BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260628T131819EDT-3916V84OxB@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260628T171819Z DESCRIPTION:The 91 Directing Class of 2008-9\, under the guidance of\nP rofessor Myrna Wyatt Selkirk\, celebrates their year of work with a\nfesti val of 10 one-act plays from around the globe.  This\nyear’s lineup includ es a play-within-a-play\, a film-within-a-play\,\nand a cartoon-within-a-p lay.  Also featuring stories about\nsex\, love\, and rock n’ roll (not to mention infanticide\, AIDS\,\ncancer\, murder\, and adultery)\, the festiv al promises to be an\nentertaining and provocative exploration of humanity and\nmorality.  So come experience the comedy of death and the\ntragedy o f love.  Even though there’s nothing for little ones\,\nthese final projec ts have something for big ones of all\nsorts.  Evening shows are $5\, Mati nees just $3.\n\n\n\nIn On It\nby Daniel MacIvor\nDirected by Joy Ross-Jon es\nMarch 25\, 27 - 8pm\; March 28 - 2pm\nCowboy Mouth\nby Sam Shepard and Patti Smith\nDirected by Eric Weiss\nMarch 25\, 27 - 8pm\; March 28 - 2pm \nFulfilling Koch's Postulate\nby Joan Schenkar\nDirected by Steph Ouaknin e\nMarch 25 - 2:30pm\; March 26\, 28 - 8pm\nHow He Lied To Her Husband\nby George Bernard Shaw\nDirected by Alex Meikleham\nMarch 27 - 2:30pm\; Marc h 26\, 28 - 8pm\nStones in His Pocket\nby Marie Jones\nDirected by Jessica Kostuck\nMarch 30\, April 2 - 8pm\; April 4 - 2pm\n\nTherac-25\nby Adam P ettle\nDirected by Rachel Penny\nMarch 30\, April 2 - 8pm\; April 4 - 2pm \nAalst\nby Pol Heyvaert\nDirected by Rachel Paul\nApril 1 - 2:30\; March 31\, April 3 - 8pm\nThe Laramie Project\nby Moises Kaufman\nDirected by Ch u-Lynne Ng\nApril 2  - 2:30\; March 31\, April 3 – 8pm\nSisters of the Win ter Madrigal\nby Beth Henley\nDirected by Nathalie Selles\nMarch 31 - 2:30 \; April 1\, 4 - 8pm\nThe Baltimore Waltz\nby Paula Vogel\nDirected by Dan Ruppel\nApril 3 - 2:30\; April 1\, 3 - 8pm\n\n\n\n\n \n \nSynopses:\nHow do you say goodbye to a lover? How do you move on? \nDaniel MacIvor's In O n It weaves together the spiraling\nnarratives of a dying man\, two lovers \, and a search for the right\nwords.  The play-within-a-play takes the in tricate tapestry of\naccidents\, control and letting go out from under you r feet.\nDirected by Joy\nRoss-Jones                               \n                             \n Press Preview\nA young couple checks into a hote l with their two small\nchildren.  A week later police make a chilling\ndi scovery.  Aaslt explores the motivations that drove\ntwo parents to murder their own children.  Pol Heyvaert’s\nthrilling play is based on the 1999 homicide case in Belgium.\nDirected by Rachel Paul Press\nPreview\nNot eve ry fairy tale has a happy ending.  In Beth Henley's\nSisters of the Winter Madrigal\, the idyllic aspirations of\ntwo sisters clash against the viol ent realities of life in a\nmedieval rural town. The entrancing images of love\, lust\,\nbestiality\, and death dare you to close your eyes to wish the\nnightmare away.\nDirected by Nathalie\nSelles      Press\nPreview\nHo w He Lied to Her Husband is the comedic tale a young\npoet\, his beautiful muse\, and her aristocratic husband.  Henry\nis an idealist and a dreamer \, but his adulterous poems to Aurora\nhave suddenly gone missing. Does pu re love casteth out all fear\, or\nis Henry about to discover that even un dying love has limits? \nGeorge Bernard Shaw’s play bridges the gap betwee n romantic boyhood\nand artistic maturity.