FOUR DOGS AND A BONE & THE WILDGOOSE BY JOHNPATRICK SHANLEY Oct 8 - 13 2024
LIVE AT THE NEST THEATER ON GRANVILLE ISLAND
FOUR DOGS AND A BONE & THE WILDGOOSE BY JOHNPATRICK SHANLEY Oct 8 - 13 2024
LIVE AT THE NEST THEATER ON GRANVILLE ISLAND
LIVE AT THE NEST THEATER ON GRANVILLE ISLAND
LIVE AT THE NEST THEATER ON GRANVILLE ISLAND
Brenda, a seemingly guileless young actress, takes a meeting with Bradley, a troubled, middle-aged producer, to discuss the film on which they are working. Brenda wants to be a star, she even chants for it! But Collette, the other actress in the film, is in her way, so Brenda must convince Bradley that the film is in serious trouble unless he makes certain changes, one of which is taking out Collette’s part. Bradley, knowing full well that the film is seriously over budget, intimates that he will effect Brenda’s suggestions if she can convince her stepbrother, a giant movie star, to make a cameo appearance in the film, guaranteeing more capitalization and the cachet of success. Meanwhile, Collette has her own agenda: She knows she’s not as young as she once was. She tries to convince Victor, the writer, to alter the film so she can be the heroine, or else, this, his first film, is destined to be lost in art houses or, worse, go directly to video. Victor, a naïve young writer from Off-Off Broadway, doesn’t know how to handle any of this, and his mother just died. He needs to mourn and to drink himself into a stupor before he changes his screenplay. Later, in the make-up trailer, Brenda and Collette find out they’ve been trying to stab the other in the back which leads to the kind of cat fight only actresses do and culminates in a mock-bonding. All hell breaks loose in the final scene when Bradley and Victor confront one another over the state of the film and are interrupted by Brenda and Collette, and all the lies and backbiting are exposed as these four dogs go after their bone.
This in-person performance will take place at The Nest Theater, located at The Festival House on Granville Island - 1398 Cartwright Street, 3rd Floor, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9.
This play opens on Tuesday October 8, 2024 and will run until Sunday October 13 , 2024
“If you’re going to write a satire about the movie business at this very late date, it had better be very, very funny. In the case of FOUR DOGS AND A BONE…that criterion is most abundantly met.” —The New York Times.
“…FOUR DOGS AND A BONE [is] the funniest play in town, and the neatest, if kinda affectionate, evisceration of that ol’ dream factory you will encounter in years.” —New York Post.
FOUR DOGS AND A BONE was produces by Manhattan Theater Club (lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Managing Director) in New York City in October 1993. It was directed by John Patrick Shanley; the set design was by Santo Loquasto; the costume design was by Elsa Ward; the lighting design was by Brian Nason; the sound design was by Bruce Ellman; and the production stage manager was Donna A. Drake. The cast was as follows
BRENDA…………………………………………………….....… Mary-Louise Parker (Performed by Rebecca Brotherwood)
BRADLEY………………………………………………………... Tony Roberts (Performed by Kengo Hashimoto)
COLLETTE……………………………………………………… Polly Draper (Performed by Fernanda Lobo)
VICTOR………………………………………………………...... Loren Dean (Performed by Hellal Jawhari)
Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Hellal always had a passion for the stage, and the spotlight. Although Theater and Film was not a viable career in the strict Lebanese upbringing he had, he always knew he wanted to move to Vancouver to pursue that dream. After 16 years, and a few professions, he accomplished that goal and completed a one-year diploma in the film & acting conservatory program. Hellal has continued his studies by working with prestigious coaches in the Vancouver Film & Theater space and is looking forward to expanding his career in the industry.
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