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TORONTO – Johnson Girls is proud to present My Treasure Island!!! at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace. Produced with the generous support of Theatre Passe Muraille, the show runs from October 24 to November 16, 2014. Opening is Tuesday, October 28.
Our Girl has a dead-end job and a bland boyfriend. But after reading Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic boy book, Treasure Island, she is inspired to redesign her life around what she calls the novel’s “Core Values:” Boldness, Resolution, Independence, and Horn-Blowing. Needing a talisman on her journey to bolder selfhood, she acquires a parrot that refuses to follow the script, and winds up on a domestic adventure more frightening than anything she’d originally planned.
Adapted by Karen Woolridge from the hit novel, Treasure Island!!!, by Sara Levine (a Globe and Mail Best Books choice), the show is directed by Kate Lynch and stars Caitlin Driscoll (Punch Up) and Gemma James-Smith (www.clawhammer.org). Gemma James-Smith provides twisted puppetry elements.
My Treasure Island!!!
Matinées: PWYC
Under 30:$17
Previews: $22.50
Groups 10+:$25
Seniors and Arts Workers: $28
Adult: $33
http://passemuraille.ca/archives/current-season/mytreasureisland
Johnson Girls is Karen Woolridge’s production shingle. Previous productions include: The Lesson at Toronto Fringe KidsVenue and The Johnson Girls, Toronto Fringe.
Photo: Caitlin Driscoll and Gemma James-Smith.
2014-10-02
Toronto: Johnson Girls present "My Treasure Island!!!" at Theatre Passe Muraille October 24-November 16