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at UBC is proud of its students - past and present. The Students
and Alumni Pages of the Theatre at UBC website celebrate the work of our
current Students as well as that of our illustrious Alumni. On
this page, appearing in event date order, you will find productions and
other events which feature our Alumni and Current Students.
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| May 4 - 6, 2006 | |||||
ShowTitle: The Heretic
Comments: " ... a hilarious script, great acting and a technically superb show. Actor John Murphy's performance is flawless." Meet Jesus Murphy, the altar-ego of a gentle man with a tortured religious upbringing. In an attempt to exorcise these demons, this evangelical atheist incisively and hilariously tears a strip off God, fellow Catholics, Mother Theresa, Puff Daddy and everybody else who provokes his ire. neworldtheatre is very proud to present this play created and performed by UBC almun and long time neworld collaborator John Murphy. "The Heretic is a scary, brave and ferocious attack on Judeo-Christian religion and its doctrines. John Murphy's performance is reminiscent of Lenny Bruce. But this is no simple rant. The writing is clever and sophisticated, the production slick and the acting phenomenal. " |
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| April 26 & 29, and May 3-6, 2006 | |||||
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Alone by Adam Cowart Peformances Dates: April 26-29 and May 3-6 Venue: at the Beaumont Playhouse Tickets: $10-$20 Theatre at UBC Alumni:
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| April 14 & 15, 2006 | |||||
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Summer Brave by William Inge The final and definitive version of William Inge's classic 1950's Picnic. We are proud to present the final project for the
Come and support our fabulous first year class as they embark on their full-length public performance! Time: 7:30 p.m. Admission: Free (seating limited) |
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The University of British Columbia’s Department of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing presents: Staged Readings of Two New Plays At the Playwrights Theatre Centre Brooklyn Thinks It’s An Onion Four Single People Sharing an Evening Location: Playwrights Theatre Centre Admission by Donation |
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| March 29 - April 2, 2006 | |||||
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| March 25 & 26, 2006 | |||||
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EmBODYing the Spirit of the Mask A two-day workshop with Steven Hill, Artistic Director, Leaky Heaven Circus “The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough to create new life: either as a conflict of passions subtler than those we already know, or as a complete new character.” - Alfred Jarry Working with a variety of masks by master builder Melody Anderson, participants will source character through the power of the mask. This work requires the performer to give over, to step aside and allow the spirit of the mask to move them and in turn be moved by them. The playing calls for a limber responsive body and frees the actor to follow instinct and to raise the level of acting to the demand initiated by the mask. Weekend of March 25 & 26, 2006 $120.00 (plus GST, $40 deposit required) Contact (604) 488-0003 or Equity members receive a 20% discount. For more info: www.leakyheaven.com |
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| February 1, 2006 | |||||
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NICOLA
CAVENDISH
IN CONVERSATION WITH
JERRY WASSERMAN FREE ADMISSION! The director of Presentation House Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of Noel Coward’s Hay Fever, one of Vancouver’s greatest Fever actors, and a graduate of the UBC Theatre program, Nicola Cavendish talks about her life in art and the state of Canadian theatre in these perilous times. Jerry Wasserman is Professor of English and Theatre at UBC, theatre critic for The Province newspaper, and a stage and screen actor. Visit his website at: www.vancouverplays.com For more information call: 604 822 2678. Presented by the UBC Department of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing, the Frederic Wood Theatre and vancouverplays.com. |
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THEATRE AT UBC DIRECTING PROGRAM PRESENTS:
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| January 27-February 19, 2006 | |||||
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Iphigenia at Aulis Alumna and Theatre at UBC students in production: Ruth Brown and Sarah Holden-Boyd On the Eastern shore of mainland Greece at Aulis, Agamemnon waits for favourable winds to blow his invading force to Troy. A horrible sacrifice is demanded by the Goddess Artemis before the Greek fleet can safely embark. Agamemnon is faced with a tragic dilemma: he must choose between his beloved daughter, Iphigenia, and success in the war. Iphigenia at Aulis is a searing condemnation of moral weakness and ambition that leads to degradation and corruption of both victor and vanquished. Although written two thousand years ago, Euripides’ treatment of sacrifice and war is as relevant today as ever: Iphigenia becomes the symbol that, amid spin and treachery, sends the Greek army on its way to fight for “the just cause.” |
