Dracula by Allan Stratton
Directed by Ruth Smith
October 20 - 23, 2005
October 27 - 29, 2005

Orphans by Lyle Kessler
Directed by Vivian Lee
February 23 - 26, 2006
March 2 - 4, 2006

Jupiter in July by Norm Foster
Directed by Bryan Mailey
May 11 - 13, 2006
May 18 - 20, 2006
May 25 - 28, 2006

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2004 / 2005

Orphans, by Lyle Kessler, is a drama that follows the plight of two brothers: the emotionally volatile Treat and the sweetly naive Phillip, who were orphaned at an early age. Living hand to mouth in Philadelphia (the city of "brotherly love"), Treat supports them both by thieving on a daily basis. This tentative existence is interrupted by Harold, a middle-aged man whose sudden appearance propels the three men into a journey of self-discovery that irrevocably twists the status quo.

Theatrical and eloquent, Orphans enjoyed widespread success when it was produced in 1985 at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater with Gary Sinise directing. Kessler also wrote the screenplay when Orphans was made into a film starring Albert Finney, Matthew Modine, and Kevin Anderson. Al Pacino is currently workshopping Orphans in Los Angeles and with hopes to transferring the production to Broadway in Spring, 2006.

Jupiter in July is a beautifully written comedy by one of Canada’s leading playwrights, Norm Foster. This wonderful play is about life, love, hope, dreams and seizing your opportunities and is sure to make you smile, laugh and even have your heart strings tugged a bit.

The story centres on Donald Springer, a fairly quiet and reserved man and his relationship with his ailing wife Joanne. Donald has a love for gardening and this is how he meets the play’s third main character, Heddy Athens, an outgoing, full-of-life, free spirited young lady who is looking for some stability in her life. As the story unfolds, we meet Donald and Joanne’s son, Keane Springer, a young man with a love for astronomy and Heddy’s boyfriend, Alan Farr who is a starving artist in his 40’s.

There is also a funny scene with the play's sixth and final character, Martin Coy a landlord, also in his 40’s. The intertwined relationships evolve as we go between the allotment gardens in the park and the home of Donald and Joanne and we are able to enjoy watching real life situations unfold as we laugh and ponder our own missed or better yet, “unmissed” opportunities.

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Bram Stoker's well known Victorian classic, Dracula, has been adapted to the stage by Canadian playwright Allan Stratton ("Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii") and recreates the novel's sweep featuring a female Van Helsing and a comic look at Victorian mores. Using simple props and staging, the actors assume multiple roles and take the audience from a Transylvanian castle to an insane asylum, a ghost ship, a crypt and the finest homes in London.

The play is a Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee and the current production will be directed by THEA award winner Ruth Smith, whose recent work includes the successful runs of Uxbridge Players production of "Harvey" and Uxbridge Musical Theatre's "Oklahoma".

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