\nDirected by Alex\nMeikleham      Press Preview\nCould an entire town be responsible for the murder of one man?\nMoises Kaufman’s The Laramie Project examines the fallout\nfrom a g ruesome 1998 Wyoming hate crime.  The voices of a\nprairie town emerge fro m over 200 interviews\, searching to\nunderstand how such a thing could ha ppen.\nDirected by Chu-Lynne\nNg      Press Preview\nAlan and Moira meet w hile undergoing cancer treatment at\nPrincess Margaret Hospital.  Their co mpanionship and humour\nhelp them struggle against isolation and fear\, ev en while their\npersonal boundaries and Moria's worsening condition strain their\nbond.  Adam Pettle's Therac 25 reveals how\nfriendships form under the most difficult circumstances.\nDirected by Rachel\nPenny      Press P review\nFeaturing the bacteriologist Dr. Koch and his live-in chef\nTyphoi d Mary\, Joan Schenkar’s Fufilling Koch’s Postulate\nmixes German expressi onism and comic book tropes into an absurd\n“comedy of menace.” The play s atirizes the artificiality of gender\nroles in domestic life and in hard s cience\, but with death on the\ntable\, no one leaves unscathed.\nDirected by Stephanie Ouaknine\n     Press Preview\nExposing the America’s early r eaction to AIDS\, Paula Vogel’s\nThe Baltimore Waltz rends the ridiculousn ess with belly\nlaughs\, then turns the pieces into a poignant\, personal revelation\nabout memory\, illness\, hope\, and how we learn to talk about dying\nand the dead.\nDirected by Dan\nRuppel      Press\nPreview\nA brea kneck ride through the Irish countryside\, and a wind that\nwould cut the arse off ye - Marie Jones’ Stones in His\nPockets follows Charlie and Jake \, two men cast as extras in a\nHollywood film being shot in County Kerry\ , Ireland. After a local\ntragedy\, the cast of the film (as played by Jak e and Charlie) must\npull together to overcome grief and restore hope.\nDi rected by Jess Kostuck\n      Press Preview\n“You gotta be a rock-and-roll Jesus with a cowboy mouth.” \nSlim and Cavale are hiding from a society t hat has abandoned\nthem.  Living in a rock-and-roll fantasy\, they play a series\nof increasingly violent games in a frantic search for sonic\nsalva tion.  Based on the adulterous affair between playwrights\nSam Shepard and Patti Smith\, Cowboy Mouth is a testament\nto the power of sex\, lobster\ , and rock-and-roll.\nDirected by Eric Weiss\n      Press Preview\nSchedul e:\n\n\n\nMarch 25\n2:30pm Fulfilling Koch’s Postulate\n8:00pm Cowboy Mout h & In On It\n\nMarch 31\n2:30pm Sisters of the Winter Madrigal\n8:00pm Th e Laramie Project & Aalst\n\n\n\nMarch 26\n8:00pm Fulfilling Koch’s Postul ate\n&  How He Lied to Her Husband\n\nApril 1\n2:30pm Aalst\n8:00pm Sister s of the Winter Madrigal\n&  The Baltimore Waltz\n\n\n\nMarch 27\n2:30pm H ow He Lied to Her Husband\n8:00pm Cowboy Mouth & In On It\n\nApril 2\n2:30 pm The Laramie Project\n8:00pm Stones in His Pockets &\nTherac-25\n\n\n\nM arch 28\n2:00pm  Cowboy Mouth & In On It\n8:00pm Fulfilling Koch’s Postula te\n&  How He Lied to Her Husband\n\nApril 3\n2:00pm The Baltimore Waltz\n 8:00pm The Laramie Project & Aalst\n\n\n\nMarch 30\n8:00pm Stones in His P ockets &\nTherac-25\n\nApril 4\n2:00pm Stones in His Pockets &\nTherac-25 \n8:00pm Sisters of the Winter Madrigal\n&  The Baltimore Waltz\n\n\n\n\n DTSTART:20090326T000000Z DTEND:20090405T000000Z LOCATION:Morrice Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E1\, 3485 rue McTavish SUMMARY:The Directing Projects 2009 URL:/channels/event/directing-projects-2009-105571 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR