Come Aboard for Ship’s Company Theatre’s 25th Anniversary Season!
by Rena Kossatz, Ship's Company TheatreAnticipation is running high with the announcement of the exciting offerings in store
this season at Ship’s Company Theatre, as 25 years of presenting live theatre in
Parrsboro is commemorated and celebrated in the historic town.
Two new Atlantic Canadian plays, commissioned in honour of this monumental anniversary, will receive their world premieres on the Ships’ Company stage in 2009.
Ivor Johnson’s Neighbours, by playwright Charlie Rhindress, adapted from the novel by author Bruce Graham, will launch the Ship’s Company season on July 1st. Quirky and familiar, touching and humourous, this story, set in Parrsboro’s Whitehall in the nineteen-fifties, peeks around corners, through windows, and into the live of its myriad colourful characters.
Ferry Tales, book and music by playwright Carol Sinclair, with composition and additional lyrics by david sereda, is a charming play that will enchant audiences with the lore of the beloved MV Kipawo, last of the Minas Basin ferries. This delightful musical production will open on the Ship’s Company mainstage on August 5th.
Ship’s Company Artistic Producer and director of the two new plays, Pamela Halstead, has engaged a stellar cast and an unparalleled creative team to bring to life these very special productions.
Onelight Theatre’s The Veil by Shahin Sayadi, based on the novel Khanoom by Masoud Behnoud, will appear on the mainstage September 11th to 20th. Winner of the 2008 Merritt Award for Best New Play, and nominated for five additional awards, the production will begin its autumn Canadian tour in Parrsboro.
Brooke Johnson will bring her acclaimed Trudeau Stories onJuly 29th and 30th, and Lorne Elliott will deliver his special brand of comedy to the Ship’s Company stage on July 31st.
Visit www.shipscompany.com to learn about our plans for a 2009 reunion weekend, our impressive Concert Series, Reading Series, Kids’ Stage, Drama Camps, and our perennially popular Mainstage Special Event. Watch for our 2009 season brochure, widely available in early May. Join in the celebrations at Ship’s Company Theatre in Parrsboro!