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| January 21 & 22, 2006 | |||||
Hello friend of the Leaky Heaven Circus, Happy New Year! As promised, below are the details of our January 21st and 22nd workshop. EmBODYing the Spirit of the Mask A two-day workshop with Steven Hill, Artistic Director, Leaky Heaven Circus Working with a variety of masks by master builder Melody Anderson, participants will source character through the power of the mask. This work requires the performer to give over, to step aside and allow the spirit of the mask to move them and in turn be moved by them. The playing calls for a limber responsive body and frees the actor to follow instinct and to raise the level of acting to the demand initiated by the mask. Weekend of January 21 & 22, 2006 $120.00 (plus GST, $40 deposit required) Equity/UBCP members receive a 20% discount. As there is a bit of a image-based virus scare at the moment, I decided to forego the usual visuals and post just the text. If bells-and-whistles are what you seek, please visit the following link: http://www.leakyheaven.com/Default.aspx?tabid=54 Regards, Kristian Ayre
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| January 15, 2006 | |||||
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THE KOMACHI VARIATIONS Created and performed by: Colleen Lanki and Sachiyo Takahashi Five variations on the life, love and obsessions of 9th Century poet Ono no Komachi told through dance, music and text. New choreographies based on nihon buyô (classical Japanese dance), new compositions using voice and nôkan (traditional Japanese flute), and a contemporary look at one of Japan’s most elegant and celebrated women. For more information or to reserve tickets email: komachi@rhizomeproductions.com |
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| January 11-15, 2006 | |||||
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Thom Pain (based on nothing) Jan. 11-15, 2006 |
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| January 6, 7, 13, 14, 2006 | |||||
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the absolut theatre company is starting off the new year with a bang by sponsoring the women at play(s) event as well as presenting a brand new script, "Deal Breakers" collectively written by Managing Artistic Director/ Producer S. Siobhan McCarthy, Sandi Zweikaft and Isabelle Landry. We hope that you can come and support this amazing event featuring 22 strong passionate sassy women. Tickets are only $10. For more info please visit www.whoareyoucallingcrazy.com or call 604 263 1859 "Deal Breakers" is about the things that make you walk away from relationships... The characters have been best friends since childhood: one has a cheating husband, the other is having an affair with a married man. One night over coffee the women's teenage ideals meet their adult realities: they have more in common then either of them ever wished for - the man. |
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| January 5-28th, 2006 | |||||
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| December 4 | |||||
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Secrets - a collection of original monologues. This is the first public presentation by the beginning year BFA Acting Students.
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| December 1 | |||||
Your are invited to scene selections from:
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| November 18 - December 11 | |||||
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THE FEIGNED COURTESANS By Aphra Behn is directed by Sarah Rodgers (alumna). United Players’ Production of Behn’s “The Feigned Courtesans”, written in 1678, provides Vancouver theatre goers with a rare opportunity to see Restoration comedy… from a female point of view. Disguised as boys, Marcella and her sister Cornelia have fled their hometown of Viterbo, Marcella to escape an arranged marriage and follow her true love. Now living in Rome the sisters assume the identities of Euphemia and Silvianetta, two famed courtesans. Of course a lively time of complicated intrigue and mistaken identities ensues! The women violate the masculine honour of truth to be true to the feminine honour of chastity – tricking their would-be customers into paying for services never rendered. Directed by Sarah Rodgers, she is joined by a stellar cast of 17 including many UBC theatre alumni : ACTORS: Kerry Allchin, Ryan Beil, Sarah Brown, Ian Harmon, Alex McMorran. Chris Murray, Jason Nicola, Joel Redmond, Ryan Smith, and Naomi Wright. Current Theatre at UBC Student designers are Jillian Wolpert (lighting) and Jillian Jones (set). Robyn Bancroft–Wilson, who is the assistant Director, is also an alumna of Theatre at UBC. with musical director Pat Unruh, costume design by Monique McCrae, and is produced by Andree Karas. Lobby Visual Arts Display: The FEIGNED COURTESANS Thursday through Sunday, at 8 pm. Tickets $12 - $16, available at the door. Reservations and information:
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| November 3-12 | |||||
