Lie With Me
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2002
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READING YORK UNIVERSITY THEATRE DEPARTMENT DIRECTED BY ANTONIO O CAMPO
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1999
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PREMIERE, TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL
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*Script available at the Toronto Fringe Festival Play library
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DIRECTED BY
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Kelly Fanson, Assistant Director by Kimberley Radmacher
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WRITTEN BY
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Victoria Goring
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ORIGINAL MUSIC BY
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Archie Hughes
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PERFORMED BY
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Genevieve E. Anthony Aaron Berg, Catherine Black, Alyssa Clark,
Lesley Dowey, Victoria Goring, Corrina Hodgson, Mark McIntyre,
Bruce Marshall, Mike O’Connor, Liz Pounsett, James Skinner,
Eloisa Weber
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DRAMATURGY BY
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Sanjay Talwar
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Inspired by the true story of
Teena/Brandon, a young woman who was murdered when it was
discovered that she had successful deceived others into believing
she was a man. Lie With Me pre-dates the Oscar winning
film based on the same story, Boys Don't Cry.
Urban Spine
set this story of small-town violence in a real playground.
This walled playground echoed the claustrophobia of a small town,
while giving an eerie playfullness to kids who become
violent.
Lie With Me has been expanded
in length with assistance from The Laidlaw Foundation and York
University. An ideal play for theatre students with its large
young cast, physical staging, and provocative
issues.
A PHYSICAL DRAMA
As the audience enters, they
discover our hero/heroine is already dead. "Alex" has become
as trapped in her death as she was in her life. Unable to "get
those words out of me", Alex lived her life "Running from all those
words". Unable to resolve her gender identity, and facing
mounting pressure from her small community, Alex finds herself
buried deep in her own lies. Who was Alex, and who really
knew him/her? Multiple perspectives abound, from the
neighbours' gossip to the media's piercing questions. How
many stories become lies?
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