Through the Suncor Energy Stage One Festival, Lunchbox Theatre has become Canada’s leading development source and producer of new one-act plays. At the end of each season, Lunchbox Theatre holds a series of staged readings of new works and invites audience members to give feedback during a discussion period.
Sat June 5 12:10pm - In Flanders Fields by Robert Gontier and Nicky Phillips, Toronto
A new musical based on the life of John MacRae, who wrote the famous poem of the same name. It will appear in the 2010/2011 season. Sponsored by The Shooting Edge and the Rozsa Foundation.
Fri June 11 6:10pm - Cradle and All by Joanne Miller, Halifax
Carole and Mike have two beautiful boys. Mike thinks he might like another baby. Carole thinks she might like to have a life. Or someday get hers back. Her mother is still trying to baptize the last baby when not trying to set her gay brother up with a nice girl.
Sat June 12 12:10pm - The Whimsy State or The Principality of Outer Baldonia by AJ Demers, Calgary
The year is 1948 and an eccentric Washington lawyer and two fishermen from Yarmouth declare a small island off the coast of Nova Scotia a sovereign nation. The ruse was up when they declared war on the Soviet Union. Based on a true story.
Fri June 18 12:10pm - Super 8 by Charles Netto and Mark Hopkins, Calgary
A Super 8 Motel inspector, a lonely woman who haunts the Super 8 lounge, the unveiling of a new Super 8 logo and the introduction of the $9 “Intimacy” kit ($7 with employee discount). A humourous look at love, loneliness and life on the road.
Fri June 18 6:10pm - Aviatrix: The Untold Story of Amelia Earhart by Matthew Heiti, Fredericton
An intimate look at the life and the last hours of the legendary aviatrix and her trusty (if somewhat belligerent and inebriated) navigator.
Sat June 19 12:10pm - The Bob Shivery Show by David Sealy, Regina
Bob Shivery is the local postmaster. He loves a girl named Germaine who has a cat named Snowball. He has never told her. His world falls apart when she announces that she is getting married.
Fri June 25 12:10pm - Dad's Piano by Dave Kelly, Calgary
A man struggles through the death of his father and their turbulent relationship through his own and other’s eyes and through the music that bound them as deeply as their blood.
Fri June 25 6:10pm - The Bus to Anna's Apartment by Julie McKenzie, Edmonton
Life is funny. Do we ever really know anyone? Who they are? Where they have been? One woman’s surreal journey and the discovery of what was right under her nose. And the sweater…we are all linked…
Sat June 26 12:10pm - Shopaholic Husband Hunt by Glenda Stirling, Calgary
Abby is back and searching for the perfect husband with the same determination that she previously shopped for the perfect pair of pants. Appearing in the 2010/2011 season.
Sat July 3 12:10pm - Peril in Paris by Ethan Cole, Calgary
A talented singer with stars in her eyes, a shyster who lures her to gay Paree, and a young prairie boy determined to rescue her no matter the danger. From the author/composer of The Adventures of Awesome Girl and Radical Boy.
