WHO

Written By Stephen Belber (The Laramie Project, Associate Writer-Tectonic Theatre Project; Match, Plymouth Theatre), directed by Amiel Gladstone (The Dissemblers, Touchstone Theatre; Yu-Fo, Theatre Replacement), and starring Daniel Arnold (Poster Boys, Arts Club; Influence, Touchstone Theatre), Matthew Kowalchuk (The Devil and Billy Markham, Chutzpah! Festival; The Secret Son, Theatre Terrific), and Marisa Smith (Carnage, Pi Theatre; Confessions, Alley Theatre).

WHAT

Vince (Daniel Arnold), a dope dealer and volunteer fireman, and Jon (Matthew Kowalchuk), his best friend from high school, have come to town to see Jon’s movie screen at the local film festival. The two friends meet in Vince’s motel room and things heat up when they start talking about Amy Randall (Marisa Smith), Vince’s high school sweetheart, who now works in town as a prosecution attorney and is planning to meet Vince that night. Accusations fly and a confession is caught on tape as the three old friends battle over the details of an event that has haunted them all for the past ten years.

WHERE

Part of the Fringe's Bring Your Own Venue Series, TAPE will be staged in Room 117 of the Waldorf Hotel. With seating for 18 persons max this performance will be truly intimate and unique. No black-outs, no transitions. This is live theatre, as real as it gets.

MORE

Director Amiel Gladstone is very familiar with “site-specific” work as he performed in the very first BYOV at the Vancouver Fringe back in 1995 which was staged in the interior of a car. Since then Gladstone has helped stage shows in everything from loading docks to tents, nightclubs, garages, lobbies, city squares, beneath the Burrard bridge, and on an Aquabus. Gladstone has also enjoyed directing on conventional stages for companies such as Touchtone Theatre (The Dissemblers), Belfry Theatre (Ends of the Earth), and Vancouver Opera (Veda Hille's Jack Pine), but he is excited to come full circle to his BYOV Fringe roots for this unique production.

TAPE, a modern morality tale, will keep you guessing until the end. Who’s right? What’s wrong? In a hotel room, in the course of an evening, secrets are revealed, alliances altered and the truth is illusive … even when it’s on tape.

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