Metamorphic Theatre Presents five minutes to curtain

Halifax, NS – Metamorphic Theatre presents the original play five minutes to curtain, written by Ann Foster and Sam Madore, directed by Sam Madore and starring Amy Reitsma. The play runs from February 26 and 27 at The Music Room in Halifax and February 28 at Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Centre in Truro. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door with proceeds benefiting the Canadian Cancer Society. To reserve tickets, call at (902) 489-4851 in Halifax, (902) 890-9108 in Truro or email info@metamorphic.ca.

“Ann and I wrote this play as a short piece years ago with the intention of expanding the story,” said Sam Madore, co-writer and director. “We're happy that we kept working on the script and have the opportunity to present it today in partnership the Canadian Cancer Society. The partnership is a perfect fit with the spirit of the play.”

five minutes to curtain is about the journey of a young woman diagnosed with leukemia… Rather than focusing on the illness and hospital visits, her story revolves around her everyday experiences – with her disease as the backdrop and her life as the spotlight. five minutes to curtain features musical performances by Amy Lee with stage manager Lynn Redmond lighting and sound technician Greg Wagner.

Showtimes for five minutes to curtain:

February 26 and 27 – 7:30 pm, $15 advance, $20 at the door (matinée on February 27 at 4:00 pm), The Music Room, 6181 Lady Hammond Road, Halifax

February 28 – 8:00 pm, $15 advance, $20 at the door, Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Centre, 437 Prince Street, Truro

Metamorphic Theatre was founded in 2005 as a labour of love among fellow Neptune Theatre School graduates. Their goal: to put their training to good use. As a result, the artistic mandate of Metamorphic Theatre is to translate the human experience onto the stage while promoting local works and talent. Currently led by co-founder and performer Samantha Madore and performer Amy Reitsma, a Queen’s University music graduate, Metamorphic Theatre continues to look for projects that audiences can relate to. Since the beginning, Metamorphic Theatre has produced four plays, including a successful Nova Scotian tour of Daniel MacIvor’s influential play Marion Bridge. Based on the Halifax performances, Metamorphic Theatre won “Best Play” in The Coast’s 2006 Best of Halifax readers’ survey.

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Metamorphic Theatre Launches 2008 Season with Original Play

Halifax based theatre company, Metamorphic Theatre, is launching their 2008 season with an original play by local playwright, Caitlin Pilsworth. Pilsworth’s Living My Life in Circles will debut at BusStop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, May 1-3, 2008, 8:00 pm with a 4:00 pm matinée on Saturday, May 3. Tickets are $10 at the door or can be reserved by calling (902) 429-8742. Visit metamorphic.ca for more details.

“Living My Life in Circles is a continuation of last year’s inaugural Script to Stage Project,” said Samantha Madore, Metamorphic Theatre. “This beautifully written, first-draft play by Caitlin Pilsworth has been workshopped and developed into a finished, polished work.”

Directed by Leana Todd and assistant directed by Metamorphic Theatre founder, Samantha Madore, the play will feature choreography by Susie Keating. Technical director is Evan Brown and stage manager is Karen Josey with set assistance by Holly Irving.

Living My Life in Circles tells the story of Van, a young woman with a self-involved, eccentric mother and a strict Catholic aunt. These two women take turns “raising” Van in opposite environments. Frida barely acknowledges her daughter whereas Ruth showers Van with rules and regulations. Van lives most of her life telling stories from the past. Men come and go in Van’s life including a lovable handy man, a South American with bad teeth, and finally a kind-hearted stranger at a bus stop. Frida, Ruth, and Van exist in each other’s orbits but are only truly alive in Van’s stories.

Living My Life in Circles stars: Sher Clain as Ruth (Sunday in the Park with George), Andre Davey as David (The Bacchae, Pulp Fiction - LIVE!), Steven Heisler as Ed (The Threepenny Opera, All in the MacFamily), Lisa MacCormack as Frida (The House of Bernarda, Alba Under Milkwood), Allison MacDougall as Van (Soul Alone, Morning Dove), Eugene Sampang as Juan (theatrical debut).

