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In The Tank by Rosemary Frisian Toohey
Cast: Jason Freeman as Harry, and Jim Kelch as Stu
Directed by: Mary Anne Ciuciura
Stage Manager: Ashley Malott
Sound/lights/crew: Cailyn Arnot
Dates:
Preview performance Oct 23
Adjudicated performance Oct 25
Location:
McManus Studio Theatre
The Grand Theatre
471 Richmond Street
London, Ont. N6A 3E4
Box Office: (519) 672-8800
Tickets:
$12 for preview nights
$15 for adjudicated evenings
Adjudicator to be announced
Tickets will be available soon! STAY TUNED!
In The Tank by Rosemary Frisian Toohey
Cast: Jason Freeman as Harry, and Jim Kelch as Stu
Directed by: Mary Anne Ciuciura
Stage Manager: Ashley Malott
Sound/lights/crew: Cailyn Arnot
Dates:
Preview performance Oct 23
Adjudicated performance Oct 25
Location:
McManus Studio Theatre
The Grand Theatre
471 Richmond Street
London, Ont. N6A 3E4
Box Office: (519) 672-8800
Tickets:
$12 for preview nights
$15 for adjudicated evenings
Adjudicator to be announced
Tickets will be available soon! STAY TUNED!
Synopsis:
What's it like to be peered at by hungry humans? Studied like a microbe under a glass? \tab chosen to be someone's dinner entree? Such is the predicament of Harry and Stu (or Liz and Angela), two lobsters who find themselves in the tank of a seafood restaurant. Harry is a crustacean who's been around the tank a few times. He's cleverly devised a "dead" act. Frozen in position, starey-eyed, claws rigidly akimbo, the "dead" pose is meant to ward off hungry diners and send them scurrying off to order the stuffed flounder or the filet of sole. Enter Stu, a lobster of a more philosophical bent. When Harry explains the rationale behind his act, Stu observes, "If you spend all your time acting like you're dead, what's the point of being alive?" Harry's not exactly a deep thinker, but he knows that if he doesn't try to fool the humans on the other side of the glass, he'll end up in the stewpot or the broiler; people are the ones who hold the dreaded tongs. But Stu reveals a little-known theory: humans are in a tank, too, and they face their own risks. They won't end up impaled on little forks, but they sometimes do stupid things that bring about their own destruction. Unlike animals empowered by instinct, humans must choose. For some, Stu says, it's a recipe for disaster. Why? Because they're afraid. The lobsters consider the idea that humans are really afraid of them. Maybe that's why people keep them bound up in rubber bands. So what's going to happen to the two priciest items on the menu?
What's it like to be peered at by hungry humans? Studied like a microbe under a glass? \tab chosen to be someone's dinner entree? Such is the predicament of Harry and Stu (or Liz and Angela), two lobsters who find themselves in the tank of a seafood restaurant. Harry is a crustacean who's been around the tank a few times. He's cleverly devised a "dead" act. Frozen in position, starey-eyed, claws rigidly akimbo, the "dead" pose is meant to ward off hungry diners and send them scurrying off to order the stuffed flounder or the filet of sole. Enter Stu, a lobster of a more philosophical bent. When Harry explains the rationale behind his act, Stu observes, "If you spend all your time acting like you're dead, what's the point of being alive?" Harry's not exactly a deep thinker, but he knows that if he doesn't try to fool the humans on the other side of the glass, he'll end up in the stewpot or the broiler; people are the ones who hold the dreaded tongs. But Stu reveals a little-known theory: humans are in a tank, too, and they face their own risks. They won't end up impaled on little forks, but they sometimes do stupid things that bring about their own destruction. Unlike animals empowered by instinct, humans must choose. For some, Stu says, it's a recipe for disaster. Why? Because they're afraid. The lobsters consider the idea that humans are really afraid of them. Maybe that's why people keep them bound up in rubber bands. So what's going to happen to the two priciest items on the menu?
...AND NOW, A WARM PANTO WELCOME TO OUR PUSS IN BOOTS ADULT CAST
PUSS JUDY CORMIER
JACK BETH MCINTYRE
PRINCESS ALICE MARY CRAWFORD
KING HERBERT JIM KELCH
QUEEN MILDRED LESLIE LUMLEY
LORD ROGER AARON DANIEL
NOSMO AND NOPAR THE KING BROTHERS JESSICA FEDIW & LISA KELCH
DAME HETTIE QUETTE SAMANTHA DANIEL
NARRATOR GARY BODKIN
CIRCUS BARKER DYLAN LALE
CHORUS
JENNY CHAPMAN
SARINA GALL
LINDA NOWLAN
MIRANDA RYCKMAN
AL GREEN
EMILY RIVERS
LOUISA ZAVITZ
RUTH PICKERSGILL
HELEN SPANGENBERG
PUSS JUDY CORMIER
JACK BETH MCINTYRE
PRINCESS ALICE MARY CRAWFORD
KING HERBERT JIM KELCH
QUEEN MILDRED LESLIE LUMLEY
LORD ROGER AARON DANIEL
NOSMO AND NOPAR THE KING BROTHERS JESSICA FEDIW & LISA KELCH
DAME HETTIE QUETTE SAMANTHA DANIEL
NARRATOR GARY BODKIN
CIRCUS BARKER DYLAN LALE
CHORUS
JENNY CHAPMAN
SARINA GALL
LINDA NOWLAN
MIRANDA RYCKMAN
AL GREEN
EMILY RIVERS
LOUISA ZAVITZ
RUTH PICKERSGILL
HELEN SPANGENBERG
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