URBAN CURVZ THEATRE
presents
Essay and
The Russian Play
Two Plays by Hannah Moscovitch
Directed by Glenda Stirling
Starring Julie Orton, Allison Lynch, Rylan Wilkie and
Duncan Ollerenshaw
April 29th – May 9th, 2009
in the Joyce Doolittle Theatre at the Pumphouse
(2140 Pumphouse Ave SW)
A vibrant first year student, obscure female historical
figures, a bumbling Teaching Assistant, Naploeon’s
lover and military strategist Elizabeth Farnese, communist Russia and a
flower shop girl with a wry sense of humour - all of these collide in
Hannah Moscovitch’s hilarious double bill (who’s work will first be seen
in Alberta Theatre Projects’ East of Berlin).
Pixie, a bright and clever University student finds herself unwittingly
caught amid a debate on gender politics when her Teaching Assistant and
Professor battle about the relevance of one obscure female historical
figures’ accomplishments. But why haven’t women been included in history?
Sonya, a woman from 1920’s Communist Russia may be able to write an essay
on that too. A victim of love and of a highly oppressive system, this play
imparts the story of an unwitting woman whose accomplishments will not be
included in any history textbooks. Essay is the perfect foil to
The Russian Play; thematically the pieces complement each other
beautifully and are both laced with a similar dark, biting humour.
We are pleased to acknowledge the support
of:
