It’s a Wonderful Life meets Modern Family in this contemporary fable about a blended family just trying to make things work during a complicated season
Date/Time: Oct 19 2018, 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Vancouver, Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | Event calendarCost: Free
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It’s a Wonderful Holiday Miracle Carol By Marcus Youssef:
Chloe and Simon’s mom and dad have separated. Dad has a new partner and mom is rediscovering her Jewish roots. And then their dead grandma shows up.
Marcus Youssef’s plays—about half of which were co-written with friends and colleagues—include Winners and Losers, Leftovers, Jabber, How Has My Love Affected You?, Ali & Ali and the aXes of Evil, Everyone, Adrift, Peter Panties, King Arthur’s Night, Chloe’s Choice, and A Line in the Sand. They have been performed in dozens of theatres or festivals across North America, Australia, and Europe. Marcus is the recipient of the 2017 Siminovitch Prize. Other awards include: Canada Council Staunch-Lynton Award, Rio-Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award, Chalmer's Canadian Play Award, Seattle Times Footlight Award, two Arts Club Silver Commissions, a Governor General’s Award nomination, and the Vancouver Critics' Choice Award. Marcus is Artistic Director of Vancouver’s Neworld Theatre and co-founder of the artist-run production studio PL1422. He is Editorial Advisor to Canadian Theatre Review, a Canadian Fellow to the International Society of Performing Arts, and a recent Senior Playwright in Residence at the Banff Centre Playwrights Lab.
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