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Neil LaBute has been hailed as a first-rate dramatic talent with a caustic wit reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick. bash is a stunning collection of one-act, unforgettable personal accounts: in Medea Redux, a woman cells of her complex and ultimately tragic relationship with her grade school English teacher: and in A Gaggle of Saints, a young Mormon couple separately recounts the violent events of an anniversary weekend in New York City. They are unblinking portraits of the complexities of evil in everyday life, exhibiting this writer-director's raw lyrical intensity.
October
William Shakespeare's The Merchant Of Venice
Toronto, Ontario, Canada Details TBA
After a well received run in Windsor The Edge Productions will be bringing Merchant to Toronto schools and public.
The Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare. Antonio, a wealthy merchant, is approached by his friend Bassanio for funds. He intends to woo Portia, an heiress, who is being kept from marriage by the will of her dead father. Invested abroad, Antonio appeals to Shylock, an abused Jewish moneylender for the loan. Full of bitterness for a man who has personally mistreated him, Shylock accepts the bond but demands a gruesome collateral: a pound of the merchant's flesh. When Antonio defaults on the loan he is faced with the knife and the weight of the law but Shylock is about to find out that a knife can cut both ways.
January
Les Liaisons Dangereuses or Dangerous Liaisons By Christopher Hampton
Windsor, Ontario, Canada Details TBA
Les liaisons dangereuses is a play adapted by Christopher Hampton from the 1782 novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.
The plot focuses on the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, rivals who use sex as a weapon of humiliation and degradation, all the while enjoying their cruel games. Their targets are the virtuous (and married) Madame de Tourvel and Cécile de Volanges, a young girl who has fallen in love with her music tutor, the Chevalier Danceny. In order to gain their trust, Merteuil and Valmont pretend to help the secret lovers so they can use them later in their own treacherous schemes.
May
Tick, Tick... BOOM Book, Music and Lyrics By Jonathan Larson
Windsor, Ontario, Canada Details TBA
A musical look at the courage it takes to follow your dreams, TICK, TICK... BOOM! is Jonathan Larson's autobiographical tale of a young composer on the brink of turning 30 and falling into oblivion. His girlfriend wants to get married and move out of the city (TICK,), his best friend is making big bucks on Madison Avenue (TICK...), yet Jon is still waiting on tables and trying to write the great American musical (BOOM!).
TICK, TICK... BOOM! takes you on the playwright/composer's journey that led to the Broadway blockbuster, RENT. Set in 1990, this musical is filled with instantly appealing melodies, and a unique blend of pop and musical theatre styles. Everyone, regardless of age, will love this youthful, endearing, and thoughtful piece, and will surely embrace the universal ideal of holding onto your dreams through life's most difficult challenges.
