THEATRE PREVIEW

FEBRUAry 2020 | Volume 188

 

This year marks the 13th mounting of Fourplay: New work by excited writers, which also concludes Studio 58's 54th season. This popular festival of one-act plays features original work by students and recent grads under the tutelage of award-winning playwright and dramaturge Aaron Bushkowsky. This is an opportunity to see innovative and fresh work by Canada's newest playwrights in two exciting programs.

PROGRAM A

Snowflakes
By Gaia Chernushenko | Directed by Sarah Rodgers

In this delightful comedy the keen parents of the Westdale Primary Parent Involvement Committee debate everything from renaming the Christmas Pageant, to disposable coffee cups, to gluten-free snacks. When an unexpected participant shows up, the meeting turns topsy-turvy as he throws his ideas into the mix too.

A Life Sentence
By Jarred Stephen Meek | Directed by Amiel Gladstone

When Gwen reveals the uncomfortable truth about her childhood it shatters expectations and threatens to divide her family irrevocably. A deeply personal and unflinching account of a young woman's struggle for justice against her oppressor. 

Audience Advisory: contains descriptions of sexual abuse

PROGRAM B

The Radium Girls
By Sierra Haynes | Directed by Tetsuro Shigematsu with Susan Miyagishima

The year is 1922. Three aspiring young women have just begun coveted positions at the new Radium Dial Company. After falling mysteriously ill, they embark on a fatal race against time fighting corporate bigwigs for justice. With an original score composed for piano and violin, the play illuminates the women's courage at the centre of the burgeoning battle for workers' rights.

Surrender
By Jessie Liang | Directed by Melissa Oei

A group of twenty-somethings navigate life, transitions, and friendship in the face of unimaginable loss. This witty and acerbic coming-of-age tale is an exploration of the different ways we deal with grief, together and apart.

CREATIVE TEAM
Dramaturgy by Aaron Bushkowsky | Set and prop design by Jenn Stewart | Costume design by Alaia Hamer | Lighting design by Brad Trenaman | Sound design by Evan Rein

SHOWTIMES & TICKETS
Tue–Sat at 8 PM, Sat & Sun at 3 PM. All tickets $12.50 online at studio58.ca or by calling 1.877.840.0457.

ABOUT STUDIO 58

Studio 58 is the professional theatre training program at Langara College, located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Under the direction of Kathryn Shaw, it offers nationally recognized training for both actors and production personnel. Four full-length and two indie-style productions, directed and designed by professional artists, are presented annually. More information at studio58.ca.

 

 

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