boy.
Saturday June 13 - Herr Beckmann's People by Sally Stubbs, director: Katrina Dunn, dramaturg: Martin Kinch
In 1970’s West Germany, secrets from the Second World War have driven a family apart. Prodigal daughter Anna forces her family to answer tough questions about their past, and in return is faced with moral dilemmas of her own.
All tickets are $10, $5 concession rate. Reservations recommended, and accepted after May 15 by phone: 604-685-6228 ext. 106.
contact email - carol@playwrightstheatre.com
Detailed show descriptions and bios available on our website: www.playwrightstheatre.com.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
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