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The Storefront Arts Initiative continues its hit fall season with The Dynasty Collective’s outstanding cast tackling Wendy MacLeod’s suburban Jacobean thriller, THE HOUSE OF YES.
Benjamin Blais, founder and Artistic Director of the Storefront Arts Initiative directs MacLeod’s multi award winning play about a wealthy American family plagued by mental illness, incest, and hurricanes.
Actor Joanne Kelly returns to the stage after five seasons as agent Myka Bering on Syfy’s Warehouse 13. As well as numerous other credits including her memorable performance as “Juliet” in Canada’s beloved series Slings & Arrows. Kelly stars as Jackie-O, the daughter of a dynasty who cannot resolve her obsessive interference in the life of her twin brother Marty (Carter Hayden of Orphan Black, Total Drama Island).
When Marty brings home his new fiancée Lesley (Karen Knox of A Woman is a Secret, Skriker, Shrew-ROTC) for Thanksgiving, Jackie and the rest of the Pascal family sharpen their W.A.S.P-y claws. Younger brother Anthony (Multi-Dora nominated actor Jakob Ehman of Nature of the Beast, Cockfight, The Minotaur) can’t wait to meet his brother’s betrothed, while the matriarch, Mrs. Pascal (Joy Tanner of Degrassi, Life with Dereck) seems intent on watching it all play out.
Framed by Claire Hill’s (Turtleneck, Donors- Safeword, Cockfight, Liver – Brouhaha) imaginative, decadent production design and illuminated by Melissa Joakim’s (Fool 4 Love, SKRIKER – ROTC, Big Plans, Liver – Brouhaha) sharp eye and keen lighting design, this production promises to delight and scintillate all your senses.
As Toronto’s hottest Indie Theatre Company, The Storefront Arts Initiative’s premiere curated season has attracted top actors from across the city. The House of Yes is the kind of story that attracts fearless actors who crave depth and meat. With a season that focuses in on the underbelly of the human psyche, The House of Yes promises titillation, controversy, and red hot performances.
The House of Yes
by Wendy MacLeod
September 24th – October 11th
Tues – Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm
$20.00 – $25.00, Advance tickets available.
Director: Benjamin Blais
Starring: Joanne Kelly, Carter Hayden, Karen Knox, Joy Tanner, Jakob Ehman.
Hosted by: The Storefront Arts Initiative
THE STOREFRONT THEATRE
(955 Bloor Street West)
Tickets available at: www.thestorefronttheatre.com
Photo: Poster of the film of The House of Yes starring Parker Posey. ©1997 Miramax Films.
2015-09-20
Toronto: "The House of Yes" opens this week at the Storefront Theatre