A BOY CALLED NEWFOUNDLAND
By Graeme Gillis

WORLD PREMIERE

Tarragon Theatre Extra Space

March 26-April 11, 2010

Patrick Kwok-Choon plays Newfoundland “Flounder” Willow, an awkward 15-year-old cadet. A loner who is scared of being alone, his life revolves around his family, his synthesizer, his French-camp love Evelyn, and his parents’ family business – The Romantic Times, a self-published newspaper. When his mother returns home from her second honeymoon without her husband, Newfoundland and his sisters struggle to recreate the family and home they once knew.

The cast is led by veteran stage performers Martha Burns and Layne Coleman as Flounder’s parents, with Natasha Greenblatt and Lara Jean Chorostecki playing his sisters. Martin Happer is divinity-student Hadley and Vivien Endicott-Douglas is Flounder’s crush Evelyn.  The show is directed by Ashlie Corcoran and produced by Sarah Baumann.

Set and costumes, and lights will be designed by frequent Theatre Smash collaborators Robin Fisher and Jason Hand, respectively, with John Gzowski joining us for the first time as Sound Designer. Our stage manager will be Melissa Novecosky.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Playwright Graeme Gillis is Associate Artistic Director of the Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST) in New York City. His play The Moon Bath Girl premiered to critical acclaim at EST’s prestigious Marathon of One-Act Plays, where it was praised by The New York Times: “Mr. Gillis’s play carves out a recognizable slice of life.” His work has been presented at theatres and festivalsthroughout the United States and Canada, including: the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Source Theatre, Cherry Lane Theater, Mulgrave Road Theatre, and the Summerworks Festival. He is a two-time resident of the Banff Centre for the Arts PlayRites Colony and the recipient of several Canada Council for the Arts Fellowships. He is also a member of the Actors Studio.

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