MOVING

PARTS

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LIST OF PAST EVENTS

Lectures en français

Over 300 plays have been read during the 14 year existence of Moving Parts.
So you can be forgiven for having forgotten a few. Unless, of course, you are the author...
Find out who it was wrote that play you liked so much... Join us in a trip down memory lane...

Date	Play	Author	Synopsis	Cast	Subsequently...
04.07.10	Sammy Gets Mugged	Dan Heching	As much as he tried to avoid it, Sammy got mugged one Sunday afternoon, and it was pretty scary. But for whom? Him, or his mysterious mugger, whose resolve is less than perfect? A chronicling of an antagonistic exchange between two strangers, all the possibilities that follow, and how we choose to remember the more unsavory moments in our lives. Loosely based on a real mugging, in Paris in the spring of 2005.	Harlan Chambers Derrick Korn Manda Djinn
06.06.10	Two Short Films	Jerry Lincoln Prillaman	Meditations : A poetic performance piece for four voices : two on, two off. Incident at Papagayo's : Dramatisation in the form of a short filmscript of a true incident in Madagascar, 1967.	Murray Simpson James Mitchell Eduardo Cué Stephanie Campion Harlan Chambers Brian Kennedy Maurizio Arena
23.05.10	"Vide Grenier" (screenplay)	Patricia Kogan	2 families... 2 careers... 2 cultures... 2 lifestyles and 2 x 50-plus years of habits come into play when 2 well-into-middle-aged people fall in love. A bi-cultural romantic comedy about growing up, letting go, and embracing life, no matter what your age.	Christa Fénal, Joe Wilkins, Julia Harrigan, Jérôme Maroni, Ghyslain Martin, Tessa Remise, Marc Duret, Sophie Pincemaille, Marie-Emilie Michel, Oscar Relier, Stephanie Campion, Gregory Good
09.05.10	"Swansongs"	Gwyneth Hughes	A man's ashes in an urn... His two widows, motivated by greed, pride and resentment... Both women familiar with the theatre world of secrets and deceit... Together in a house on the top of a cliff, surrounded by fog......	Stephanie Campion Susan Laplane
25.04.10	Three One-Act Plays	Yair Packer	Jumping Jasper : Will he or won't he? Well apparently Jaspers don't. According to Susan. Especially now that they've discovered they've got something in common... Dress for the Wedding : On their way to a wedding, Sabrina and Albert are forced to spend a night in a hotel while their plane is repaired. But when they open their suitcase, the dress isn't there... Norma's Scent : Norma is gone, but not forgotten. As Alan learns to cope without her, in spite of interference from the neighbour, he discovers things about her that he never knew...	Lauren Alexandre-Lasseur Stephanie Campion Larry Garner Mark Hanly
11.04.10	"Little Eden" (screenplay)	Timothy Jay Smith	On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, a celebrated newscaster, whose continuing grief for a son lost in the attack has torn his family apart, takes them on an idyllic vacation where a second dire attack forces them to pull together to survive.	Joe Wilkins, Sharon Mann, Nicholas Bjorklund, Bill Dunn, Paul Cavin, Elena Luoto, Oscar Relier, Bart Soroczynski Mimi Roussin, Stephanie Campion, Danny Rukavina
21.03.10	"Momma's Office Boy" (screenplay)	Alexis Niki	Everybody loves warm and wonderful Sylvia — except her son, Jimmy. Drained by her emotional needs, he leaves home to seek refuge in a quiet town, a steady job, and a cheerful fiancée. But his budding happiness is disrupted when Sylvia shows up - in crisis again. Before he knows it, she’s wheedled her way into becoming his boss! Hell bent on getting his life back, he sets out to sabotage Sylvia...	Jeremy Coffman Stephanie Campion David Gasman Lexie Kendrick Jerry di Giacomo James Mitchell Martin Chipperfield Meg McNaughton
07.03.10	"See How They Run"	Gwyneth Hughes	Actors on stage can begin their story all over again. They can eliminate remarks they wish they'd never said. They can add remarks that might change their destinies. But in real life there's only one performance. You can't go back and make it better. In real life we're trapped...	Anna Cottis, Kim Tilbury, Elena Luoto, Stephanie Campion, Danny Rukavina
21.02.10	"Short Scenes"	Colin Reese	A most unusual - and effective - way of teaching English... 18 comic sketches	Stephanie Campion, Damian Corcoran, James Creedon, Bill Dunn, James Gerard Max Hayter, Claire Olivier, Kim Tilbury
14.02.10	"Relation-ships"	Nina Karacosta	Off Book, No Strings Attached, Kuan Yu, Catch Pegasus by the Heel While Riding a Tiger : "Relation-ships" are transits to other creatures : sometimes ex-lovers, sometimes soul-searching mates. It consists of a one act poetry-play and three sketches that were written in New York, sometimes depicting the New York hustling landscape and/or the searching for inner balance.	Kim Tilbury Eduardo Cué Thomas Victorio
10.01.10 double bill	"Come Out, George" and "Find Your Inner French Bastard™"	Shena Wilson and Emilie Rosenvallon	What are the disadvantages of not breastfeeding? Our panel of experts (average age 9.4 months) gives its considered opinion. Everyone has got a French bastard in them somewhere. In this one woman show, a French-American girl tells you how to awaken this inner beast.	Lexie Kendrick, Valentine L'Homme, Emilie Rosenvallon, Damian Corcoran, Stephanie Campion