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ReACT: New Plays in Progress 2003
 
SPECIAL EQUITY PRICING 
$5 per ticket
$7 for 2 readings
$15 unlimited event pass
 
The Arts Club Theatre Company is proud to present ReACT: New Plays in
Progress, our 3rd annual public reading series taking place Jan 16-25,
2003 on the Granville Island Stage.  This series exemplifies our
continued commitment to the development and production of new Canadian
work and this year's readings showcase the work of four Canadian
playwrights.  All performances will include a reading of the artist's
play, followed by a talkback with the cast, director, dramaturg and
playwright about the play and the process of script development. 
 
Don't miss this opportunity to peek behind-the-scenes as some of
Vancouver's most talented actors, directors, dramaturgs and Canadian
playwrights bring new scripts to life. Here is a sneak preview of this
year's playwrights and their works-in-progress:
 
Fishnets by David King
Thursday, January 16 at 8pm - Reading and Talkback (to be followed by
Reception in Upper Lobby)
Friday, January 24 at 8pm - Reading and Talkback
 
David King has written extensively for the stage, as well as for radio,
T.V. and film.  His last play at the Arts Club was Joey Shine.  Mr. King
would like to thank the B.C. Arts Council for their support in writing
Fishnets.
 
Fishnets tells the tale of the struggling Club Morocco, a down and out
burlesque club in Vancouver circa 1969. Eddie De Vega, the club's emcee,
has only two weeks to turn the club around - otherwise the Lundy
Brothers, notorious gangsters from Edmonton, will turn the club into a
strip joint. A motley crew of artists band together to try to save
burlesque. Their efforts culminate in a rousing performance of the Hard
Candy Revue. 
 
Cast features Earl Pastko, Allan Zinyk, Emelia Symington-Fedy
 
The Matka King by Anosh Irani
Friday, January 17 at 8pm - Reading and Talkback
Saturday, January 25 at 8pm - Staged Reading and Talkback
 
Anosh Irani moved to Vancouver from Bombay, India and completed his BFA
with honors in creative writing at the University of British Columbia.
His first full-length play, The Matka King, was workshopped last year in
January at the Arts Club's new play event, as well as at Factory Theatre
in Toronto as part of the 2002 CrossCurrents Festival, and in Ottawa as
part of the National Arts Centre (Ottawa) English Theatre On the
Verge.Theatre New Works Festival 2002.  In October 2003 his first novel,
The Cripple and his Talismans will be launched by Raincoast Books.  His
latest commission is for the National Arts Centre, Ottawa.  
 
The Matka King takes you through a landscape of betrayal and redemption
in a story that pits human nature against chance. Imagine. the red light
district of Bombay, a colourful community of prostitutes, gamblers, and
one very powerful eunuch, Top Rani.  Top Rani operates an illicit
lottery through his brothel, and when a gambler who is deeply in debt
makes an unexpected wager, the stakes become life and death.  Can a
fortune-teller and a ten-year-old girl beat Top Rani at his own game?  
 
Cast features Sanjay Talwar, Laara Sadiq, Marcus Hondro, Denis Simpson,
Ashley MacDonald
 
After the Gold Rush by Sherman Snukal
Saturday, January 18 at 8pm - Reading and Talkback
 
Sherman Snukal is an award winning playwright and television writer. His
plays have been produced throughout Canada and in the United States and
England. His television work has been written for major Canadian and
American television networks and broadcast throughout the world. Besides
After the Gold Rush, Mr. Snukal is working on a movie script and is
developing arts documentaries for Canadian television.
 
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