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The summer theatre season gets into full swing this week with the opening of Theatre Under the Stars’ two shows and the fourth and final Shakespeare at Bard on the Beach. The weather looks good for TUTS’ openings of Jesus Christ Superstar and Annie Get Your Gun under the skies at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park, and for Titus Andronicus in Bard’s small tent on the beach in Vanier Park. Titus joins The Tempest, Twelfth Night and King Lear already in progress. Also continuing are divinely funny musicals Monty Python’s Spamalot at The Centre and The Producers at the Stanley, The Back Kitchen Release Party at the Granville Island Stage, Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo at Concord Pacific Place, Plaza Suite at the Metro, and the Dancing on the Edge festival at venues across the city. The Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, announced on June 30, were distributed very evenly and judiciously across our increasingly wide and deep range of companies. No one dominated and nobody won who didn’t deserve to. Blackbird Theatre did particularly well with three awards in the Small Theatre category, including Outstanding Production and Direction for The Triumph of Love, directed by Johnna Wright, who also won the Jessie for Emerging Director. The Playhouse won four design awards for Large Theatre, and Carousel scored well in the TYA categories. Jay Brazeau, Outstanding Lead Actor (Small Theatre) in The Goat, was the funniest accepter; Kerry Sandomirsky, Outstanding Lead Actress (Large Theatre) in How It Is, and Lois Anderson, Outstanding Supporting Actress (Large Theatre) in Romeo and Juliet, made the most gracious and articulate acceptances. See the full list of winners at www.jessies.ca. Sea Theatre invites you to its Summer Fundraiser—An Evening of Improv with Andrew Chen, Jill Canty and Dave Morris plus Chris Devine and Nima Gholami of the Canadian high school championship team. Saturday, July 12, 8 pm at Presentation House Theatre in North Vancouver. Tickets are $18, $12 for students, at 604-990-3474. Pipedream Theatre Project is also holding a fundraiser—“Bottoms Up! Broadway: A Risque Cabaret"—for its 2009 production, featuring numbers from Rent, The Full Monty, Chicago, Cabaret and more, followed by a dance party. Friday, July 18 at WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac St. Doors at 8 pm, show at 9. Tickets are $15 at the door (licensed, so 19+ only). More info at www.pipedream.ca. The Beaumont Studios presents the 15th season of its Cold Reading Series every Thursday night until the end of September at the Beaumont Stage, 316 W. 5th Av. Doors and casting are at 7 pm, readings start at 8 pm and admission is $5. They are always looking for good stories so submit your scripts to Lori@thebeaumontstudios.com . CALLBOARD The Vancouver International Fringe Festival 2008 is looking for volunteers: Pre/Post Festival Crew to build & strike venues, Hosts to billet performers, Crew Chiefs & Venue Captains to supervise volunteers at a variety of theatre venues, Distribution teams to distribute posters & programs, Front of House Crew to sell tickets & act as ushers, bussers and security for the Fringe Club, etc. You must be able to attend a training and orientation session in late August and commit to a minimum of 4 shifts of approx. 4 hours each during the Fringe, Sept. 3-14. In return you receive a Rush Pass for free admission to an unlimited number of Fringe shows, a Fringe T-shirt, free access to the Aquabus across False Creek for the duration of the festival, and more. Apply at www.vancouverfringe.com or 604-338-4356. Gateway Theatre, Richmond’s professional theatre company, invites submissions of original, unproduced plays, 60-120 minutes long, from Canadian playwrights for SceneFirst, its New Play Development Program. If your play is selected you will be contacted by the end of January 2008. Scripts selected for SceneFirst will receive a short workshop and staged reading in March 2008 and will be automatically short-listed for production in Gateway’s upcoming seasons. One submission per playwright, hard copies only. Email artisticassociate@gatewaytheatre.com for detailed information, or call 604-247-4974. Deadline for submissions: Oct. 15.
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