Vern Thiessen: Two Plays
by Vern Thiessen
Apple
Andy is in trouble. Downsized
from his job, his marriage in crisis, he meets a mysterious young woman
who he looks to for salvation. But when his wife becomes seriously ill,
Andy must make a choice: care for an estranged wife, or run away with
a woman he knows little about. Ahaunting tale of sex, secrets and second
chances.
Winner of the Elizabeth Sterling
Haynes Award for Outstanding New Play (2002) and winner of the Alberta
Play Competition (2001).
“Abelief in the power, or
at least the grace, of silence is one of the pluses of Apple, atightly-knotted,
carefully-crafted play where the concept of love gets dissected and
scrutinized like a renegade cell under a microscope...”
—Edmonton Journal
Blowfish
“...we all have to eat...
we all have to die....” What do food, funerals, the Edmonton tornado
and Mila Mulroney have in common? Join the elegant and debonair caterer
Lumiere as he serves up a whole new eating experience.
“The dramatic fabric Thiessen
has woven is a tight accumulation of emotional and narrative threads...
a life picturethat entertains... that frequently moves, that engages,
that disturbs.” —The Ottawa Citizen
“Let’s just say that it’s
black. It’s creepy. It’s deliciously morbid and delectably dark.”
—Vue Weekly
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