Upcoming Show: Lounge re-mounted at the Sista'Hood Festival

Chrysalis Theatre & Screaming Weenie Productions in partnership with Sista' Hood present

Lounge
Written and performed by Tanya Marquardt
Music and arrangement by Joel DeStefano
Dramaturgy by Kris Nelson
Thursday March 15, 2007 at 9pm
Rime, 1130 Commercial Drive
Tickets $10 at the Door only

"quietly vunerable....it's hypnotizing. Marquardt presents the chanteuse with a combination of pain and girlish cover-up; the performers considerable beauty helps to make this intriguing." - Colin Thomas, The Georgia Straight

"Tanya Marquardt. Remember that name. She's going to be a star." - Jo Ledingham, The Vancouver Courier

"This play will seduce you..." - Rob Salerno, Xtra West

"Tanya Marquardt's one woman show about an unnamed singer just stopping in town for a gig has all the hallmarks of a gin-soaked, down-and-out lounge act...one of the more physically striking young actresses in town." - Michael Harris, The Globe and Mail

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. 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, this remount of the critically acclaimed Lounge is presented in association with Sista'Hood, so come and share a drink with us! Screaming Weenie and Chrysalis theatre gratefully acknowledge the support of the City of Vancouver - Office of Cultural Affairs and the Government of British Columbia.