Monthly Archives: June 2011

Pitch Blond – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release

From press release:

Katie and Pearl Productions Presents Pitch Blond.

2007’s Critic’s Choice Award for Best Fringe Production Victoria, BCFringe to the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival.

“Five Stars – [Judy Holliday’s performance before the McCarthy’s inquisitors],might have been the performance of a lifetime. You can say the same thing forToronto-based actress-playwright Laura Anne Harris. ” – Winnipeg Free Press

Toronto, June 1st, 2011 – Laura Harris’ critically acclaimed one-woman tribute to thelife of Academy and Tony Award winning actress Judy Holliday finally comes to the2011 Toronto Fringe Festival after great success at the Victoria Uno Festival, theEdmonton International Fringe Festival, the Winnipeg Fringe Festival and the VancouverChutzpah Festival. Harris, wrote and stares as the magnetic comedic actress BillyHolliday, who had a genius-level I.Q but was notorious for playing comedic dumb blondcharacters. During the McCarthy era, Holliday was suspected of having Communist ties.In order to protect her friend and family, she testified before the Senate Internal SecuritySubcommittee playing her dumb blond persona. Continue reading Pitch Blond – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release →

Cancer Can’t Dance Like This – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release


From press release:

Cancer Can’t Dance Like This with a Fringe Twist!

Toronto, Ontario – After two failed attempts and a bout with cancer, Daniel Stolfi is bringing his one-man show Cancer Can’t Dance Like This to the 2011 Toronto Fringe Festival.

In January of 2008, Daniel Stolfi, Andrew Ferguson and Michael Chudnovsky got into the 2008 Toronto Fringe Festival. The boys began their creation process by filming rehearsals to create their show. Unfortunately, in March of 2008 Daniel Stolfi was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Lymphoma and had to undergo two years of chemotherapy. The show was cancelled and pulled from the Fringe. Daniel then underwent the hardest time of his life.

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Bordeaux – Toronto Fringe 2011 Press Release

From press release:

Pathos Theatre Company announces their world premiere production of Bordeaux at the Toronto Fringe Festival.

In late nineteenth century France, Pascal escapes war and revolution in Paris to settle in the small wine growing town of Bordeaux. In an attempt to begin life anew, he befriends an eccentric young woman named Genevieve, and her elder sister, Odette. The arrival of his ex-lover, Henri, with news from Paris, breaks the spell of his quiet existence and Pascal is forced to reconcile the pieces of his new life: the elder sister he has fallen in love with, the younger sister he has inspired and the young man who hurt him. He is forced to choose between the life of simplicity he has created in Bordeaux, and the life of grandeur that be abandoned in Paris.

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