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Sunday December 4, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Simple Truth Theatre’s new play
“Canada Jacks”
Opens Thursday, December 8th
at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace.
One American’s search for the Canadian Grail ends in a bar.
Jack is a proud American who loves Canada. He has been on a life long search for Canadifacation or what he calls the Canadian Grail. He is the proprietor of a Canadian themed bar in Detroit, Michigan and his bar is his strongest link to all things Canadian.
We meet Jack at a crossroads in his life. He is facing the imminent closure of his bar and the loss of his Canadian dream. Jack shares with us stories and impersonations of some of the regulars and other memorable people he has met on his search for his Canadian Grail. Jack loves America but he always sees the benefits of a Canadian perspective. With every breath he encourages us to support and learn from each other. |
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November 07, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Simple Truth Theatre's new Canadian play "Canada Jacks" makes its Toronto Premiere at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace.
Can an American really fall in love with Canada? Can that "great unknown" on the other side of the border really seduce a true patriotic American heart with nothing more than its people, culture, history and beauty?
American lawyer Lee Larson claims to be the victim of just such a seduction. An impressionable youth raised in Detroit in the 1960s he was enchanted by the unabashed presence of the CBC, and the distinctly Canadian flavour of the radio station in Windsor. From his first journey across the border he has loved, pined for and embraced Canada. Having taken stalk of his life long love affair with Canada, Larson penned "The Province of Calgary", a wonderful collection of stories, anecdotes and observations of Canada from a uniquely American perspective.
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