Photo: Jason Priestley-led RACE Opens Tonight at Canadian Stage
By: BWW News Desk
Acclaimed actor and international film and television star Jason Priestley (Call me Fitz, Beverly Hills, 90210) returns to the stage in his first live theatre role since 2000 in Canadian Stage's production of RACE, by award-winning playwright David Mamet. The show opens tonight, April 7. Check out a production photo below!
Directed by Daniel Brooks and co-starring Matthew Edison (Murdoch Mysteries, Saving Hope), Cara Ricketts (Stratford Festival, Cruel and Tender) and Nigel Shawn Williams (Topdog/Underdog, Cruel and Tender), the play will be on stage at the Bluma Appel Theatre thru May 5, 2013.
RACE, programmed as part of the theatre company's 25th anniversary season in a nod to the organization's roots (the first play featured by the newly amalgamated Canadian Stage 25 years ago was Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross), is a gripping and provocative drama written to spark debate. When the wealthy (and white) Charles Strickland (Edison) is accused of raping a young black woman, he seeks representation from the only lawyers in town willing to take his case - a firm that boasts two ruthless, whip-smart attorneys - one white, one black. With crackling wit and shocking dialogue, Mamet lays bare a corrupt legal system and a simmering sexual and racial rage that permeates North American culture.
Performances run Tuesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. with matinees on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. The performance runs 100 minutes with no intermission. Tickets from $24 to $99 are available online, by phone at 416.368.3110 or in person at the box office.
For more information, visit www.canadianstage.com.
Jason Priestley, Cara Ricketts, Matthew Edison, and Nigel Shawn Williams
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