Winning team of Lauzon and Durat direct 'Girl in the Goldfish Bowl'

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IN YOUR EYES PROJECTS
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In Your Eyes Projects and Theatre Algoma will be presenting Canadian playwright, Morris Panych’s Governor General Award-winning play, The Girl in the Goldfish Bowl this week. This Sault Ste. Marie premiere production features an outstanding cast that includes Darielle Chomyn, Marc Beaudette, Sandra Forsell, RJ Renner, Penny Gribbon and is directed by Joseph Lauzon and Loretta Durat.

The production takes place in the Shingwauk Auditorium at Algoma University, Feb. 28 and March 1-3, 8 p.m. General admission tickets available at Station Mall Box Office and online.

This event features a licensed bar. For details about the production, visit its website.

As Amahl the goldfish is unceremoniously flushed down the toilet, precocious 10-year-old Iris treasures the final magical hours of her childhood amid air raid sirens, her parents’ dissolving marriage, and the arrival of a mysterious stranger, Mr. Lawrence who may save them all.

Girl in a Goldfish Bowl is a coming of age story that is wonderfully woven through an exciting genre splitting concoction that marries comedy, mystery, fantasy, theatre of the absurd, surrealism and tragedy into an entertaining potion that is filled with surprises. 

“The entire space of the Shingwauk Hall has been transformed by Michael Burtch to offer an immersive experience for the audience.”  Lighting designer, Rob Rock explains further, “This production offers not only an amazing story filled with fascinating characters, it is also a feast for the eyes.”  

“Throughout the rehearsal process, the cast has done astounding work discovering and bringing to life the highly imaginative multi-layered world that Panych creates with his script.” Joseph continues, “Their abilities to manoeuvre through the many emotional and tonal shifts and honour those moments has been fascinating to watch. They have met each challenge with exciting results.”

“The most crucial and demanding part about playing Iris is relying on the euphoric experiences of my own childhood. Its a completely strange and whimsical feeling reflecting back to all those years.” Darielle Chomyn muses, “Who knew swimming around on stage and spraying people with water could be so much fun as an adult.”

“Mr Lawrence is one of the most challenging roles I’ve ever had the pleasure to tackle. He appears to be the very definition of an innocent, but with a deep and dark underlying backstory that even he is not completely aware of.” Marc Beaudette continues, “He lives moment to moment, having no knowledge or memory of the past and no understanding of the future. To keep the audience guessing, I must constantly keep myself guessing. It has made for an exciting and adventurous rehearsal process and it has been a lot of fun working with my cast mates and directors.”

"With my first initial read of the script, I immediately knew that this was something I wanted to be a part of. The writing is very layered, and the characters are complex.” RJ Renner concludes, “A dark comedy, what's not to love?"

While the Shingwauk Auditorium is the ideal intimate space for this highly inventive play, there is limited seating for each performance and producers Thomas Brandstetter and Bob Cooper urge people to buy their tickets now at the Station Mall Box Office before they are sold out.

Algoma U parking gates will be lifted for this event at the end of each performance. 

For more information regarding this production and other IYE projects, go to the website.

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