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George has flown the coop, leaving thirteen year-old Beans and her mother, Janie to clean up the mess. In the process of removing his clutter from their home, the pair is charged not only with organizing the transport of an entire comic book collection, but forced to face the responsibility they shared for a man they each knew so differently. Paradise Comics contemplates the trials of adolescence and parenting, and how families grieve. Set in an intimate basement in Kensington Market, Paradise Comics is written by Caitie Graham (poseball, New Ideas Festival) with direction from Darwin Lyons (Well Born, SocoTheatre/Truth’n’Lies Theatre) and dramaturgy from Paula Wing (Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Soulpepper).
Set in an intimate basement in Kensington Market, Paradise Comics is the eighth and final piece of theatre in Filament Incubator’s 2016 season and part of their #8showsin8months, opening after Lauren Griffiths’s ‘Til Death do Us Part and Aaron Jan’s Swan. It will star Sherman Tsang (We The Family, Heart House; Tough, Youth Ensemble Theatre), Maddie Bautista (The Girl in My Nightmares Wear White, 2016 SummerWorks Spotlight Award for Performance), Sarah Naomi Campbell (We Three, Cue 6; The Winter's Tale, Leroy Street Theatre), and David Ross (Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, Shakespeare BASH’d). Paradise Comics was workshopped in Tarragon’s Young Playwright’s Unit in 2013 and again in Ryerson’s 2014 New Voices Festival under Sheldon Rosen.
Filament Incubator Presents:
Paradise Comics
by Caitie Graham
Directed by Darwin Lyons
Cast
BEANS: Sherman Tsang
HANNAH: Maddie Bautista
JANIE: Sarah Naomi Campbell
GEORGE/MARVIN: David Ross
Stage Manager: Sama Kokabi
Set, Costume, and Properties Design: Jennifer Jakob
Lighting Desgin: Sharmylae Taffe-Fletcher
Sound Design: Deanna Choi
Publicity Photography: Jordan Laffrenier
Location: 56K Kensington Hall
Showtimes and Ticket Prices:
Preview: November 22nd: 8pm, $14
Opening Week: November 23-27, $17
Closing Week: November 29-Dec 3, $20
Tickets: Coming soon at paradisecomics.bpt.me and at the door
For information on Filament Incubator: www.filamentincubator.wixsite.com facebook.com/filamentincubator
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