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Optic Heart Theatre is thrilled to present CRUSH by Hume Baugh, from December 1-11 at the Factory Studio Theatre. First premiered at Summerworks in 2008, CRUSH is newly reworked and updated for its Factory debut. Tickets are available via www.factorytheatre.ca, by email at boxoffice@factorytheatre.ca, by phone at 416-504-9971, or at the door.
CRUSH is a story of desire, denial and violence. When Martin moves into Ronny and Sandra’s trailer park on the edge of a small Ontario city, he captivates them both. Their longing for love and need to escape collide with homophobia and desperation as the play accelerates toward its startling conclusion. CRUSH is loosely based on the true story of the Jenny Jones Show "Secret Admirer" murder, in which Scott Amedure was killed by Jonathan Schmitz after they taped an episode of the talk show together.
Returning as Ronny - the struggling gay trailer-park dweller looking for love - is Dora Award winner Ryan Kelly (Will the Real J.T. Leroy Please Stand Up?; Mamma Mia!; Queer as Folk; The Normal Heart); Courtney Lyons (The Fire Raisers; Fat Pig; Patch Town) plays Ronny’s friend Sandra, a wallflower with dreams of stardom who watches too much TV. Multi-talented Julian DeZotti (A Fool’s Life; feature film writer/producer/actor for New Year) reprises his role as Martin, the conflicted newcomer who sets the tragic events of this story in motion.
CRUSH is directed by Siminovitch Prize nominee Mark Cassidy (Threshold Theatre). Playwright Hume Baugh (Optic Heart Theatre) will be performing his one-man show The Girl in the Picture Tries to Hang Up the Phone for Theatre Kingston in the spring of 2012.
For more information, please visit crushplay.wordpress.com
Show information for CRUSH:
Venue:
Factory Studio Theatre
125 Bathurst Street (at Adelaide)
Dates:
December 1 to 11, 2011 (Preview Dec. 1, Opening Night Dec. 2)
(Tues-Sat @ 8pm, Sun @2:30pm)
Tickets:
$20 Regular, $15 Student/Senior, PWYC Tues/Sun, School Group Rates available via Factory Theatre Box Office at 416-504-9971, www.factorytheatre.ca, by email at boxoffice@factorytheatre.ca or at the door.
2011-11-14
Toronto: Optic Heart Theatre presents “Crush” by Hume Baugh December 1-11