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Stage Door News
Announcing that Ken Gass will be played by a DIFFERENT ACTOR EVERY NIGHT!!! Opening Night will star Peter Keleghan (Made in Canada, The Newsroom, 18 to Life). Other fantastic actors playing Ken Gass include: Art Hindle, Pat Thornton, David Macniven, Dave Sparrow, Julian DeZotti, Kyle McDonald, Dinesh Sachdev, Greg Dunham, etc. Jess Salgueiro will be playing the other role every night in this 2-hander.
Esteemed actor/playwright Michael Healey (The Drawer Boy, Proud) will be giving an exclusive interview for the Wednesday, July 24th show.
The Trial of Ken Gass is a play based on the famous dismissal of Canadian theatre legend Ken Gass. In a Kafkaesque series of interrogations, Ken Gass is continually put on trial for crimes he is not aware of. This piece of theatre of the absurd is a metaphor for the power institutions wield over artists.
The play will open Tuesday, July 23rd @ 8pm. It will close on Saturday, August 3rd @ 8pm. All shows from Tuesday - Sunday will be @ 8pm. On Sunday July 28th, there will also be a matinee @ 2:30pm. All tix are $10, with PWYC Sundays for both shows. Location is Sterling Studio Theatre. 163 Sterling Road. Tickets can be purchased at the door, or online at www.sterlingstudiotheatre.com
In Sterling Studio Theatre's first one-act playwriting competition, The Trial of Ken Gass ended up as a top-3 finalist.
The play is written/directed by Bobby Del Rio. The plight of Ken Gass is the plight of EVERY artist! As such, he will be portrayed by a wide variety of actors.
About Bobby Del Rio:
Bobby Del Rio recently wrote/directed the feature film The Market (based on his hit play of the same name), and also wrote the plays: Porn Life, Child Hood, Professionally Ethnic, Christian Values and When Children Fall. His last show, in 40 years, premiered at the Sterling Studio Theatre last October, and was recommended by The Grid in "The Grid Recommends" section. www.bobbydelrio.com
Photo: Bobby Del Rio. ©2013.
2013-07-15
Toronto: Casting announced for “The Trial of Ken Gass” by Bobby Del Rio