Occam Rep Theater Closes Plays from George F. Walker's Suburban Motel 12/17

OCCAM REPERTORY THEATER presents three fully independent plays from George F. Walker's critically acclaimed Suburban Motel collection, performed in an intimate site-specific, installation-style performance space. Sex, violence and mayhem take center stage in these extreme comedies from one of Canada's most accomplished playwrights.

Two different dark and hilarious plays will be performed each night in rotating rep from Dec 3 to Dec 17, for total of eight performances of each play. (There are no shows Dec 7, 8 and 14.) Curtain times are 7 and 9pm, each night. General admission tickets: $18; all three plays for $39.

The SLC Conference Center - 352 7th Ave, (at 30th St.) 16th floor - will be transformed into a forlorn suburban motel room where 11 vital characters in three plays try to hold their fraying lives together. Tickets are available through www.smarttix.com.

FEATURING LORETTA
A beautiful woman on the run and desperate for cash, Lorrie turns to Michael, a flamboyant pornographer, and Dave, an emotionally delicate kidnapper. With the help of Sophie, the eccentric daughter of a Russian mobster, Lorrie has some tough choices to make -- only some of which involve lingerie....

Directed by Bryan Close
Starring: Jennifer McPherson*, Brian Lafontaine*, Scott Kerns* and Merissa Morin

Fri 12/3 7pm, Sat 12/4 9pm, Sun 12/5 7pm, Mon 12/6 9pm,
Fri 12/10 9pm, Sun 12/12 7pm, Wed 12/15 7pm, Fri 12/17 9pm

RISK EVERYTHING
Denise, a recovering junkie, and R.J., a reality television-addicted ex-con, are trying to reform their lives while Denise's mother Carol, a life-long gambling addict desperate for a final score, tries to drag them back into the gutter. Along for the murderous ride is Michael, a wanna-be porn king.

Directed by Shawn Rozsa
Starring: Angela Perri*, Jeanne Joe Perrone, Gerardo Rodriguez* and Brian Lafontaine*

Fri 12/3 9pm, Sat 12/4 7pm, Sun 12/5 9pm, Mon 12/6 7pm,
Thu 12/9 7pm, Sat 12/11,9pm, Mon 12/13 9pm, Thu 12/16 7pm

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
Max, a detective, and his mistress Jayne, a public defender, swap sex for favors, taking the law into their own hands. Max's partner Donny tries to help, but as he's a barely functioning drunk with a distracting hooker habit and an exploding marriage to Pam, a fretful woman in over her head with this crowd, his help could wind up landing them all in prison.

Directed by Shawn Rozsa
Starring: Bryan Close*, Jennifer McCabe*, Paul Michael Valley* and Marguerite Stimpson*

Thu 12/9 9pm, Fri 12/10 7pm, Sat 12/11 7pm, Sun 12/12 9pm
Mon 12/13 7pm, Wed 12/15 9pm, Thu 12/16 9pm, Fri 12/17 7pm

* Actors appear courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

GEORGE F. Walker is one of the most widely produced Canadian dramatists both in Canada and internationally. He has written over 30 stage scripts and has also written many television shows, radio shows and movies. FEATURING LORETTA, RISK EVERYTHING and ADULT ENTERTAINMENT are full-length, independent dark comedies that each happen to take place in the same decrepit motel room. Beloved by actors, the plays depict the riotous struggles of complex characters under extreme emotional and physical distress.

OCCAM REP is founded on the idea that good theater, while inspired by the imagination, is never pretend. The company is named after Occam's Razor, the principle that all other things being equal, a simple explanation is usually preferable to an unnecessarily complex one.

Produced by Shawn Rozsa and Occam Rep (Bryan Close, artistic director)
Associate Producer, Brian Lafontaine

Stage Managers - Peter Feldman*, Franny Civitano, Erin Stoneking
Set - Keven Lock
Lights - Colleen Curran
Costumes - Melissa Davis
Fights - Scott Kerns
Dialects - Tovah Suttle

These plays are Equity-approved showcases.

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