PEACHES

Written by Elio Zarrillo

As Part of the Zee Zee Theatre National Queer & Trans Playwrights Unit

November 12th

At Good Times Comedy Club @ 4:00 PM MST

Tickets to the event are free. Please book a ticket to reserve your spot.

LIVE STREAM LINK:

https://thecultch.com/event/queer-and-trans-play-reading-series-livestreams/

Reserve your in-person tickets here:or

Set in a peach orchard, PEACHES tells the story of Greg and Prince, a peach farmer and his apprentice, who grow a play and decide to put it on. Can a sharp 2-hander set in an elevator in a hospital, staged on a peach farm help Greg and Prince save all that’s gone bad between them?

Written by Elio Zarrillo

Dramaturgy by Erik Berg

Direction by Brett Dahl

Featuring Chris Enright and Émanuel Dubbeldam

Content warnings: Physical violence, transphobia, public urination, suggestions of horrible things not explicitly described.

All livestreams of the Playreading Series (OCT 21, 28 & NOVEMBER 4, 12, 18) will be at 3:00 PM PST | 5:00 PM CT | 7:00 PM AT and are available to watch via The Clutch. Facilitated conversation to follow each reading, accessible online via live chat.

A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT MODEL & VIRTUAL READING SERIES

Zee Zee has identified a gap that exists in the Canadian theatre ecology. Time and again there is a lack of queer and trans plays being produced on stages across Canada. What started as a four year hunt for our own programming purposes, led to a country-wide conversation with many other artists and producers who all share the view that as curators, producers and presenters of theatrical seasons it is a challenge to find queer and trans focused work.

To rectify this, Zee Zee has established a new model for play creation and dissemination, in order to ensure more equitable representation of 2SLGBTQ+ artists and stories on Canadian stages, as well as strengthen and deepen the bonds of professional artists and collaborators across the country, while ultimately furthering equality for all queer and trans people.

Join us in celebration of the culmination of this 10 month project with readings happening both live and in-person across the country throughout the fall.

Generously supported by TD Bank, Canada Council for the Arts, 100 Gay Men for a Cause, Canadian Heritage.

Facilitated conversation to follow each reading.

Project Lead | Cameron Mackenzie

Unit Producer | Maria Zarrillo

Lead Dramaturg | Joanna Garfinkel

CATCH LIVE STREAMS OF THE OTHER PLAYS:

Equinox The Cultch - Saturday, October 21, 2023

Death and Dolores Neptune Theatre - Saturday, October 28, 2023

Constellation Persephone Theatre - Saturday, November 4, 2023

Seven and One Heart Imago Theatre - Saturday, November 18, 2023