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TORONTO – PANFISH PRODUCTIONS, a new theatre company based on “Building Community Through Artistic Mentoring,” is proud to invite you to the press launch of its upcoming show, a new production of the Canadian classic The Melville Boys! The media launch takes place Thurs Feb 2 at the 3 Brewers Pub & Restaurant.
PANFISH is the brainchild of Toronto actor and poet Yehuda Fisher. It’s a new company whose goal is to partner emerging talent with established artists and producers in order to help develop the next generation of leaders in Toronto’s theatre community. Mentors currently working with PANFISH are Ron Leach (Mentor Producer), Brian Levy (Mentor Casting Director), and Sherry Roher (Mentor Stage Manager) – they bring a combined 65 years’ worth of experience working in theatre to the company.
The media launch will introduce the exciting new cast of PANFISH’s upcoming show, The Melville Boys, playing at the Alumnae Studio Theatre April 12-28. Norm Foster’s The Melville Boys is a classic piece of Canadian theatre, telling the story of two pairs of siblings whose agendas and perspectives are changed dramatically following a chance meeting out on a lake in the woods. Owen and Lee Melville attempt to sort out their strained fraternal relationship as Lee comes to accept his terminal cancer diagnosis. It’s a surprisingly funny and unsentimental show that has endeared audiences across Canada and around the world for nearly 30 years, and earned the Los Angeles Critics Drama-League Award in 1988.
This production of The Melville Boys will be directed by David Schaap, who brings with him 35 years of experience working on major musicals and dramas in New York, Toronto, Montreal, and South Florida. Artistic Producer Yehuda Fisher, an emerging force in the local theatre and film scenes, helms the production.
Interviews with members of the PANFISH team can be arranged. The team will also be taking questions at the media launch. RSVPs are welcome but not necessary.
WHAT: Media Launch of PANFISH PRODUCTIONS The Melville Boys by Norm Foster
WHEN: Launch Party – Thurs Feb 2 at 7:30pm
The Melville Boys – April 12-28, 2012
WHERE: Launch Party – 3 Brewers Pub & Restaurant (275 Yonge St at Dundas)
The Melville Boys – Alumnae Studio Theatre (70 Berkeley St)
MORE INFORMATION: http://panfishproductions.ca/
2012-01-31
Toronto: Yehuda Fisher launches new theatre company--Panfish Productions--with “The Melville Boys”