Metamorphic Theatre Launches 2007 Season with Creatures of the Moment

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Halifax, NS, March 14, 2007 – Halifax based theatre company, Metamorphic Theatre, will launch their 2007 season with, Creatures of the Moment, an original play about modern relationships, co-written by local writers Ryan Turner and Sarah Mian and directed by Greg Jackson. Performances will take place March 29-31, at The Space, 2353 Agricola Street. Tickets are $10 at the door, or by calling (902) 429-8742. The second play of the season, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), will opening on July 31 at Chester Playhouse.

“We’re anxious to get our 2007 season started with Creatures of the Moment,” said Samantha Madore, Metamorphic Theatre. “It will be the first time Metamorphic is producing an original play by two first-time playwrights and a first-time theatre director. It will be interesting to see how artists from different disciplines interpret the stage.”

In Creatures of the Moment, the lead character, Jackson, thinks marriage is outdated. His girlfriend, Aliyah, fears the alternative as she considers having his baby. Will their union survive a weekend of wine, suspicion and an outspoken friend? Creatures of the Moment alternates between hilarity and heartbreak as it examines the fragile seams of modern relationships.

Creatures of the Moment schedule is as follows:

* Thursday, March 29 – 9:00 pm, Pay-What-You-Can
* Friday, March 30 – 9:00 pm, $10
* Saturday, March 31 – 6:30 pm and 9:00 pm, $10

Director Greg Jackson began working in film in 1999 at the Atlantic Filmmakers’ Co-operative. Through the Co-op, he wrote, directed and produced his first short film: The Dishwasher Manifesto. He then went on to write and direct Nothing But The Truth and Vent. The three films have screened at film festivals at home and abroad. Creatures of the Moment will be Jackson’s first endeavour in theatre directing.

Though Creatures of the Moment is Ryan Turner's foray into writing for theatre, he's been writing fiction for several years. His first novel, Radiostation Berlin, now being published serially in The Coast, received an Honourable Mention at the 2006 Atlantic Writing Competition. He is currently working on his second novel.

Sarah Mian will be published this spring by Vagrant Press and Invisible Press. She has previously been published in both The Antigonish Review and Halifax publication To Find Us: Words and Images. Co-written with Ryan Turner, Creatures of the Moment is her first play.

Creatures of the Moment features: Shawn Duggan (Angel and Heroes’ Caged, Hard-On House, The Lonesome West); Steve Goldbloom (short films: Symposium, Breakups Are Tough); Samantha Madore (Streetcar Named Desire, Metamorphic Theatre’s Marion Bridge, Atlantic Fringe Festival hits say hello wave goodbye and i remember you); Amy Reitsma (Neptune Theatre’s Beauty and the Beast and Evita and DaPoPo Theatre’s The Sex Play); and Garry Williams (DaPoPo Theatre’s Café DaPoPo and 13 Ways of Looking at a Madman and La bohème’s Maritime Concert Opera).

Metamorphic Theatre, which strives to translate the human experience onto the stage while promoting local works and talent, is comprised of Neptune Theatre Pre-Professional Theatre graduates Amanda Jonz and Samantha Madore and Queen’s University Music graduate Amy Reitsma. For more information on Metamorphic Theatre, visit www.metamorphic.ca or email info@metamorphic.ca.

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For more information or interview requests, please contact:

Ivy Ho, Publicist
Ivy Ho Communications
Cell: (902) 430-7679
Email: ivyho@ns.sympatico.ca

Samantha Madore
Metamorphic Theatre
Tel: (902) 429-8742
Email: sam@metamorphic.ca

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Marion Bridge Tour Dates

Tour dates have finally been announced for the upcoming performance of Marion Bridge.

• Chester Playhouse - Aug. 8th - 12th
  
• Kings Theatre (Annapolis Royal, NS) - Aug. 18th
  
• Atlantic Fringe Festival -
  Sat. Sept. 2 at 4:15 pm
  Sun. Sept. 3 at 5:45 pm
  Mon. Sept. 4 at 7:15 pm
  Fri. Sept. 8 at 9:30 pm
  Sat. Sept. 9 at 1:15 pm
  Sun. Sept 10 at 5:15 pm
  Venue: Neptune Theatre Studio Stage (DuMaurier Theatre)
  
• Marigold Cultural Centre (Truro, NS) - Sept. 28th - 30th