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Following the success and acclaim of My Name is Rachel Corrie, Vision Theatre takes on noted chronicler of modern culture, Douglas Coupland (Generation X, JPod), one of the most original and exciting voices in contemporary literature. Adapted from his short story Life After God, with additional inspiration from Coupland’s bitingly funny book City of Glass, this play, by Michael Lewis MacLennan, offers a quirky and penetrating look at the first generation raised without religion.
“…if you find anything about the way we live now disturbing and wrong, Coupland is your man.” - Daily Telegraph
Directed by Vision Theatre’s Greg Wysynski and featuring some of Ottawa’s finest actors, Life After God tells the story of six friends that were a tight knit group in high school and how their lives unravel fifteen years later. Centering around the character of Scout, the friends are facing the challenges and disillusionments of adulthood, and grapple with a new found sense of emptiness in a culture stuck in fast-forward. While searching for something, anything, to believe in, Scout rallies his friends to attend the upcoming High School’s 15th Year Reunion. Both funny and moving, Life after God is a free-wheeling, theatrical examination of our quest for transcendence.
Life After God opens at the Arts Court Theatre (2 Daly Avenue) on Wednesday January 21, 2009 and runs until January 31st, at 8:00pm nightly (No shows on Sunday or Monday). Tickets are $25.00 for adults and $20.00 for Students/ Seniors and are on sale at the Arts Court Box Office, 613-564-7240.
“ A revelation… suffused with a mystery and regret unique in his work.” - Esquire [Praise for the novel Life After God]
Life After God is written by two-time Governor General’s Award finalist Michael Lewis MacLennan. Among his plays are, Beat The Sunset, The Shooting Stage and Last Romantics. For TV, Michael has been co-executive producer on Queer As Folk and executive producer of Godiva’s. With Douglas Coupland he co-created the CBC Television series jPod (based on the best selling novel), for which he wrote four episodes. He is currently developing Natural High, a dramatic series for CBC
Directed by Greg Wysynski
Featuring: Jerome Bourgault, JP Chartier, Shawna McSheffrey, Chantale Plante, Jennifer Scrivens and Riley Stewart Set & Light Design: Pierre Ducharme Assistant Director: Marsha Awwad
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January 21 - 31, 2009 Arts Court Theatre $25/$20
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