Evelyn Strange (theatre, win tickets)
My friend Maryanne Renzetti mentioned to me last year that she was producing a play, and the time has come for this play to be out on stage. Her company, StairCase XI is presentnig the Vancouver premiere of Stewart Lemoine’s murder mystery Evelyn Strange. From the information that I received, Evely Strange is a dark comedy inspired by film noir and Wagnarian Opera to explore themes of identity, greed, and passion through word play and personal revelation.
Evelyn Strange follows the amnesiac title character in 1955 as she seeks her own identity while forcing others to reluctantly reveal their true selves. Set in upscale Manhattan, the play parallels by the epic story of Wagner’s Siegfried through its characters as well as its musical score.
Canadian playwright Stewart Lemoine’s Evelyn Strange is the latest show from Staircase XI Theatre Productions. The company’s most recent production at the Vancouver Fringe Festival, Will Eno’s “Oh, The Humanity, and Other Good Intentions” was held over and nominated for the Georgia Straight’s Critics Choice award. Evelyn Strange is directed by Becky Shrimpton and features performances by Adam Bergquist, Shauna Johannesen, Byron Noble and Maryanne Renzetti.
Evelyn Strange by Stewart Lemoine Mar. 23 – Apr. 2, 2011. Pay-What-You-Can Preview: Wed. Mar. 23, Opening: Thur. Mar. 24, Curtain: 8pm nightly Wed. through Sun., Matinee: Sat. Apr.2 @ 2pm, Tickets: $15/$18, available at the door. Special World Theatre Day performance on Sunday March 27th at 8pm. Tickets will be $12 for Adults and $10 for Students/Seniors for this day. Reservations: 778-834-3624 or tickets@staircasexi.com, Venue: Havana Theatre, 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver. (*) Please note: Cash only at the door.
I have been given a pair of tickets for opening night which is Thursday March 24th. I will be drawing winners of my tickets on Tuesday March 22nd, at 5pm. You can enter my giveaway by telling me what you tend to forget the most (I’m terribly forgetful with my house keys even though I have a photographic memory – but I am GREAT with birthdays!) – you can also enter my giveaway via Twitter (2 entries if you comment AND tweet) posting the following on your stream.
To enter to win tickets to Evelyn Strange, I told @hummingbird604 what I forget often http://ow.ly/4hF4A – what do YOU forget?
Good luck!
I tend to forget to eat. I get so caught up in what I’m doing that eating just goes out of my mind.
I tend to forget to turn in my receipts for stuff – costumes, props, theatre production stuff, mileage … I haven’t turned in my mileage at work for about 3 years!
I tend to forget sunglasses and keys on a fairly regular basis and occasionally forget to attach attachments to e-mails.
Oh Rebecca, the forgetting of attachments to e-mails, we are guilty of that! It’s kind of mortifying when I have done that in the past for job applications. Eep! The thing that I lose the most is sunglasses, the thing that I forget the most are parts of conversations. I have selective hearing at times and a wandering mind.
Correction: we are *all guilty of that!
I always forget to add attachments to my emails, that’s why I’m so grateful for the Gmail Attachment Detection tool; it scans your email for the keyword attachment and sends me a warning if I’ve forgotten to attach it to my email!
I often forget people’s names.
I forget often to turn off my coffee maker when I leave my house each morning. It’s gotten so bad that now I never believe I remembered to turn it off and I have to go back into the kitchen once I’ve already stepped out my door just to be sure!
I forget my wallet.
UPDATE – The winner is Amanda K. Congratulations! Please contact me.