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 Summerland Singers & Players |
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Welcome to Theatre BC's MAINSTAGE 2003 Capturing Our Past PLAYBILL |
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| Mainstage Performances:
Cleland Community Theatre, 325 Power Street, Penticton Adjudicator: Bill Millerd Fri, July 4 eve / Sat, July 5 mat / Sat, July 5 eve / Sun, July 6 mat / Sun, July 6 eve / Mon, July 7 eve / Tue, July 8 eve / Wed, July 9 eve / Thu, July 10 eve / Fri, July 11 eve Workshop Plays (below)
Friday, July 4th at 8:00 pm - Central Interior Zone
This is a classic story that tests the boundaries love and commitment. It is a comedy with a sharp contemporary edge that tells a story as old as the Greek myths wherein gods, out of curiosity or perversity, interfered with the lives of mortals. Peter and Rita are young, single and smart. They are introduced at a party and fall in love. Six weeks later, they marry. At the wedding, an old man they have never seen before is attracted to the noise and the celebration and wanders in off the street. He asks to kiss the bride and this is where the gods step in and something magical happens. Love is put to the test. How would you answer if your new young bride asked you, "Will you still love me when I’m 64?" Would you say yes? What is she suddenly was 64? Would your answer be the same? What if she was a man? Is love about the soul or about the body? Saturday, July 5th at
12:00 noon - Fraser Valley Zone This is an absurd, hilarious yet haunting play about male relationships and rivalry. A thirteen "round" sequence of scenarios is played out between two lifelong male friends and refereed by a young woman who holds the key to a dark secret of their past. Like a boxing match, the two men bloody each other verbally while the referee takes them closer and closer to confronting an horrible event that has haunted them throughout their adult lives. Saturday, July 5th at 8:00
pm- North Shore Zone This black comedy takes a look at a mother-daughter relationship that has gone eerily askew. Mag Folan and her forty year old daughter Maureen have lived together most of their lives. Mag is a controlling, conniving mother who expects her daughter to stay at home and live out her life in the tiny dreary county of Connemara, Galway. The somewhat strained relationship takes a sudden turn when a man by the name of Pato Dooley takes a liking to Maureen. For Maureen, Pato represents a golden opportunity to get away from the drab, lifeless county in Ireland and perhaps, begin a new life with a new love, far away from the mother that rules the roost. Mother, of course, is incensed by this relationship and devises a scheme to try and thwart Maureen's affair. Sunday, July 6th at 12:00
noon - Peace River Zone Joseph and Joanne Elliot’s lives are upset when a computer hacker exacts his revenge upon them for perceived wrongs they have inflicted on him. Two Federal agents investigate them for suspected cyber crimes that have come to light at the same time that they discover that their identities have been stolen and their reputations destroyed by the hacker. Sunday, July 6th at
8:00 pm - Skeena Zone An intriguing and thrilling drama that follows the lives of
nine different characters linked by infidelity and betrayal. What unfolds is an unusual
set of circumstances that draw strangers together, their lives bleed into one another's,
sometimes by design, sometimes by accident. Monday, July 7th
at 8:00 pm - North Island Zone This is a true account of the people of Laramie, Wyoming struggling to come to terms with a tragic brutal slaying that was perpetrated by two local young men. The victim, Matthew Shepherd, a 21 year old gay college student was savagely beaten and left to die while tied to a buck fence on the cold prairie in Oct. 1998. This was a hate crime. It might be said that this horrific event was Laramie’s loss of innocence. The play does not re-enact the crime or make judgements but begs the question, "could it happen here?". The message is one of hope, compassion and understanding. Be assured that the seriousness is leavened with laughter. This is definitely must see theatre! Tuesday, July 8th at
8:00 pm - Greater Vancouver Zone T his romantic comedy/drama focuses on the mail-order bride phenomenon, which was instrumental in the development of Western Canada, circa 1905 to 1925. Rich in "Canadiana", the story traces the lives of Annie O'Ryan, a spinster from Belleville, Ontario and John Proctor, a grain farmer on Saskatchewan's Great Plain. From their stormy first meeting at a rural CPR station, through the Great Depression and finally WWII, we share the hopes and dreams of a struggling Canadian family. This was the Full Length category-winning play in Theatre BC's 13th Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competition, marking the second year in a row that a Full Length category winner has been presented at MAINSTAGE.Wednesday, July 9th at
8:00 pm - Kootenay Zone A chance meeting in a restaurant, after four years
apart, sends a couple flashing back through the highs and lows of their courtship and
marriage. It is an hilarious and often heart-breaking look at the rollercoaster ride of a
relationship. Thursday, July 10th
at 8:00 pm - South Island Zone A friend bets Percy £50 that he will not spend the night with a prostitute and do his duty like a man, so he goes home with Cyrenne. When her brash jokes and open suggestiveness fail to bring Percy up to scratch, the two start chatting and gradually, a bond grows between them. A gentle blend of humour, sentiment and emotion, the play depicts with charm and perception how loneliness can drive people to opposite extremes Friday, July 11th at
8:00 pm - Okanagan Zone Set on adjoining balconies in a big city apartment
building, the play follows John Cummings as he interacts with three women, Fay, Angel, and
Gwen, who become his neighbours over a three and a half year period. Hilarious and, at
times, touching. "Keeps audiences in fits of laughter."-- Montreal Gazette Workshop Plays
@ Centre Stage Theatre,
Summerland Fri 4th- Sun 6th:
Performances Fri. & Sun., 3:00 or 3:30 (to be confirmed) This comedy/drama takes place during an ostentatious wedding reception. Five reluctant, identically-clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with their own reason to avoid the proceedings below. As the afternoon wears on, these five very different women joyously discover a common bond in this wickedly-funny, irreverent and touching celebration of the women's spirit. Mon 7th- Wed 9th: Performances
Mon. & Wed., 3:00 or 3:30 (to be confirmed) Thu 10th- Sat 12th: Performances
Thu. & Sat., 3:00 or 3:30 (to be confirmed) Present day, somewhere in the USA.Nicky, Debra and Molly have tolerated each other during once a month dinners for years. For the first time they admit their marriages are on the brink of disaster. The men mistakenly lock themselves in the meat locker. Should they leave them in? |
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