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TOUCHSTONE THEATRE presents the WESTERN CANADIAN PREMIERE of Little Mercy's First Murder Book & lyrics by Morwyn Brebner with music by Jay Turvey and Paul Sportelli Touchstone Theatre unleashes their 30th Anniversary season with a wicked film noir musical, Little Mercy’s First Murder. William MacDonald is "Weegee", a hard-boiled 1940's Manhattan newspaperman sent to photograph a crime scene who goes on the lam with the suspect. Poor little Mercy Callaghan, (alumna Katey Wrigh) has led a sheltered life. But her fugitive night with Weegee takes her from a four-alarm fire to a high society gala and a nightclub where the floor show isn't the only entertainment. “utterly brilliant theatre…” EYE WEEKLY MAGAZINE This wildly unconventional new musical is based on a real a character, crime scene photographer Arthur Fellig. Fellig (1899-1968), better known as “Weegee”, was a freelance news photographer in New York City. Beginning his career on the police beat where he specialized in crime and catastrophe, Weegee roamed the city during the 1930s and ‘40s in search of The Page One Photo: the image that would stop you at the newsstand. He is credited with ushering in the age of tabloid culture and revered for elevating the sordid side of human life to the level of high art. Winner of seven Dora Awards, including Best New Musical! Destined to tweeze the highbrows of musical theatre fans, the score of Little Mercy’s First Murder, written by Jay Turvey and Paul Sportelli, pays tribute to 30s and 40s music - jazz, Kurt Weill, French chansons, rumbas and torch songs - but re-invents and flips them upside down. Playwright Morwyn Brebner has also received widespread acclaim for her stinging comedy Music for Contortionist. “[ Touchstone is ]… what good theatre is all about” – VANCOUVER SUN Touchstone Artistic Director Katrina Dunn heads a police line-up of notoriously talented Vancouver actors: Donald Adams, Dean Paul Gibson, William MacDonald, Michael Scholar Jr., Tara Jean Wilkin and alumna Katey Wright. Music Director Wendy Bross Stuart joins Vancouver’s usual suspects for cutting edge design: alumni Alan Brodie (Set & Lighting) and Mara Gottler (Costumes) with Shaw Festival Choreographer Jane Johanson (contributor to Little Mercy’s Toronto Premiere). Maintaining law and order are Stage Manager alumna Kelly Barker and Assistant Stage Manager Marcella Hyde. Be at the scene of one of the season’s most talked about shows Little Mercy’s First Murder. Don’t miss it! Vancouver East Cultural CentreNov 3 – 12; Tues through Sat at 8pm and 2pm matinee Nov 6 & 12 More Info: 604.709.9973 www.touchstonetheatre.com
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A WORLD PREMIERE From Parts Unknown… By Joshua Reynolds Ding – Ding – Ding! Lade-e-ez and Gents, Mesdames et Monsieurs, pre-e-e-e-senting for the first time in any the-a-tre, a no-holds-barred, professional wrestling odyssey of epic proportions! Written by Joshua Reynolds, this new play gives audiences a ringside look at the sport where fantasy keeps reality in a permanent choke hold: the bizarre world of professional wrestling. From Parts Unknown… traces the whirlwind journey of Johnny “The Cad” Cadman, a title-winning wrestler who becomes a smack down one-man losing streak. The glamour meets the gutter in this weird and wonderful tale of one man’s struggle to survive his own legend. Side show freaks? Misfits or madmen? Originating from Commedia dell’Arte, professional wrestling’s humbler beginnings include carnival shows, strongman feats and other acrobatic performances. True to the theatrical origins of the sport, wrestlers today tell a story in the ring by assuming larger-than-life characters, wearing costumes and engaging in matches with a pre-determined outcome employing a host of wild staging techniques. Illusion blurs reality outside of the ring as well, through scripted relationships and allegiances that are interwoven over generations. Dirty Little Monkey Productions and Second Best Bird Theatre Company bring this unique and exciting original script to Vancouver audiences. Director Craig Lapthorne plays the odds with a couple of pros that are heavily favoured to win: veteran Vancouver actors Peter Grier [The Overcoat – International Tour] and Gerry Mackay [Love’s Labour’s Lost/As You Like It for Bard on the Beach]. Also performing in the ring: a trio of baby-faced contenders with something to prove: the co-artistic directors of Second Best Bird Sasa Brown [Madama Butterfly for the Vancouver Opera] and author/performer Joshua Reynolds [Midsummer Night’s Dream for Bard in the Vineyard] with Jessica Hardy. At ringside, the design team for this theatrical event consists of Francesca Albertazzi (set) and Erin Harris (lighting). More at www.secondbestbird.com Playwrights Theatre Centre 1398 Cartwright St, Granville Island October 25: FREE Preview Opening Night: Oct 26 Must Close: Nov 12 Wednesday–Saturday at 8pm November 1: 2 for 1! TICKETS $15/$12 To book contact Festival Box Office at 604.257.0366 or www.festivalboxoffice.com Warning: Language – and if you don’t like it, tough @#$*!!
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| October 25-29 | |||||
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Frankie
and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Starring Directed by Kelly Straughan - UBC MFA Directing Candidate October 25-29th 7:30pm Tickets $5 available through the Theatre at UBC Box Office: 604.822.2678 |
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The Theatre at UBC MFA Directing Program is proud to host scenes from: As You Like It
Starring for Camyar: Starring for Joanna: When: Friday, October 21 at 4:30 pm *These scenes are the second and final first term scene presentations under the instruction of Neil Freeman.
