Time/Date: 7:00 pm – Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Location: Lounge at Bedford Players Community Theatre (in All Saints Anglican Church), 1408 Bedford Highway, Bedford
Come join fellow theatre-lovers for a fun evening as we read the play Whereverville by Josh MacDonald. Bedford Players’ play reads are an informal, fun gathering where everyone is welcome.
This is not an audition; there is no cost or obligation to participate. The event is open to everyone interested in reading this script as a group in a social setting.
Come meet some people interested in theatre. Have a laugh. Have a chat. Hear, or be part of reading, the play.
About the play:
Whereverville is a life-or-death grudge match for the future of Loam Bay, Newfoundland- a tiny outport community facing government resettlement in 1969. Abbey Shea, the local schoolteacher, finds herself fighting an emotional battle for the survival of “home”. Set entirely in a one-room schoolhouse in Newfoundland, Whereverville is a dramatic play which unfolds in “real time”.
-Play synopsis from Canadian Play Outlet website
About the author:
Josh MacDonald is a writer, actor & director living in Dartmouth, N.S.
In 2012, Josh wrote & directed the short horror-comedy Game. It made its debut at the highly influential Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX (The Alamo Drafthouse). Game has won “Best Short Film” prizes in San Francisco, Vancouver and Atlanta and has played festivals on five continents. Also in 2012, Josh was a creative producer on the U.S. Smithsonian Channel’s Forensic Firsts.
Josh’s play
Whereverville was created during time as Writer-In-Residence for Two Planks and a Passion Theatre.
Whereverville was shortlisted for The National Arts Centre’s “On The Verge” Festival, and is published by
Talonbooks. He is also the creator of the award-winning short movie & stage play
Degrees.
Degrees is available in book form from
The Playwrights Guild of Canada.
Josh was the playwriting instructor at Dalhousie University in 2006-2008, and he has also taught at the Neptune Theatre School. Josh remains a very active member of the Writer’s Federation of Nova Scotia’s “Writers In the Schools Program,” which works to inspire students from grade primary to grade twelve in finding their own creative voices.
Josh is a graduate of Concordia University in Montreal, Que., with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Specialization in Theatre Performance. He is married to actress Francine Deschepper.
Time/Date: 7:00 pm – Wednesday, January 9, 2019
