Twenty-Something Theatre Presents
SubUrbia
By Eric Bogosian
Produced and Directed by Sabrina Evertt
“A scathing study of rootless youth” - New York TImes
One night a group of suburban twenty-year olds gather outside their local convenience store to welcome home an old friend who is returning after a successful national tour with his rock band. His arrival in a limousine with entourage in tow precipitates an all night whirlwind of drinking, sex & violence. As morning arrives tragedy and comedy have laced through the lives of these young people and changed them forever. Eric Bogosian’s SubUrbia will run this summer from August 19th-August 31st at the Playwrights Theatre Centre on Granville Island.
Twenty-Something Theatre is dedicated to providing Vancouver’s emerging theatre artists, in all disciplines, with opportunities to practice their craft. We are striving to enhance Vancouver’s theatre community with life-affirming, socially-relevant productions featuring the city’s best up-and-coming artists. Entering into our third year of production we have produced such highly acclaimed works as Kenneth Lonergan’s This Is Our Youth, Wallace Shawn’s The Fever and last summer’s hit production of The Shape of Things by Neil Labute.
Sabrina Evertt, the founder of Twenty-Something Theatre, directs another outstanding cast of actors and actresses from Vancouver’s top training institutions. Graduates from the Theatre at UBC, Ian Harmon (The Three Sisters & Hay Fever at Presentation House) and Shaun Aquiline (Learned Ladies & Mother Courage, UBC) play best friend’s Jeff and Tim. Joining the hockey-playing trio of friends is Capilano College student Deneh’Cho Thompson, as Buff. Rounding out the group are best friend’s Sooze, Studio 58’s Rachel Aberle (Townsville, Magnetic North) and, Bee-Bee, Abby Renee Creek (The Three Sisters, Presentation House), another recent graduate from the theatre program at Capilano College. Also from Studio 58 are Rhys Finnick as rock star Pony, Genevieve Flemming, as his publicist Erica, and David Villegas, as the manager of the local convenience store. Completing the cast is Fernanda Fukamati, a current student at UBC, who plays his younger sister.
August 19 – August 31, 2008
Playwrights Theatre Centre, Granville Island
Previews August 19 & 20 at 8pm
Tuesday to Sunday at 8pm
2-for-1 Wednesdays & Sundays at 8pm
Talkback August 26 8pm
Tickets: $22 Adults, $16 Seniors/Students (with valid student ID), $10 Previews
Ticket Information: Tickets available at the door or from Tickets Tonight online or by phone at 604-684-2787.
Please Note: Explicit Language & Sexual Content