Yellow Point Drama Group hosts “On the Fringe” One-Act Play Festival Nanaimo, B.C. – May 18, 2017 -
=0D=0A=Drive to Cedar, on the edge of Nanaimo, on the evenings of June 2 and 3 to enjoy wordplay, wit, lots of laughter and a touch of pathos. Expect surprises as the Yellow Point Drama Group hosts its First Annual One-act Play Festival. “It’s a chance to enjoy some plays that are rarely seen,” says organizer Armando Dos Santos.
=0D=0A=“It’s kind of like theatre on the fringe.” Each night, three short plays will be presented, and in two of the three, the playwrights themselves are directing or acting. The festival is a celebration of theatre, with no adjudication. “Each night, the audience gets to participate by voting for the best play,” says Dos Santos, “and the winning play takes home a prize.”
=0D=0A=On Friday, June 2, writer Brian March directs “Rappaport Revisited,” in which two arch friends/enemies meet up for yet another duel of words. Local actor Ron Dale takes a role onstage in his first script “A Skiff of Golff.” After a lifetime of golfing, Dale’s septuagenarian hero must face up to his declining skills. However, no decline will be found in the voices of Pat Zogar’s compilation “First-Wave Feminism—Shaw’s Women.” In excerpts from Shaw’s plays, a chorus of female characters reveal his trademark wit, wisdom, malice and scorn.
=0D=0A=Saturday night, June 3, sees 14 actors from Courtenay’s Second Stage Players perform “Oh Nurse,” a rollicking comedy set in a pub and hospital. The laughs continue with Armando Dos Santos’s production of an old script, “Two Blind Men and a Donkey.” As its title suggests, the play is a farce—a short and sweet medieval parable.
=0D=0A=The final show features Nanaimo newcomer Laura Kelsey as both writer and performer. “Modern Banshee” is a musical drama about a downtrodden performer’s search for her true voice. Refreshments available. Reservations: 250 722 2459
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