“... masterfully playful and raw ... ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE SHOWS AT THE FRINGE.” Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight Matthew Kowalchuk, Marisa Smith and Daniel Arnold Photo By Brodie Noga "A MUST SEE. Easily one of the best productions at the Fringe or elsewhere this entire year." Michael Unger, Plank Magazine 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 featured 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). More info at: http://www.tapetheplay.ca | The Waldorf Hotel... Part of the Fringe's Bring Your Own Venue Series, TAPE was staged in Room 117 of the Waldorf Hotel. With seating for 18 persons max, making it an intimate and unique performance experience. " This is one hour of taut exhilerating theatre... If you've seen the movie, you'll still want to see this; the intimacy of a hotel room packs a powerful punch... This is a potent little play that flies by " Joe Ledingham, Vancouver Courier Tape was first produced at the Actors Theatre of Louisville as part of the 2000 Humana Festival of New American Plays. It was later made into a feature film directed by Richard Linklater, starring Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, and Uma Thurman. Stephen Belber was a writer in residence at The Juilliard School, in New York. He has received commissions from Manhattan Theater Club, Playwrights Horizons, The Huntington Theater, Arena Stage and Philadelphia Theater Company. In 2000 he was the winner of the Fringe NYC Overall Excellence Award in playwriting for "Drifting Elegant." In 2001 Belber worked with the Tectonic Theatre Project as an associate writer and actor in "The Laramie Project," a play and later a film written in response to Matthew Shepard’s fatal beating in Laramie, Wyoming. Between 2002 and 2003, Belber wrote for the US TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Belber's Broadway debut came in 2004 with his play "Match". Belber's other plays include "The Transparency of Val", "The Wake", "Through Fred", "The Death of Frank", "Mel and Gene", "A small melodramatic story", "McReele", and "Stabbing". His films include "Drifting Elegant" and “Management.” |