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Stage Door News
TORONTO, ON--Hot off Kat Sandler's smash hit Retreat, award winning playwright Michael Musi is thrilled to announce the world premiere of BEEF. New York City based director Nicola Murphy (3D Hamlet featuring Alec Baldwin) will make her Canadian debut.
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Two years into their relationship, Max takes Kali to his favourite burger shop. She doesn’t like it. They break up. Is it really the burger that is causing all this beef?
“Beef” takes a look into the lives of four 20-somethings as they struggle with insecurities and acceptance.
PLAYWRIGHT
MICHAEL MUSI
Michael Musi is an award winning playwright. His first play 'I Do...I Guess' was the recipient of the New York City's SOAF Award for Best Play. Michael has written and produced multiple short and feature films. He recently produced Jordan Hayes' latest film 'Ten Speed'. Michael is currently in pre-production for his short film 'Purple' that will be shot in Montreal. He is the co-founder of Sorry Goat Productions and has recently completed his script for his newest feature film Happy Together with his producing/writing partner Amanda Silveira. Michael trained at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC.
DIRECTOR
NICOLA MURPHY
Nicola Murphy is a New York based Director/Producer , and Artistic Director of Fundamental Theater Project. With FTP she has directed 'Alone With Friends' at Holiday House NYC, workshop readings for their new works series 'Mass Rhetorics', and Co-Created 3DHamlet-A Lost Generation which starred Alec Baldwin and Anthony Rapp, and traveled to The Edinburgh Fringe 2011. She assistant directed 'Trans-Euro Express' at The Irish Arts Center, and a staged reading of 'Five Finger Exercise' alongside Shirley Knight for Sir.Peter Shaffer's Honorary Celebration at The Players Club. Recently she assisted on the hit UK TV Show 'Call The Midwife (BBC&PBS)& this November she will co-direct her short Film FLOAT. Nicola is thrilled to be back in Toronto after participating in Directors Lab North at The Tarragon this Summer. www.nicolacmurphy.com
CAST
MICHAEL MUSI (Retreat, US Drag)
SUPINDER WRAICH (CTV’s “Guidestones”, Global’s “Rookie Blue, ”Textuality”)
MADISON WALSH (Touch My Stereotype, YTV’s Extreme Babysitting)
RONNIE ROWE (Teenagers, Jesus Hopped the A-Train, CTV’s Saving Hope)
BEEF
Written by Michael Musi. Directed by Nicola Murphy.
The Box - 89 Niagara Street, Toronto
October 21, 23 & 24 at 8pm, October 25 at 2pm & 8pm, October 26 at 2pm, October 30 & 31 at 8pm, November 1 at 2 pm & 8pm, November 2 at 2pm
Visit www.beeftheplay.com.
2014-10-08
Toronto: Sorry Goat Productions presents the world premiere of "Beef" October 21-November 2