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| October 21 to November 12 | |||||
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SubmitterName: Anthony F. Ingram Alumni Involved: Sarah Rodgers (director) |
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| October 15 - November 26 | |||||
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Altered States
Submitted by: Siobhan McCarthy (Alumna) Performance artists have a history of caressing, poking, prodding, and wrecking havok on the boundaries that define all kinds of states: from nation states to states of spiritual enlightenment to states of mind. Part of this process often involves rituals that alter the way these artists ordinarily perceive the world around them. The approaches to achieving altered states range from gentle forms of meditation and mindfulness to extreme physical labour and acts of limit-testing endurance. While not all performance artists take excessive measures to create a heightened state of awareness, many do deploy tools such as endurance, fasting, taking hallucinogenic drugs, and remaining awake for unnatural amounts of time. We are living in a consumer-driven, conservative era - a time when Canadians are generally very protective of their concepts of "normalcy", and the status quo, so to ask Vancouverites to come to a performance art festival about altered states is taking quite a risk. Who is our "target audience"? Who is willing to seek out cultural experiences that go beyond entertainment into the troubling, evocative, mind-bending work of our artist risk-takers? That audience is you. Thank you for supporting the work of our local and visiting artists and explorers. |
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Marion Bridge Directed by Natasha Nadir - UBC MFA Directing Candidate October 13, 14 & 15, 2005Funny, heartwarming and breathtakingly lyrical, Marion Bridge by Daniel MacIvor is the story of three sisters who hold a bitterly comic vigil over their dying mother. Stacie Harrison, Siobhan McCarthy and Stefanie Stanley star in this thoroughly modern dramatic comedy. Bursting with humor and rich with the author’s signature monologues, Marion Bridge represents MacIvor at his most sensitive and skilled. " …a compelling and strikingly original
theatrical text... Canadian author and performer Daniel MacIvor’s award winning works are well known to theatre audiences internationally, his other plays include See Bob Run, House, This is a Play, In On It and Monster. Nominated for the 1999 Governor General’s award
for Drama, Marion Bridge is directed by MFA Directing Candidate Natasha Nadir: Nadir is an actor, director and Meisner instructor pursuing her MFA in Directing at UBC. She has spent time in Quebec, England and Calgary - where she recently worked as assistant director on All Clear at Alberta Theatre Projects. Her UBC directing credits include Shakespeare’s As You Like It and a dreamer examines his pillow by John Patrick Shanley. at
the new… Dorothy Somerset Theatre Tickets $5 available at the door Recommended Parking and directions: West Parkade - 2140 Lower Mall, (access off NW Marine Dr.) From parkade proceed on foot North along Lower Mall and turn East at University Blvd. From UBC Bus Loop: Walk West along University Blvd. Please call 604-822-2678 for more information.
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| September 7 to Mid-November, 2005 | |||||
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Public Presentation – Runs from September
to Mid-November – Classes on Evenings and Weekends - 400 Level Course
New Interactive Performance/Design Course
Mediative Bodies Listed as: Advanced Study in Design and Scenography Class Times: Saturdays 10am – 2pm, Wednesdays 6pm – 9pm This course combines the exploration and manipulation of space with the movement of the physical body in space. Students will all participate in physical exercises developing kinesthetic response; visual and aural explorations in site specific design; as well as in exercises that investigate the aesthetic principles of Japanese nô theatre. The course will culminate in a public presentation using Ôta Shôgô’s play The Water Station (Mizu no Eki), a contemporary Japanese script with no spoken lines – only descriptions of people moving through a landscape. Participants will be challenged to create characters and landscapes using a unique combination of methodologies, and to explore aesthetic concepts involving time and space rarely used in North America. This course is open to students from all institutions connected to GNWC. It is open to students of performance, design, music, visual arts and anyone with in interest in interdisciplinary performance. Registrants are requested to send a personal biography and statement of interest to the instructors. This is astudio-based course with a performance/presentation as the finalexam. The schedule will not be completely regular. Please check the Theatre at UBC website: http://www.theatre.ubc.ca/course/thtr408A_sec002_2005w.htm First meeting is on Wednesday, September 7 at 6pm in the Conference Room, 555 Great Northern Way Contact: http://www3.telus.net/action/mediative |
