PERFORMANCE  14 - Porch & Wayward Seniors
Channel: reTHiNK Nz
Date: 2012-11-13

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Musical Credit -- "Porch" by Stewart Allan & Anton Morgan - Freefalling
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Wayward Seniors 
Written by Rex McGregor 
Directed by Joselyn Khor 
Starring
Ruth: Gerry Jaynes
Alma: Marina Volkova
Doug: Carl Smith
Jasper: Malcolm Dixon
Sandra: Nicole Marais

A local rest-home goes the extra mile to ensure their residents have flourishing lives. Alma is playing up again. Her grandson, Doug, expects the rest home to take better care of her. But he's in for the shock of his life when he learns how far they're prepared to go. How do our ideas about aging affect our ideas about what is normal and what people should be satisfied with? 

Rex McGregor is a member of the Auckland Playwrights Collective. His plays have been performed in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland and Palmerston North.  www.rexmcgregor.com "Incurable romantic with multiple personality disorder seeks twelve soulmates. Exclusive fidelity guaranteed. No sharing."

Joselyn Khor is a writer/freelance reporter/director/actress with a penchant for baking and creating worlds with words. Having acted in three musicals, she then went on to write and direct V.I.P: Vanity Isn't Permanent, which dealt with issues such as homophobia, anorexia and discrimination. Watched by over 750 people, a profit of $2000 was donated to the Phobic Trust. Having majored in journalism, she believes in giving all issues - big and small - a hearing. To her, the stage represents reality where characters give people a chance to be heard. As such, she joined reTHiNK to carry on the aim of shining that literal spotlight on important topics.