September 2008 - The Senior Times

Exciting season begins at �e Segal
Kristine Berey
Human relationships in all their
intensity, laughter and sometimes
tragedy take centre stage this season
at the Segal.
Christopher Hampton’s adaptation
of Dangerous Liaisons, based on an
18 th century French novel about
“lust, greed, deception and romance”
launches the season this month.
A pair of former lovers attempt
to seduce and manipulate others
around them. But when virtuous
Mme de Tourvel becomes the focus of
theVicompte de Valmont’s attentions,
predator falls in love with prey, with
fatal consequences.
October’s offering will be the Tennessee
Williams classic Cat on a Hot
Tin Roof, directed by Greg Kramer.
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of Williams’ plays mounted by The
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Segal. “One of the key aspects of our
theatre’s mandate is to produce classics
that remain socially relevant today,”says
Bryna Wasserman, Artistic Director.
The season continues with the February
production of the Pulitzer
Prize winning drama Buried Child,
by Sam Shepherd. A long-lost son,
Vincent, and his girlfriend return to
meet his Norman Rockwell-esque
relatives. But bliss is only on the surface
in this painful portrait of a disintegrating
and dysfunctional family.
March will bring director Diana
Leblanc to The Segal in the production
of Tryst, a psychological thriller
by Karoline Leach about a homely
seamstress consigned to the backroom
of a London hat shop in Victorian
England. With no future to
speak of, she falls into the arms
of George Love, seducer and robber
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entertaining a story as you’ll encounter,”
Wasserman says.
As a change of pace, in April, Manitoba
Theatre Centre’s Artistic Director
Stephen Schipper will return for
Joe Dipietro’s endearing and warmhearted
comedy Over the River and
Through the Woods.
“Dipietro wants to know why each
generation makes sacrifices for the next,
why no future generation can ever fully
appreciate those sacrifices, and how
both generations can find a balance between
holding on and letting go.”
In June the Yiddish Theatre will
host the first ever International Festival
of Yiddish Theatre.
“My mother founded a Yiddish
Theatre in Montreal 50 years ago this
year and the festival is an opportunity
to celebrate this historic milestone,”
Wasserman says.
The Segal’s Yiddish Theatre contribution
will be a unique Yiddish version
of The Pirates of Penzance by
Gilbert and Sullivan.
Info: 514-739-2301 or segalcentre.org
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