Time To Put My Socks On, an original one act play

June 7, 2010 · Filed Under Festival News, News

Created by Alan Shain and Michele Decottignies (Stage Left Productions)

Directed by Michele Decottignes & Nicole Dunbar (Stage Left Productions)

DATES: July 8, 9, 10 @ 8PM; Saturday matinee@ 3PM

Preview July 7, P.W.Y.C.

LOCATION: The Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre Studio, 1233 Wellington (at Holland)

TICKETS: $15 /$13 students & seniors/$12 Matinee; call 613-236-5196 to reserve.

No refunds or ticket exchanges

WARNING: Nudity & Adult Content

DESCRIPTION: Time To Put My Socks On follows Marc – a 30-something man with cerebral palsy – who is about to celebrate his first anniversary with his nondisabled partner, Linda. On one hand, he is bursting with excitement. He loves Linda! Linda loves him! She wants to move in! On the other hand, Marc is plagued with doubts. Is he happy enough with Linda to live with her? Can he really measure up to the standards of coupledom – maybe even marriage? Time To Put My Socks On revolves around the conflicts within Marc as he contemplates taking the plunge as a disabled man.

“Hilarious and fearless!” – Michael Green, AD, High Performance Rodeo.

“A fascinating performance that challenges perceptions!” – Eye Weekly.

“Shain holds the stage with consummate ease as he spins the story of Marc.” – Toronto Star.

“[Shain’s] sheer exuberance on stage is impossible to resist. This is a very funny, one-of-a-kind show by an exceptional performer” – Indyish.com

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Alan Shain is one of Canada’s most celebrated disabled writers and performers. His performance disciplines include theatre, storytelling, dance and stand-up comedy. His career spans 20 years and he has to toured across North America, England, Australia – and in 2008, Taiwan! His shows are funny, angry, tender and always very real attaining national and international critical acclaim, including the Artistic Excellence Award from the City of Ottawa.

Michele Decottignies, Artistic Director of Stage Left Productions, is an award-winning Calgary-based playwright, producer, presenter, and director. She is also one of Calgary’s most accomplished Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) facilitators, having taking master training in Canada and the U.S. and used TO techniques in her arts-based community development and social justice practice, and in professional interdisciplinary artist-community collaboration, for over a decade now. She has written, produced, and directed over 200 plays winning numerous awards such as the Moondance Columbine Playwrighting Award, the Alliance Atlantis Award of Distinction, as well as being named by Alberta Playwrights’ Network as one of Alberta’s Top 100.

Nicole Dunbar is an exceptional emerging artist being the recipient of numerous awards/ nominations and scholarships for academic excellence, including the Donald Norman Balancing Acts Memorial Award, the Victor Mitchell Award, a Jason Lang Scholarship, and an International Student Centre Travel Bursary.

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