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		In the Artword Alternative, 75 Portland Street March 27 to April 13, 2003 The Bash Co-op presents Bash: The Latterday Plays written by Neil LaBute directed by Wayne Ward performed by Shannon Black, John Gordon, Chris Whitby Tuesday-Thursday at 8 pm: $22 Friday and Saturday at 8 pm: $25 Sundays at 2:30 pm: 30 tickets reserved $17and Sundays at 2:30 pm: 30 tickets pwyc at the door only To reserve call the St. Lawrence Centre Ticket Line 416-366-7723 or book at StL online
	American playwright Neil LaBute is known for his challenging and sometimes disturbing work both on stage and in film. He first came to international prominence with the release of his controversial independent film In The Company of Men, which, along with its successor, Your Friends and Neighbors, introduced audiences to both his considerable talent and his unflinching portrayals of the cruelty and self-delusion of which humankind is capable. The same quality is also to be found in Bash, three one act plays that earned him censure from the elders of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints, of which LaBute is a member. The Bash Co-op was formed by a group of actors who met in a film acting class taught by David Rotenberg: Shannon Black, John Gordon, Wayne Ward and Chris Whitby. Gordon and Ward first worked together last year on the David Mamet play The Old Neighborhood, which Gordon directed for the East West Theatre Company (his company with producer Cynthia Chan). Black and Whitby were also looking for projects on which to collaborate. Intrigued by Bash, they approached Gordon and Ward, who quickly agreed on its merit, and the co-op was founded for this, the first professional production of the plays in Toronto. Bash is a modern homage to the trilogies of ancient Greek tragedy, told in first person narrative form. In Iphigenia in Orem, Gordon plays a Utah businessman who tells a stranger the story of his infant daughter’s sudden and tragic death. In A Gaggle of Saints, Black and Whitby play a young Mormon couple, students at Boston College, who give separate accounts of a weekend spent in New York, concluding with a climactic walk through Central Park. In Medea Redux, Black plays a woman who tells the story of her complex and fated relationship with her middle school English teacher. The plays are directed by Ward. Media Contact: John Gordon, T: (416) 203-0195 E: johngrantgordon@rogers.com For more information visit the Bach Co-op website: www.bashco-op.com