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Mary Stuart Dear friends and colleagues, Thanks to everyone who came out to see my film at the 48 hour film festival -- we won Best Picture!! A quick heads-up to say that Mary Stuart, the show I'm in, opens this coming Wednesday September 7th at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre. There is a pay-what-you-can preview on Tuesday the 6th... so come on Tuesday if money's tight. The show starts at 8pm. We're starting to generate some buzz -- a large photo and article appeared in Friday's Vancouver Sun (F2), we're featured in the Globe and Mail, and there is a media call on Tuesday for TV. The show is really shaping up... good set, good light, nice costumes, cool space, great cast (Gwynyth Walsh, Gabrielle Rose, Tom McBeath, and other Vancouver heavyweights). Hope you can make it, Blackbird Theatre’s Artistic Director John Wright (former Head of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing) directs. The Vancouver East Cultural Centre is at the corner of
Venables and Victoria, 2 blocks east of Commercial Drive. Here's a map
of the Cultch and directions on how to get there: http://www.vecc.bc.ca/findus.htm
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Little Shop of
Horrors Clipped Right Wing Productions presents an evening of botany and blood featuring their take on the original, cult-classic musical by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. Aug. 5-13, 8pm (Sat. Matinee 2pm) Directed by Aaron Caleb (MFA ALUMNI) Choreography by Helina Patience (BA ALUMNI) Costume Design by Mike Patton (Current MFA DESIGN) Scenic Design by Karen Mirfield (BFA DESIGN ALUMNI) Produced by Ian Harmon (BFA ACTING ALUMNI), Shaun Aquiline (JUST ACCEPTED INTO FIRST YEAR OF BFA ACTING) Starring: Keegan Macintosh (CURRENT
BFA ACTING), Featuring: Johannah Khalema ( BFA ACTING ALUMNI), Jennifer Braund (CURRENT BFA ACTING), Ruth Brown (BFA ACTING ALUMNI) and Shaun Aquiline |
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| TONY AND TINA’S WEDDING | Alumni:
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| THE AWKWARD | Adrian
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 Congratulations to Theatre at UBC MFA Candidate Camyar Chai and neworldtheatre. neworldtheatre is the winner of the
2007 Alcan Award for Theatre. The $60,000 prize will go towards
neworldtheatre’s adaptation of Adrift on the Nile, by the Middle East’s only
Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz. The script will be adapted by Camyar Chai and Marcus Youssef. The cast will include Maiko Bae Yamomoto, Alex
Ferguson, Marcus Youssef and James Fagan Tait. Please visit the Vancouver East Cultural Centre for more information. |
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 Congratulations to Theatre at UBC and English
Professor Jerry Wasserman. Jerry has launched his newest venture: vancouverplays.com,
Vancouver’s newest arts and culture website. |
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| GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: TICKETS TONIGHT - check them out | |||||
| FYI
Tickets Tonight is a new venture that has been set up by the Alliance for Arts and Culture with the Vancouver Tourism board. They are offering day-of half-price tickets for various theatre events around the city. It's a good opportunity to get your tickets more cheaply, and if you're producing a show you can sign up with Tickets Tonight and have your tickets sold through this outlet. For more information, visit their website: www.ticketstonight.ca. |
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| GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: CHEAP REHEARSAL SPACE: | |||||
| When a small production company uses an inexpensive facility for casting, mayhem ensues. Karin, a mild mannered film professional, has something to share and decides to make no bones about what she has to offer. After looking around her 500 square foot air-conditioned space with adjustable lighting and attached 260 square foot waiting area she realizes that, with the on site parking, her location at 5th and Burrard could rent for 10 dollars per hour. Little did she realize the flurry of interest and activity that would soon be surrounding her modest Vancouver digs. To reserve your date in "The Space", call Karin at 604-732-7819 "I laughed, I cried, and then I saw the space… it was unreal… I was overcome by a calmness in knowing that I finally had a place to hold auditions" - LCD, Vancouver | |||||
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| GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: VIRTUAL POSTERS | |||||
| THE BRICK WALL: an on-line place to put-up the virtual poster for your show. Go to www.thebrickwall.ca for more details. | |||||
| GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Drama Company in Residence Pantages Theatre | |||||
Letter from Tom Durrie to GVPTA members: ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR COMPANY? |
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BRAVE NEW PLAY RITES
Author, Author!! We’re thrilled to announce that Anvil Press is publishing Brave New Play Rites, a collection of 25 plays produced at the festival. Order your copies in advance when you attend and mark your calendar to join us for the book launch April 20th at 7pm in the lobby of the Frederic Wood Theatre. Brave New Play Rites debuted in 1987 and has been guided by Creative Writing faculty member Bryan Wade, editor of the soon to be published collection of plays. Other award winning artistic contributors to the festival are John Cooper - Directing Instructor and Alison Green - Costume Design.