Our first production for 2012—to be staged in the refurbished Shirley Burke Theatre, Parkers Road, Parkdale —
THE HEIRESS
by Ruth and Augustus Goetz
Directed by Vicki Smith
The play is based on Henry James’s Washington Square, a classic novel which was filmed in the 1940s as The Heiress with Olivia de Havilland and Montgomery Clift , and more recently under its original title. It is an enduring work which provides great character studies for its cast.
CAST
Dr Sloper Geoff Arnold
Catherine Sloper Anna Rodway
Lavinia Penniman Julie Arnold
Maria Hayley Lawson-Smith
Elizabeth Almond Juliet Hayday
Marian Almond Taryn Eva
Arthur Townsend Matt Mirams
Morris Townsend Kieran Tracey
Mrs Montgomery Jennifer Piper
Season dates are May 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19 at 8.15 pm. Matinees on Sundays May 6 and 13 at 2.15 pm.
We welcome some long-term MTC members back with this production and also take pleasure in introducing a new crop of talented young actors. The play is in the capable hands of Vicki Smith, who has previously directed Doubt, Rabbit Hole and The Underpants for us.
Lesley Batten will be stage managing, and Christine Bridge, Sheila Balis and Juliet Hayday will be taking care of costuming. Vicki Smith will be doing her own sound design and operation, and Gordon Boyd is handling the lighting design with Jackie Kosmack as operator.
The Heiress will be our VDL entry for 2012.
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LIFE AND BETH by Alan Ayckbourn
Director: Martin Gibbs
29 June- 14 July
Will recently widowed Beth make it through her first Christmas alone? Even the cat has walked out. The family rally round but her alcoholic sister-in-law, accident-prone son and his truculent girlfriend make it hard for her to maintain her welcoming smile.
Add in the local lovesick vicar and a further unexpected and totally uninvited guest and Beth is in for a Christmas she will never forget in this comedy of the supernatural.
PRELUDE TO A KISS by Craig Lucas
Director: Tim Long
7 -22 September
Immediately after a young couple named Peter and Rita have exchanged wedding vows, an unknown elderly man asks to kiss the bride. As he does, Rita's soul and the old man's magically exchange bodies.
Neither Peter nor the wedding guests grasp what has happened. Peter leaves the wedding with a woman he believes is Rita. During their honeymoon, he comes to realize that Rita's body is no longer inhabited by Rita's true personality. He must find the old man and keep his love for Rita alive.
MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS by Ron Hutchinson
Director: Gaetano Santo
9 – 24 November
1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's novel. The screenplay, you see, just doesn't work. So what's an all-powerful movie mogul to do? While fending off the film's stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, Selznick sends a car for famed screenwriter Ben Hecht and pulls formidable director Victor Fleming from the set of The Wizard of Oz. Summoning both to his office, he locks the doors, closes the shades, and on a diet of bananas and peanuts, the three men labour over five days to fashion a screenplay that will become the blue-print for one of the most successful and beloved films of all time.