“Justice is incidental to law and order.”
- J. Edgar Hoover
The Homegrown Project with support from Aluna Theatre and Watercourse Theatre presents
HOMEGROWN
(Toronto – July 22, 2010) Homegrown is the true story of law school graduate and playwright Catherine Frid, who meets a prisoner accused of being one of the Toronto 18. This controversial new play will be presented as part of the SummerWorks Festival at Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace from August 5 – 14.
Do our police orchestrate terrorism rather than preventing it? In Homegrown, a Toronto woman visits a ‘homegrown terror’ suspect in jail, over a period of a year and a half, and she becomes obsessed with separating fact from hype in the face of the uncertainty, delays and secrecy in his case. Homegrown explores who the real victims are in the war on terror.
Homegrown is directed by Beatriz Pizano, winner of this year’s John Hirsch national directing award, with scenography by Trevor Schwellnus and sound design by Thomas Ryder Payne, both multiple Dora-award winners, and a cast of talented professionals Shannon Perreault (If We Were Birds), Lwam Ghebrehariat (Twelfth Night, Dream in High Park), Keith Barker (The Making of St. Jerome), Omar Hady, Nabeel Salameh and Razi Shawahdeh.
HOMEGROWN
Written by Catherine Frid
Directed by Beatriz Pizano
Scenography by Trevor Schwellnus Sound Design by Thomas Ryder Payne
Assistant Director Navneet Rai
Featuring Keith Barker, Lwam Ghebrehariat, Omar Hady,
Shannon Perreault, Nabeel Salameh, Razi Shawahdeh
Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace – 16 Ryerson Avenue
(one block northeast of Bathurst and Queen)
Thursday August 5th @ 5:30 pm
Saturday August 7th @ 3 pm
Monday August 9th @ 8 pm
Tuesday August 10th @ 10:30 pm
Friday August 13th @ 5:30 pm
Saturday August 14th @ 10:30 pm
Tickets $10 at the door, or by phone at 416.504.7529.
For more show info visit www.homegrown-theplay.weebly.com
For interview, photos or any other information please contact
Catherine Frid: [email protected], 416.536.2148
SummerWorks contact: Daniela Syrovy, ClutchPR: [email protected], 416.319.3511
