[e-drive][DISCOUNT TICKET DIGEST FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 3]

[Chris Blanchenot]

Please direct all responses and inquiries directly to the theatre or association listed in the e-drive notice below.

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DISCOUNT TICKET DIGEST FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 3
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1. FRANKIE AND JOHNNY - TORONTO
2. JESUS HOPPED THE A TRAIN - MONTREAL


1. FRANKIE AND JOHNNY - TORONTO
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Birdland Theatre productions is happy to offer Equity members $10 tickets (regular price $55/$50) for 
"Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune" starring Peter Van Wart and Zorana Kydd.
Wednesday, September 15th, 2004 at 8pm
Jane Mallett Theatre
St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
27 Front St East
 
One $10 ticket per Equity member.
Please call the box office at 416-366-7723 and identify yourself as a member of Equity.   Please bring your Equity card for identification when picking up the tickets.
SLC phone handling charges apply.
 
2. JESUS HOPPED THE A TRAIN - MONTREAL
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TSULTRUM8 THEATRE COMPANY
Tsultrum8 Theatre Company offers Industry Discounts.

CAEA members (with proof of membership) can obtain $10 Rush tickets. These are tickets purchased up to one hour before the performance they wish to see. (regular ticket prices are $25 adults, $17 students/seniors)

Tsultrum8 Theatre Company presents JESUS HOPPED THE A TRAIN, by Stephen Adly Guirgis. 
September 15-19. Directed by Sid Zanforlin. 
At Centaur Theatre, 453 St. François-Xavier, box office: 288-3161

Tsultrum8 Theatre Company is thrilled to remount this successful production first presented at the Monument National this past spring. Don't miss this powerful play at the Centaur Theatre, now given a performance enhancing injection for a larger stage.

Jesus Hopped the A Train deals with two inmates in "protective custody" at Riker's Island penitentiary in New York. Both men, Angel Cruz and Lucius Jenkins, are accused of murder, but the similarities end there. Lucius has raped and murdered at least eight victims and has "found God" in his captivity. He faces extradition to Florida where he will be sentenced to death. Angel, on the other hand, has shot an evangelical reverend in the rear end, believing the reverend has brainwashed his best friend. The reverend suffers a heart attack while in the hospital to treat his wounded buttock and dies. The District Attorney ups the charge to murder 1.

The play questions the validity of self-induced salvation. It also examines the difference between true faith and selfish uses of religion. Most importantly, it asks why God plays such an important role in a system that professes to have a separation between church and state... and where does truth and justice actually fit into this scheme?

Cast: Jay Cutler, Kwasi Songui, Holly O'Brien, Eric Davis and Eric Digras. Designer: Rob Denton

About the company: The Tsultrum8 Theater Company was formed by Jay Cutler in 2002 to promote Canadian theatre in New York City.  The success of Little Blood Brother by Montreal playwright Vittorio Rossi performed in New York is reciprocated here with Jesus Hopped the A Train. This exchange of talent is in keeping with the passionate spirit that has made these two cities artistic pioneers over the last century. Just like our lives, theatre should be daring, lovely, grotesque, angry and hilarious. Jay Cutler comes from a well-known theater family in Montreal of which Maurice Podbrey (former artistic director of Centaur Theatre), Allison Darcy (Girls, Girls, Girls, and Small Returns) and Keir Cutler (Teaching Shakespeare, Teaching Detroit, Is Shakespeare Dead?) are members.
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Canadian Actors' Equity Association
44 Victoria Street, 12th Floor
Toronto, ON M5C 3C4