| Play Synopsis: (alpha order) The Adventure by G.Kluger & L..Martin
Space on the Floor Theatre Company (Salmo) 45 mins.
A comedy about two naïve community theatre players who go to a big city Fringe Festival
and face serious critique for the first time.
Bed Among the Lentils by Alan Bennett
Emerald Pig Theatrical Society (Langley) 35 mins.
Bed Among the Lentils is the most well-known of British playwright Alan Bennett’s
monologues. Its underlying theme of the struggle for acceptance is timeless and appeals to
a wide audience demographic. This will be a tour de force performance!
Crossing the Bar by Don Nigro
Kamloops Players / Geri Actors 30-35 mins.
Two grieving friends have come to the funeral of a male acquaintance. While reminiscing
about the past they believe they have both had the exclusive attention of the deceased.
There has been an undercurrent of rivalry as to which woman has held his special favour!
Therefore it comes as a great surprise to discover there might have been a third admirer
sharing his affections! There are a few more surprises in store for them as they attend to
the corpse.
Dinner and Drinks by Todd Sullivan
Williams Lake Studio Theatre 45 mins.
Four scenes involving three different couples who are out for dinner on the same evening.
The first couple struggles through the aftermath of an unexpected one-night stand. The
second couple, ironing out the last few details of their divorce, find their attraction
briefly rekindled by the most mundane of things – division of property. The third
couple struggles a little too publicly, over a few too many drinks, with the issue of
boredom in the bedroom. Funny, tragic, human and ultimately redeeming, Dinner and Drinks
will warm the heart of anyone mature enough to appreciate its examination of topics
we’ve all experienced, but rarely talk about.
Fortunate Son by Peter Boychuk
Roughhouse Theatre Project (Bowser) 40 mins.
The day after his famous eulogy for his father, Justin is visited by one of his
father’s friends; an old political hack who is convinced that Justin’s speech
has captured the imagination of Canada and now is the time for Justin to enter politics.
The Frog Prince by David Mamet
Theatre Kelowna Society 60 mins.
A contemporary version of the classic fairytale of the prince who is turned into a frog
and must find a woman who will kiss him of her own free will to break the witch’s
spell. A fun show that will attract people of all ages.
Girl Talk by Appel & Myers
Penticton Women's Centre 53 mins.
Girl Talk is about the empowerment of women and the choices they have to make. Throughout
history women have had a specific role to follow…barefoot and pregnant. Now in modern
times, women have empowerment…they’ve come a long way! This play consists of 4
skits, independent from one another, however all covering women’s issues. Between
skits there are multi-media presentations displaying vintage ads to show the audience how
far women have come in the last century.
Graceland by Ellen Byron
Stage Left Players (Coquitlam) 40-45 mins.
The setting is the front entrance of Graceland, the late Elvis Presley’s Memphis
mansion; the time is five o’clock in the morning, three days before the estate is to
be opened to the public. Two ardent Presley fans, Bev and Rootie, are camped out before
the gates, each determined to be the first to enter the sacred precincts. Bev is a
bewigged, middle-aged lady with too much make-up and a brassy down-home style; Rootie is
young and shy and somewhat intimidated by the raucous Bev. Wary at first, the two soon
progress from dispute to shared confidences and a growing compassion, that in the end,
moves the essentially warm-hearted Bev to defer the place of honour to her waif-like and
touchingly sincere rival. Graceland is a touching, sometimes funny piece that helps us
look inside ourselves to find the acceptance of our own lives, buried beneath years of
perceived hardship.
The Lady of Lockspur Lotion by Tennessee
Willams
Actors at Large (Chemainus) 15 mins.
A beautifully written story of a few moments in the life of a lost lady of the South.
Tennessee Williams says so much with so few words.
A New Sunrise by Herman Coble
The Traveling Ones (Penticton) 38 mins.
Two charming eccentric elderly ladies arrive on the porch of the local funeral home with
the intention of dying there by drinking wine laced with poison. They declare, “We
thought the town could drive by and pay their respects and not have to bother about
getting out of their car”…but, their plans go awry!
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