The Drawer Boy 12pm performance on Sunday February 12th has been BOUGHT OUT! However if you haven’t had a chance to see this wonderful work, you can still catch performances, tonight and Saturday night at 8pm at the DSS.
Reserve tickets at thedrawerboy@ubcplayersclub.com or call 778-870-0200!
| Come out and join us as we go through The Madness of George III! We’ll be meeting on Friday February 3rd at 3PM. Come, pick a character or two and have fun reading their lines! Snacks will be provided, and it’s a good chance to get to know some of your fellow members as well as flex those voice acting muscles. You can bring your friends too – entrance will be by donation and feel free to bring some snacks to share!
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Where: DSS
Dorothy Somerset Studio
6361 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC
When: February 8th-11th 8pm
The Drawer Boy
A play by Michael Healey
This spring the UBC Players Club presents the Vancouver premier amateur production of The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey! Already a modern Canadian classic, The Drawer Boy is a trembling, emotion-packed piece of love that will resonate within you even after the fall of the curtain. The play is based on the true story of Miles Potter, a Toronto theatre actor who voyaged into the rural farm land of Ontario to device a collective creation piece called “The Farm Show”. The Drawer Boy was the most produced play in 2000 in the United States. Mike Mackenzie, a recent graduate of George Brown Theatre School in Toronto, now directs the Vancouver amateur premiere of this play that embodies and captures a monumental period in Canadian Theatre History.
The routine of Angus and Morgan, farmers, lifelong friends and war veterans is disturbed by the arrival of Miles, an ambitious young actor from Toronto. This uplifting play about the power of storytelling shows us that no matter how desolate, desperate or doomed a situation, there will always be a bastion of hope for us to cling. Featuring the talents of Vancouver-based actors Robert Sidley as Angus, Laurence Hollands as Morgan and Riley McIlveen as Miles. The production team includes Nassreen Noorizadeh-Koullou (Set design), Emly Hartig (Lighting Design), Christopher Rhys Pugh (Sound Design), and Jenna Newton (Assistant Director).
Dorothy Somerset Studio | 6361 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC | Feb 8-11 at 8pm| Feb 12 at 12noon| Tickets: club members $5/Non-members $10|Please reserve tickets at thedrawerboy@ubcplayersclub.com or call 778-870-0200
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When: January 20th, 2012
3-6pm
Where: Buchanan D205
Come out and join us as we go through Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie! We’ll be meeting on Friday January 20th at 3PM. Come, pick a character or two and have fun reading their lines! Snacks will be provided, and it’s a good chance to get to know some of your fellow members as well as flex those voice acting muscles. You can bring your friends too – the reading is free for members, but just $3 for non-members.
Check our our event on facebook and invite your friends: http://www.facebook.com/events/228931080519549/
Impromptu Playwriting Contest
When? Monday January 16th 1-2pm
Where: UBC SUB mainconcourse
The UBC Players’ Club will be holding their first Impromptu Playwriting Contest in January 2012. The contest is simple: you come in, sit down, we give you an envelope with a list of things you must include in your play and you write! Participants will have 60 minutes to write their masterpiece and then hand it in to the Players’ Club where it potentially can be awarded with a variety of prizes! You can even show up the day of and jump right into it—no experience necessary! The only catch is that you will be in the middle of the SUB where UBC students will get to observe the playwriting process. Bring your will and wits maybe you’ll discover you were destined to be a playwright…
Rules
Participants will have 60 minutes to write a play.
You will be given a pen, pad of paper and concealed lists of ideas that must be included in the play in some capacity (either mentioned in the dialogue or somehow play a role in the story).
There will be no laptops, phones or electronic devices permitted: only your wits and the page are allowed.
Once the 60 minutes is up, you will hand in your pieces to be looked at by a panel of judges. The judges will decide the winners and runners up and announce the winners at an award ceremony.
You can write a one-character play, a 15 character play, an epic in iambic pentameter or anything that’s in English and could be performed on stage.
Members: Free! Non-Members: JUST $2
Register by emailing your information to info@ubcplayersclub.com Hurry up! Spots are filling up fast!
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The UBC Players’ Club and the Playwright-in-Residence presents:
Player’s Club Improv Playwrighting Contest
IMPROMPVISED, INVENTIVE PLAYWRITING TO THE EXTREME
The UBC Players’ Club will be holding their first Impromptu Playwriting Contest in January 2011. The contest is simple: you come in, sit down, we give you an envelope with a list of things you must include in your play and you write! Participants will have 60 minutes to write their masterpiece and then hand it in to the Players’ Club where it potentially can be awarded with a variety of prizes! You can even show up the day of and jump right into it—no experience necessary! The only catch is that you will be inthe middle of the SUB where UBC students will get to observe the playwriting process. Bring your will and wits maybe you’ll discover you were destined to be a playwright… Rules Members: Free! Non-Members: JUST $2 |
Here are the photos for our upcoming show, festival Dionysa!!
Thank to Tim Blonk, our amazing photographer. Make sure to check out his work at: http://jpgmag.com/people/TimB91
Festival Dionysia will be running November 9th to 13th at the Dorothy Somerset Studio! Tickets are: members $5/Non-members $10. Please reserve tickets at dionysiafestival@ubcplayersclub.com or call 778-870-0200!
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Company: The UBC Players Club
Playwright: Michael Healey
Director: Mike Mackenzie
Production Dates: February 8 – Febraury 12, 2012 – UBC, Dorothy Somerset Studios
Audition Date: Tues November 22- (7-10pm) & Thurs November 24 (7-10pm)
Audition Address:
November 22nd: UBC Irving K. Barber Learning Centre room 185 http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?locat1=516
November 24th: Nevile Scarfe Building room 200 http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?locat1=234
Requires: Interested actors email headshot and resume to Hassan Packir: thedrawerboy@ubcplayersclub.com
Prepare a 2-minute (max) monologue from anything but Shakespeare. Actors strongly encouraged to read the play before auditioning.
MILES – Male, twenties: A young actor from Toronto. Has arrived in Clinton, Ontario, to the farm of Angus and Morgan. Doesn’t know anything about farming – and simply wants to learn about the process.
MORGAN – Male, Mid forties to fifties farmer from Clinton. He takes care of most things around the farm, including Angus. He is stubborn and strong willed, but has a caring side to him, which is shown when dealing with Angus in particular.
ANGUS – Male, Mid forties to fifties farmer from Clinton. Suffered an accident in WW2, and has no short term memory. He is not simple. He is hardworking, strong and tough.
Rehearsals: starting Tuesday Nov 29 & Thursdays (7-10pm), Sun (1-4pm)
Contact: thedrawerboy@ubcplayers.com