Andy -- part of a cast of wonderful local actors -- is in a play (with mature subject matter!) directed by Bev Brett, to be performed by St. Ann's Bay Players. Here's what Bev has to say about SABP and Bedtime Stories by Norm Foster. (Click on poster to enlarge)
"I chose Bedtime Stories, by Norm Foster, a Maritime playwright, as much for actor development as play content, as it offers the opportunity to rehearse separately six mini-plays and so accommodates people with differing schedules.
The St. Ann's Bay Players has always done comedy well. The comedies I choose invariably have a dark or satirical side, and the dramas always contain some humour. Since beginning theatre here 30 years ago, I've followed the Irish tradition. This one is different. It's a light comedy but with really strong characters and our company's strength is in its character actors. Bedtime Stories gives each actor at least one solid role to sink their teeth into.
Our audience loves comedy. Our last play, Maritime Way of Life, is a hard act to follow proving beyond a doubt that people really do love foremost plays about themselves. But Norm Foster is a proven commodity. He knows his comedy. I enjoy the play, and with the comedy, it has some serious moments as well. It also has lots of great surprises."
Here is a precis of the play:
Eddie, a down and out local radio host whose unhappy and very vocal wife is packing up to move back to Alberta without him, holds a contest and the lucky winners are 50-something Betsy & Lou. The only thing they have to do to collect their prize is to make love on the radio.
That's the first of six hilarious and poignant mini-plays that include a high school dating disaster revisited twenty-two years later by a dying man and the most popular girl from the school. Two bumbling thieves who enter a house to discover more than they bargained for. A fifty year old shock-rocker who needs to get a teen-aged groupie out of his hotel room. And an aging accident-prone stripper who is trying desperately to keep her job by developing a new routine.
Cast: Chris Carmichael, Kirsten Longva, Mary Ann Wilson, Yvonne Le Blanc, Joey Burroughs, Amby MacDonald, Sue Browne, Wayne Plante and Andy Watt
The play runs:
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, March 24 - 26 at 7:30 PM.
Saturday, March 27 will be a pub night starting at 8 PM (so you will then also be able to join the community at the Italian supper hosted by the North Shore and District Fire Department from 5:30 - 7:30 PM).
Sunday, March 28 at 2 PM.
Tickets: Adults $12, Students $8. For information or to reserve tickets call 929-2456
TBA -- I'll add a little history of St. Ann's Bay Players in my next post.
3 comments:
Okay, I want to know which role Andy is playing...
Andy plays Derek, the dying guy, and Jerry, one of the movers packing the radio DJs wife's stuff so she can move back to Alberta away from him. Most actors are playing two roles, one major and a smaller one. -- SMZ
I can't wait!! I love the "Players"...looking forward to seeing Andy on stage too!! Lena
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