SOULPEPPER takes up July Residence at Signature Center

5/31/2017 2:43pm


SOULPEPPER (Albert Schultz, Artistic Dir) Toronto’s largest theatre company, will make its US debut in a four-week engagement at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 W 42nd St.) A true repertory program of plays, musicals and concert performances, featuring a company of over 65 artists, the festival, entitled SOULPEPPER ON 42nd STREET, will be presented July 1-July 29.  Following, is the lineup of SOULPEPPER mainstage productions, spotlight productions and concert series. The mainstage productions include OF HUMAN BONDAGE (7/2 - 7/26) written by Vern Thiessen, Directed by Albert Schultz and Designed by Erika ConnorMike Ross, and Lorenzo Savoini. W. Somerset Maugham's epic tale of lustful obsession and the pursuit of art is adapted for the stage for the first time anywhere; KIM’S CONVENIENCE (7/2 - 7/15) written by Ins Choi, Directed by Weyni Mengesha, Designed by Ken MacKenzieThomas Ryder Payne, and Lorenzo Savoini. Set in a family-run Korean variety store - is a hilarious and heartwarming ode to generations of immigrants who have made Canada the country that it is;  SPOON RIVER (7/7 - 7/27) Adapted from Edgar Lee Masters’ "Spoon River Anthology" by Mike Ross and Albert Schultz, Composed by Mike Ross, Directed by Albert Schultz and Designed by Ken MacKenzie. In a suspended moment during the burial of one who died too young, the dead come forth and share with us the unfiltered truth of their smalltown existence. The Spotlight Production are CAGE (7/12 - 7/16) Created and Performed by Diego MatamorosLorenzo Savoini, and Richard Feren. A stage, even the one within our mind, is a cage....that defines, limits, and reveals. Inspired by apes, Zen Buddhism, and the ideas of avant-garde composer John Cage, this experimental meditation on time, space, memory, and the human animal is performed by Soulpepper Founding Member Diego Matamoros and his co-creators and designers; ALLIGATOR PIE (7/16 - 7/29) Created and Performed by Ins ChoiRaquel DuffyKen MacKenzieGregory Prest, and Mike Ross. Poems by Dennis Lee. Generations of Canadian children have grown up to the poems of Dennis Lee. Five of those children, now grown-up creators, have made a musical that celebrates the written word and the very notion of "play"; (RE)BIRTH: E. E.  CUMMINGS IN SONG    (7/28  -   7/29). Created from the poems of e.e.cummings by Ins ChoiTatiana CornijRaquel DuffyKen MacKenzieGregory PrestKaren RaeMike RossJason Rothery, and Brendan Wall. A whimsical and visually gorgeous musical celebration of the works of one of America's great 20th century poets. CRASH (7/21 - 7/23) Written and performed by Pamela Mala Sinha.  After the loss of a loved one, a woman must face the shattering memories of a past trauma. A BRIMFUL OF ASHA(7/25 - 7/29) by Ravi Asha Jain. Soulpepper Ravi Jain shares the stage with his real life non-actor mother, Asha, to tell each other’s side of Asha’s attempt to arrange Ravi’s marriage. For tickets, please visit www.soulpepper.org. Press contact: Jim Byk/Sam Rudy Media Relations (212/575-0263)...