Theatre types active onstage

By Greg Fretz

These days, actors, directors and writers with a Concordia connection are onstage all around Montreal. Here’s a sample.

The Bed Trick: Wake up and smell the courtroom. Creative Writing alumnus Joel Fishbane will be showcasing The Bed Trick, his new play about mistaken identity, sexual boundaries, and the vagaries of the Canadian legal system.

Fishbane won accolades for Rhapsody and An Act of God, both of which were nominated for MECCAs (Montreal English Critique’s Circle Awards).

The Bed Trick will be shown at the Geordie Theater at 4001 Berri, May 13-15 and 19-22 at 8 p.m., May 15 and 22 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $15. Call 931-5449 or e-mail mrpumpkin@sympatico.ca.

Chimera is a story of obsession and self-delusion from Concordia master’s student Jason Katz. It’s now at the Players Theater, 3480 McTavish.

The plot: After four years of writing to a woman he’s never met, a man sets out to find her when their communication is abruptly cut off.

This first play by One on One Productions started April 15 and runs to April 24. Tickets are $10; call 481-8263 for details. Check out their uber-cool website at www.oneononetheater.cjb.net.

Persiphone Productions is producing Polly Teal's adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s classic Jane Eyre.

This production features Jean Nicolai and Glenda Braganza, graduates of the Theater Department. Shows are at 3700 St. Dominique, April 21 – May 8. Tickets are $20, $15 for students. Box office, 843-7738, or visit their website at www.persephoneproductions.org.

And then there’s a party, called PWM40.

Mary Walsh (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Codco) is one of a number of guest performers at a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Playwrights’ Workshop on May 10 at Kola Note, 5240 Park Ave. Tickets are $20 - $50.