The Melville Boys is directed by Heather Markgraf-Lowe with a cast including Paula Hixson, seen recently in Wit at the Centaur, and Graham Cuthbertson, a Concordia Theatre student who was really terrific in Soulfishing's production of Crackwalker. Shaking up Shakespeare July will see the return of Elysian River Theatre's Shakespeare on Mount Royal. As they did two years ago with Shakespeare on Love, the company will be cutting and pasting scenes from Shakespeare. NOT in a Dream is literally a cross between Romeo and Juliet and Midsummer Night's Dream. It is directed by Lowell Gasoi and the cast includes Cory Fantie and Jennifer Wade.
Admission is by donation.
The Just for Laughs comedy festival will try to follow up the success of last year's import, Late Nite Catechism, with the locally produced Mom's the Word. Any company that wants to produce the show has to promise to cast only real-live mothers. The Montreal cast who are talented actors as well as moms, includes Jennifer Morehouse, Carolyn Guillet, Ellen David, Susie Almgren, France Rolland and Satori Shakoor. July 5-22 at the Centaur. The co-production between Montreal companies Out and Sin 4 and Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times has been in the works for a year.