Upcoming Production: LOUNGE

Screaming Weenie Productions & Chrysalis Theatre present

Lounge

Written and performed by Tanya Marquardt
Music and arrangement by Joel DeStefano
Stage Direction by Ilena Lee Cramer
Dramaturgy by Kris Nelson
Production Stage Management by Jason Leane

July 25 – August 12, 2006
8pm Tuesday – Saturday
Mynt Lounge & Restaurant
555 Davie Street

Tickets $10 Advance, $12 at the Door
Tickets on sale July 1^st at Little Sisters Bookstore & at www.screamingweenie.com
More info at www.chrysalistheatre.blogspot.com

“What are your dreams tonight? As I look out there into a sea of open faces and broken hearts I wonder if all we’re doing is living in a world of shattered dreams. And if this is true and we’re living in a world of shattered dreams, maybe you’ll have nightmares. But maybe those nightmares will lead you…back home” - Lounge

“…a rare, visual experience that leaves its audience breathless…” See Magazine

Part lounge act, part David Lynch film - Lounge follows a lonely lesbian lounge singer’s search for home and true love on her last Canadian tour. Interweaving story and song, she takes her audience from a childhood in small town Canada to singing lounge in Las Vegas and a love affair with a showgirl. Both humorous and poignant Lounge features the lounge re-makings of songs from Queen, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Billy Holiday and PJ Harvey.

“Marquardt is a brave writer and performer…the playwright speaks of the masks we wear and how they obstruct our desire for authenticity…fearless and conceptually challenging.” – Jo Ledingham, The Vancouver Courier

Lounge is a celebration of the lounge genre – a nod to the past and a toast to battles both won and lost. Featuring some of Vancouver's hottest young artists, including Tanya Marquardt (Chrysalis Theatre) Joel DeStefano (Nocturne) Kris Nelson (Rumble – Artist in residence) and direction by Weenie’s own Ilena Lee Cramer, Lounge premieres in association with Vancouver’s Gay Pride Week, so come and share a drink with us!

“Screaming Weenie have a skenographia of beautiful, multilayered images… performed to a young and utterly appreciative audience.” Alan Hindle – Terminal City

Photo Courtesay of Peter Eastwood