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You are invited to audition for Mercury Players’ fourth and final staged (rehearsed) reading of the 2024-25 season: "Burn" by John Muggleton
directed by Dan Leckey
Old friends Robert, Samira and David are the only three left of their original gang. Robert’s wife, famed mystery novelist Tara Waters, disappeared five years ago — but Robert insists she’s still alive. Paul, also a writer, died the year before, shortly after reuniting with his estranged daughter Eve. Eve has asked to meet the three friends for the first time, stating that she has something important to deliver. Over the evening’s meeting, Eve becomes awkward, eerie, strange and sinister. As the evening unravels, the chaos erupts with hidden secrets revealed.
Cited for its “cleverness and intricacy,” Burn was nominated Best New Play of 2017 by the Capital Critics’ Circle, Ottawa.
"Burn is an entertaining and often compelling puzzle…We really want to find out who did what to whom.”— Jerry Wasserman, Vancouver Plays/Vancouver Sun
Cast:
Robert: 50s+
Samira: 50s+
David: 50s+
Eve: 20s+
Tara: voice only
Paul: voice only
Rehearsals: Fri. March 14 and 21, Thurs. March 27
Staged Reading Performance: Fri. March 28 at 7 pm
Location: In the reception centre, behind Sands Funeral Chapel, 187 Trunk Rd in Duncan. Parking on Ypres St. Access through the gate and up the stairs at the Ypres St. entrance. Final rehearsal and performance take place in the Sands Chapel.
If you’d like to audition, please email the director, Dan Leckey: [email protected]
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Sands Funeral Chapel Duncan - RECEPTION ROOM, 187 Trunk Rd, Duncan, BC V9L 2P1, Canada,Duncan, British Columbia
