Goodnight Desdemona Good Morning Juliet!! Theatre that will knock your socks off!
THEATRE THAT WILL KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF!
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Plan 10 Theatre Enterprise Presents
Anne-Marie MacDonald's
GOODNIGHT DESDEMONA (GOOD MORNING JULIET)
At The Princess Court Theatre (www.get.to/princesstheatre)
394 Princess Street Kingston, Ontario 531-0331
plan10theatre@hotmail.com
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Wed July 11 to July 20 2002
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Performances
First Week Thursday through Sunday
Second Week Wednesday through Saturday
Showtime at 7:30 pm / One Matinee Sunday July 14 2002 at 2:30pm.
See http://www.get.to/princesstheatre for details.
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We are a charitable Arts Organization depending on your word-of-mouth to
help the show! Please pass the email along!!
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Tickets Prices Are:
$10.00 Regular Admission.
$ 8.00 Students/Seniors
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Sure to appeal lovers of Shakespeare's work, playwright Ann-Marie
MacDonald's dramatic comedy offers a hilarious look at what could happen
if Shakespeare's "Othello" and "Romeo and Juliet" were actually conceived
of as Comedies instead of Tragedies.
The play begins in the present day at the office of a Queen's University
Ph. D. candidate when Constance Ledbelly makes a discovery regarding a
hidden meaning in Shakespeare's classic plays. Through a magical twist she
soon finds herself transported into the world of Othello and Romeo and
Juliet, and finds herself helplessly (and hilariously) affecting the
outcomes of both plays. As the events unfold, Constance undertakes a
journey of self discovery where, with the help of Desdemona and Juliet,
she is transformed from a helpless victim to a dauntless heroine.
Good Night Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) is a wild and fantastical farce
that includes cross-dressing (by both genders), swordplay, mistaken
identities, and playful tomfoolery. This play has been produced all over
the world from Europe to the States, even Japan, and, of course, all over
here in Canada. The play has won numerous awards including the Governor
General's Award for Drama. It was first produced at the Nightwood Theatre
in Toronto. It's been many years since Kingston has had a production, and
it will be one you should be sure not to miss!!!
"Delightful, often hilarious . . . MacDonald doesn't miss a trick,
scattering satirical observations on love and sex, scholarship and the
Bard like birdseed, while taking full advantage of the slapstick
possibilities in Skakespearean cross-dressing."
- The Washington Post
"MacDonald's influences may be apparent, but the charm is her own."
- Variety
"Stratford-upon-Acid: that's where MacDonald's dizzying Goodnight
Desdemona lives . . . MacDonald traipses through the canon with glee . . .
Lots of clever fun. "
- The Village Voice
"Goodnight Desdemona brims with exuberance and penetrating wit."
- Maclean's
"Clever, pointed and entertaining . . . This play is one of the wildest
and wooliest feminist reappraisals that the theatre has seen, and one of
the most intellectually ambitious."
- The Globe And Mail
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About The Playwright
Ann-Marie MacDonald is a writer and an actress. The international
best-selling novel, Fall On Your Knees, has been translated into seventeen
languages and received the Commonwealth Prize, the Canadian Author's
Association Award and two Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Awards,
and is on The Oprah Booklist.
Her first play, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), was premiered
in 1988 by The Nightwood Theatre, and since has had over 100 productions
in Canada, the U.S. and abroad. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
was produced by Canadian Stage in Spring 2001 and ran to sold out
audiences with MacDonald in the lead role. The play has been honored with
the Governor General's Award, The Chalmers Award and the Canadian Author's
Association Award.
MacDonald has performed in theatres across Canada, and continues to act in
film, television and theatre. Screen credits include I've Heard the
Mermaids Singing, Where the Spirit Lives (Gemini Award) and most recently
the role of Frances in Better Than Chocolate. Her latest theatre
production is the new musical comedy, Anything that Moves, with script by
Ann-Marie MacDonald and Alisa Palmer, lyrics by MacDonald and music by
Allen Cole. Anything That Moves
won the Dora Award for Outstanding New Musical. Ann-Marie MacDonald lives
in Toronto and is working on a new novel.
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About The Company
Plan 10 Theatre is a brand-spanking new theatre company in Ontario. Plan
10 is dedicated to showcasing contemporary plays of international
significance - as well as presenting new and original works by its members.
Plan 10 was founded by three playwrights in the Ottawa Valley and Prince
Edward Country Region. Together they hope to make Plan 10 grow into a
creative collective, and to be a vehicle for learning the skills of the
theatre, with the mission statement of putting first the entertainment of
our beloved audiences.
Plan 10 is a not-for-profit theatre company, and all of its resources are
used to put on the next show. It is run completely by volunteers, and its
members are dedicated to teaching and learning the skills of the theatre
to all those who wish to participate. If you know anyone who is
interested they may contact us at 548-4958 or email us at
plan10theatre@hotmail.com.
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Tickets Prices Are:
$10.00 Regular Admission.
$5.00 for children.
Advance ticket purchase is available at the Grizzly Grill (right across
the street from the theatre at 394 Princess, 544-7566). Tickets may also
be purchased at the theatre box office one hour before show times.
Alternately, reservations can be made by leaving a message at 613-531-0331
or toll-free 866-799-0008, or email the box office at
Princess_Court_Theatre@Hotmail.Com
Warm Regards,
Beau S. Schwartz
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Beau S. Schwartz
beauschwartz@hotmail.com
www.go.to/beauschwartz
Artistic Director, Plan 10 Theatre
www.plan10.on.to
plan10theatre@hotmail.com
House Manager, Princess Court Theatre
www.get.to/princesstheatre
princess_court_theatre@hotmail.com
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