[R-G] (Nanaimo) 'My Name is Rachel Corrie' returns to Western Edge Theatre

[Suzanne de Kuyper]

This will be news when it is shown in Washington D C, NYC, San Fransisco,
Boston, not an island in BC!  Radical this showing is not.

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Sid Shniad <shniad at sfu.ca> wrote:

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>   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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>   Sept. 8, 2008
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>   Contact: Diana Hart
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>   admin at westernedge.org
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>   Box-Office: 250-325-7777 (Nanaimo)
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>   Admin: 250-668-0991 (Nanaimo)
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>   [1]http://westernedge.org
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>   Western Edge Theatre opens 2008-09 season with "My name is Rachel
>   Corrie"
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>   Nanaimo's Western Edge Theatre opens its 2008-09 season this month
>   with the acclaimed one-woman play "My Name Is Rachel Corrie." Adapted
>   from the writings of the young Olympia, Washington woman whose name,
>   since her death in 2003, has become synonymous with idealism and
>   activism, "My Name is Rachel Corrie" is currently moving audiences to
>   laughter, tears, and fervent discussion around the world.
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>   Corrie was just 23 when she left her Washington State home to work
>   with Palestinian communities in the middle east. In Alan Rickman and
>   Katherine Viner's inventive adaptation of her journals and e-mails,
>   she emerges, according to Time Out magazine, as "funny, passionate,
>   and luminously intelligent. A bona fide hero."
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>   During her time in the Gaza Strip, Rachel risked soldiers' bullets and
>   became fast friends with her hosts. In March 2003, she was killed
>   while trying to protect a Palestinian home from being bulldozed.
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>   "The play doesn't attempt to make a saint out of her," says Western
>   Edge Artistic Producer Frank Moher, who directs. "It's enough that
>   she's simply very human, and concerned about her fellow humans. And
>   the play isn't a downer. Far from it. Rachel is an inspiration."
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>   The Western Edge production features Portia Boehm, last seen in the
>   company's 2006 production of "Sugar Daddies." It will be performed
>   first on Gabriola Island on Fri., Sept. 26 and Sat., Sept. 27 at 7:30
>   p.m. at the Gabriola Theatre Centre, 1475 Peterson Rd. It then moves
>   to Nanaimo for performances on Fri., Oct. 3 and Sat., Oct. 4 at 7:30
>   p.m., with a matinee on Sun., Oct. 5 at 2 p.m. While work continues on
>   the new downtown performance centre, this first production in the
>   Western Edge season will be performed at the downtown Nanaimo Art
>   Gallery, 150 Commercial St.
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>   Tickets cost $18 for Adults, $15 for Seniors (65+), and $10 for
>   Students. Season subscriptions are also now on sale, starting at just
>   $44 for all five plays, a saving of over 15%. Western Edge also offers
>   a 10-pack of tickets which may be used in any combination, providing a
>   saving of over 10%.
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>   Subscriptions, 10-packs, and individual tickets may be purchased
>   online at westernedge.org or by phone at 325-7777 (Nanaimo) or
>   1-800-811-7405. Individual tickets are also available at Falconer
>   Books in the Port Place Mall, Gabriola Artworks, and at the door as
>   available.
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>   Production sponsors for "My Name is Rachel Corrie" are Synergy
>   Magazine and the Nanaimo Art Gallery. Season sponsors are the
>   Government of British Columbia, the Nanaimo News-Bulletin, KopyKo, The
>   Nanaimo Daily News, The Harbour City Star, and radio stations The Wave
>   102.3FM and The Wolf 106.9FM.
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>   - 30 -
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> References
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>   1. http://westernedge.org/
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