RYERSON
THEATRE
SCHOOL
For Immediate Release: October 5, 2007
PLEASE INCLUDE IN YOUR LISTINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS
Media Contact: Graeme Mealey
Phone: 416-979-5118
Fax: 416-979-5194
E-mail: g2mealey@ryerson.ca
www.ryersontheatre.ca
Ryerson Theatre School Presents
2007
2008
The Flu Season
By Will Eno
and
SEASON
The Dwarfs
By Harold Pinter
Directed by: Jennifer Tarver
Set and Costume Design by: Camellia Koo
LION IN THE STREETS
By Judith Thompson
Oct 18-Nov. 15 2007
DOUBLE BILL:
THE FLU SEASON
By Will Eno
THE DWARFS
By Harold Pinter
Oct 23-Nov 16 2007
RYERSON DANCES 2007
Produced by Nadia Potts
Nov 20-24 2007
THE MIRACLE MAN
Book/ Music by Allen Cole
Book/ Lyrics by Michael O’Brien
February 5-14 2008
CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS
Produced by Vicki St. Denys
March 5-15 2008
NEW VOICES
Produced by Sheldon Rosen
March 27-April 1 2008
44/46 Gerrard Street East
Toronto, ON M5B 1G3
PH: 416-979-5118
FAX: 416-979-5194
Visit our website at:
www.ryersontheatre.ca
Preview: October 12, 2007
Run: October 23, 25, 27, 30/ November 1, 2, 6, 8, 14, 16, 8 pm and November 10
at 2 pm and 8 pm
Ryerson Theatre School proudly presents The Flu Season by Will Eno and The
Dwarfs by Harold Pinter. The production will be performed in Abrams Studio
Theatre at 46 Gerrard Street East. For more information or tickets please contact the
Ryerson Theatre School Public Relations and Box Offices at 416-979-5118 or by
email at rytheatr@ryerson.ca
The Flu Season is set in a psychiatric hospital. It is a story of love gone wrong
tangled up in an intense bout of writer's block. A scene doesn't go by without a
taste of Eno's quirky brand of humor, and unique perspective on the world. Will
Eno describes it as "a play about the difficulty of love, the difficulty of being
human, of making art". The Flu Season was first produced in 2003 at the Gate
Theatre in London, England.
Will Eno is an American playwright. He has written a number of plays including
The Flu Season, Tragedy: a tragedy, Kid Blanco and THOM PAIN. The Flu Season
won the Oppenheimer Award and his play THOM PAIN was a finalist for the 2005
Pulitzer Prize in drama.
The Dwarfs is an autobiographical account of Pinter’s youth. The play brilliantly
captures young men in all their pride before society closes in and squeezes the life
out of them. The ambiguities of loyalty and betrayal, classic Pinter, weave their
way through the lives of three young men in 1950's Hackney, East London. The
Dwarfs was first written as a novel and then adapted as a radio play. It was first
performed on stage in 1963 at the Arts Theatre Club.
Harold Pinter is a native of England where he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and the
Central School of Speech and Drama. He has written numerous plays, sketches and screenplays
throughout his career including The Dwarfs, The Lover, Ashes to Ashes and The Homecoming which he
received a Tony Award. He was also named the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature.
Jennifer Tarver is a graduate of the University of Toronto where she received a BA in drama.
She went on to attain her MFA in directing at the University of Alberta and her bachelor of
music in performance from the Manhattan School of Music. Ms. Tarver has directed for York
University, the Royal Conservatory of Music, Queen of Puddings and Theatre Direct. She is
also the founder of Theatre Extasis and was the recipient of the 2006 Pauline Mcgibbon Award
Camellia Koo is a Toronto based set and costume designer. She has previously designed for
three of the Ryerson Theatre School’s shows and has recently designed the sets for Singkil and
The Sheep and the Whale (Cahoots/Modern times/TPM). She is a graduate of the Ryerson
Theatre School (1999) and completed her M.A. in Scenography at Central Saint Martins
College of Art & Design (London). She is also the recipient of three Dora Awards and won a
Governor General’s Award in 2006.
The Flu Season and The Dwarfs
Ryerson Theatre School
46 Gerrard Street East
Preview:
Run:
Monday October 22, at 8:00 pm
Tuesday October 23, at 8:00 pm
Thursday October 25, at 8:00 pm
Saturday October 27, at 8:00 pm
Tuesday October 30, at 8:00 pm
Thursday November 1, at 8:00 pm
Friday November 2, at 8:00 pm
Tuesday November 6, at 8:00 pm
Thursday November 8, at 8:00 pm
Saturday November 10, at 2:00 pm
Saturday November 10, at 8:00 pm
Wednesday November 14, at 8:00 pm
Friday November 16, at 8:00 pm
Ticket Prices:
$16 General Admission, $12 Students in advance (full price at the door), $12 Seniors and $10
per person group rate (eight or more)
For more information on The Flu Season and The Dwarfs or for tickets please contact the
Ryerson Theatre School Public Relations and Box Office at 416-979-5118 or email
rytheatr@ryerson.ca
www.ryersontheatre.ca
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