Doyle, English, Kalamanski & More Cast In MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING At The Panasonic Theatre, Tix On Sale 9/26

David Mirvish is delighted to announce the casting for the expanded and reworked new commercial production of this year's Fringe festival hit MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING, at the Panasonic Theatre beginning November 7, 2009. Tickets go on sale Saturday September 26, 2009.

Written by David Hein and Irene Carl Sankoff, MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING features (in alphabetical order) RoseMary Doyle, Jackie English, David Hein, Lisa Horner, Lori Nancy Kalamanski, Robert Kennedy, David Leyshon, Kyle Orzech, Irene Carl Sankoff and Astrid Van Weiren.

Direction by Andrew Lamb, Sound Design by Richard Feren, Lighting Design by MIchelle Ramsay, Costume Design by LIndsay Anne Black. The band includes: Sarah Calvert on Piano, Jeff Daze on Bass and David Pontello on Drums.

This original Canadian musical comedy became the toast of the 2009 Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival when it played in July at Bread & Circus in a tiny Kensington Market storefront.

THE STORY

MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING tells the story of a mother and son. The mother feels lost in life, wrestling with her identity. A new job brings new opportunities and with it a chance to truly find herself ... discovering her sexuality, rediscovering her faith, and eventually coming out to her teenage son, ex-husband and homophobic Jewish mother.

MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING is for every mother who has ever come out to her son as a lesbian ... and a Jew. It is for every girlfriend who has met her future lesbian in-laws ... at Hooters. And it is for everyone who's ever been in love.

MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING features sensational songs that run the gamut from heartfelt ("If You Love Me") to hilarious ("You Don't Need a Penis" and "Don't Take Your Lesbian Moms to Hooters."), to educational ("A Short History of Gay Marriage in Canada").

THE BACKSTORY

MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING is based on a true story. The musical's beginnings came two years ago, with what's now its title song. David Hein, an award-winning singer/songwriter, wrote the song as a gift to his mother, about her real-life wedding. Quickly becoming a crowd favourite, David performed the song as he toured across North America. In Alberta it challenged small-town homophobic misconceptions and in America it galvanized a cheering audience of lesbians who are still denied the right to marry.

Convinced the story of his mother's journey would make a good theatrical work, David and his wife, Irene Carl Sankoff, began writing the musical in January 2009. They stitched together the stories that everyone asks them to tell: what life is like with two moms, including the seven parents at their wedding; the "facts of life" talk that Irene received from her in-laws; and how David's mom first came out to him.

THE NEW PRODUCTION

The new production of MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING at the Panasonic Theatre will be expanded and reworked to include new songs, more characters, a larger cast and a bigger band.

Tickets go on sale Saturday September 26
Panasonic Theatre - 651 Yonge Street
NOVEMBER 7 - 29, 2009

Performance Schedule:
Tuesday - Saturday 8:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday 2:00 PM, (no matinee performance on Saturday November 14)

Tickets $25 - $60

Call TicketKing at: 416-872-1212 or 1-800-461-3333
Online Sales: www.mirvish.com

Group Orders: 416-593-4142 or 1-800-724-6420

 

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