WORLD PREMIERE
Ominous Sounds at the River Crossing; or, Another Fucking Dinner Party Play
By Jason Sherman
Six actors stand in the hot glow of the stage lights. Restless, bewildered, on edge. Another fucking dinner party story is about to begin but something’s different – the cultural tectonics are shifting, a new world is emerging, and the stage as usual is under siege.
As new stories break ground, old tropes tumble down into the chasm. The real question is: when this surge of change abates, what – and who – will rise from the rubble?
Pirandello meets Brecht meets the Twilight Zone. Ethics and art collide in this timely, darkly funny, and existential play by acclaimed playwright Jason Sherman.
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(Pictured: Kerry Sandomirsky. Photo by David Cooper)
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
Directed by Roy Surette; Starring Angela Chu, Nicola Lipman, Allan Morgan, Monice Peter, Alex Poch-Goldin, and Kerry Sandomirsky; Set Design by Kimira Reddy; Lighting Design by Itai Erdal; Video Design by Jamie Nesbitt; Costume Design by Christine Reimer; Sound Design by Alistair Wallace; Props by Ildiko Susany; Stage Managed by Stephen Courtenay.
SHOWTIMES: March 6 -13, 2022
Sun, March 6 at 2PM – PREVIEW
Tues, March 8 at 7:30PM – PREVIEW
Wed, March 9 at 2PM – PWYC
Wed, March 9 at 7:30PM – OPENING NIGHT
Thurs, March 10 at 7:30PM
Fri, March 11 at 7:30PM
Sat, March 12 @ 2:00PM
Sat, March 12 at 7:30PM
Sun, March 13 at 2:00PM
OPENING NIGHT
Wednesday, March 9 @ 7:30
WHERE:
CAST:
Angela Chu
Nicola Lipman
Allan Morgan
Monice Peter
Alex Poch-Goldin
Kerry Sandomirsky
Jason Sherman
Playwright
Jason Sherman is one of Canada’s most influential and prolific playwrights, with a multi-award winning body of work that has been produced around the world. Among his plays are Patience, It’s All True, The Retreat and Three in the Back, Two in the Head, which won the Governor General’s Award for Drama. Sherman has also written extensively for the screen, notably the docudramas Jonestown: Paradise Lost, and We Were Children, about Canada’s residential schools system, as well as numerous one-hour dramas for network and cable television, including two shows he executive-produced: Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures and The Listener. He also created and wrote a number of radio dramas for the CBC, including two long-running series: National Affairs and Afghanada. My Tree, his first feature-length documentary as both writer and director, had its World Premiere at Hot Docs in April 2021, and has since played across the country.
