Real People, Real Stories, Wheel Voices
Date: Saturday December 7th
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Room B, Roundhouse Community Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver BC (map it)
ASL Interpretation will be provided.
Door prize and snacks included!
Join us!
Celebrate the creativity of emerging playwrights as we read excerpts of scripts they’ve been working on this session.
Join us for an intellectually sexy and thought-provoking evening as we present:
SEQUENCE
by Arun Lakra
When: March 14 – 24, 2018
*Preview: March 14, 8pm
*(All proceeds from the preview performance will go to Realwheels to cover production costs)
Opening Night: March 15, 8pm
Performance Times: March 16 – 17 & 21 – 24, 8pm
Matinee: March 18, 2 pm
Where: Presentation House Theatre
333 Chesterfield Ave. (at 3rd Street), North Vancouver, BC – Map it
Accessible entrance to the theatre is on 4th St. and can be accessed via the main sidewalk on Chesterfield Ave.
TICKETS: Adult: $28 | Deaf; PWD: $20 (Contact Box Office for promo code) | Senior: $20 | Student; Arts Worker: $15 | School Groups: $10 per student
On sale now at Presentation House’s Box Office, by phone at 604.990.3474, or at www.tickets.phtheatre.org
ADDED VALUE:
Is our luck programmed in our genes? Is there an innate ‘right-ness’ to biological outcomes that’s rooted in our fundamental DNA? SEQUENCE is a fast-paced, science thriller that explores the intersection of math, nature, and spirituality.
A professor confronts a student who has defied probability by taking a multiple choice exam only to get every answer wrong. Meanwhile, the “Luckiest Man Alive” – with his uncanny ability to predict the winner of the Super Bowl coin toss for 20 years running – is confronted by a young woman who claims to know his secret. In SEQUENCE, two different paths converge. Belief systems clash, ideas mutate, and order springs from chaos!
Directed by Rena Cohen and featuring performances by Amy Amantea (Comedy on Wheels), Jake Anthony (Just Watch Me: A Trudeau Rock Musical), Byron Noble (The Foreigner) and Krista Skwarok (Peggy Sawyer in 42ndStreet), SEQUENCE explores questions of determinism versus free will via two stories that interweave like a strand of DNA.
This production of SEQUENCE will be the first-ever to be performed by an integrated cast, giving audiences a rare glimpse into the lived experience of disability.
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The seasons are officially changing! You can feel it in the air… We are excited to announce what’s on and upcoming for Realwheels in OUR new season!
Realwheels is thrilled to produce SEQUENCE by Arun Lakra as part of Presentation House Theatre‘s 2017-18 season.
SEQUENCE is an extraordinary piece of Canadian playwriting that explores questions of determinism vs. free will via two stories that interweave like a strand of DNA. Get ready for razor sharp, cerebral dialogue and an edge-of-your-seat story!
We invite actors with disabilities to audition. View character descriptions and submission info here: https://www.vancouveractorsguide.com/auditions/sequence
We welcome submissions from outside of Vancouver.
One of Canada’s celebrated playwrights, Janet Munsil, is currently writing ACT OF FAITH for Realwheels’ 2018-19 season.
Inspired by a story that baffles the medical/scientific community, arouses conflicting emotions in the disability community, and is celebrated by the religious community to which ‘Faith’ belongs, we guarantee you’ll be jazzed and challenged by ACT OF FAITH’s subject matter, and excited by the unique theatrical vocabulary we’re developing for production.
CLICK HERE to view a short video capturing the residency held at The Cultch this past July.
Image courtesy of Reproduce & Revolt
Our next community-based Wheel Voices project is WHEEL VOICES POWER PLAY.
WHEEL VOICES POWER PLAY is rooted in our eagerness to scrutinize and challenge questions of identity and marginalization. With a group of 12-18 community participants, we’ll be offering a six (6) day intensive, applying Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed methodology, and culminating in a public presentation. Special guest Tom Scholte will facilitate.
Community round tables / info sessions will be scheduled for spring 2018, followed by a two-hour “Rainbow of Desire” introductory workshop. The six-day intensive will follow.
We’re committed to creating a healthy, safe environment. WHEEL VOICES POWER PLAY is open to anyone who self-identifies with disability. No theatre experience necessary. Workshop is fully subsidized and is offered free of charge. Space is limited.
Please contact info@realwheels.ca if you would like to participate, or attend an info session.
HAPPY CANADA DAY!
We were able to exceed our goal of $1500 for the matching fund campaign THANKS TO YOU!
We are so very grateful for the support, get ready for an awesome upcoming season for Realwheels!
As a little treat, check out the new trailer video from Comedy on Wheels, created by Caspar Ryan Film!
From top left: Brian Cochrane, Christopher Gauthier, Aaron Roderick, Rena Cohen, Lauchlin Johnston, Lindsey Adams, Jessica Keenan, Ingrid Turk, David A. Kaye, Jayson McLean, Brett Harris
Our history-making, first fully-integrated production of David Freeman’s CREEPS received THREE Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, for –
Outstanding Ensemble Performance! From left to right: David Bloom, Aaron Roderick, David A. Kaye, Paul Beckett, Brett Harris
Warmest congratulations & thanks to everyone who worked tirelessly to mount this award-winning, ruthless, funny & heartbreaking Canadian masterpiece.
Check out footage of CREEPS cast and company receiving the Jessie award for Outstanding Production – Small Theatre and hear Rena Cohen‘s eloquent acceptance speech: https://youtu.be/Vj_rT5ahlzw.
We congratulate ALL the many deserving award recipients and nominees! Click HERE to see all the 2017 recipients. We’re deeply proud to be part of this generous, diverse, and supremely talented Vancouver theatre community.
