Realwheels Theatre presents: SEQUENCE By Arun Lakra

 

WHEN:  March 14-24, 2018

*Preview:  March 14, 8pm *(All proceeds from the preview performance will go to Realwheels Society to cover production costs)

Performance Times:  March 16-17 & 21-24, 8pm

Matinee:  March 18, 2pm

WHERE:  PRESENTATION HOUSE THEATRE

333 Chesterfield Avenue; North Vancouver, BC

RUNNING TIME:  80min, no intermission

TICKETS:  Adult: $28 | Deaf; PWD: $20 | Senior: $20 | Student; Arts Worker: $15 | School Groups: $10 per student

On sale now at Presentation House’s Box Office, by phone at 604.990.3474, or at www.tickets.phtheatre.org

ADDED VALUE:

Enjoy a post-show discussion on Wednesday, March 21

ASL Interpretation on Sunday, March 18

Live Description by VocalEye for people who have vision loss on Saturday, March 17 & Saturday, March 24

ADVISORY:  Mature content – not suitable for children

 

“I have noticed that even people who claim everything is predetermined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” – Stephen Hawking

(Vancouver, BC) – Join Realwheels Theatre for an intellectually sexy and thought-provoking evening as they present SEQUENCE, the award-winning science thriller by Arun Lakra.

Taking place at Presentation House Theatre in North Vancouver from Wednesday, March 14 to Saturday, March 24, this production integrates a cast of four professional actors, including two who live with disability. The casting speaks to Realwheels Theatre’s ongoing commitment to fostering interchange between mainstream and disability arts sectors.

Is our luck programmed in our genes? Is there an innate ‘right-ness’ to biological outcomes that’s rooted in our fundamental DNA? SEQUENCE is a fast-paced, science thriller that explores the intersection of math, nature, and spirituality.

A professor confronts a student who has defied probability by taking a multiple choice exam only to get every answer wrong. Meanwhile, the “Luckiest Man Alive” – with his uncanny ability to predict the winner of the Super Bowl coin toss for 20 years running – is confronted by a young woman who claims to know his secret. In SEQUENCE, two different paths converge. Belief systems clash, ideas mutate, and order springs from chaos!

Directed by Rena Cohen and featuring performances by Amy Amantea (Comedy on Wheels), Jake Anthony (Just Watch Me: A Trudeau Rock Musical), Byron Noble (The Foreigner) and Krista Skwarok (Peggy Sawyer in 42^nd Street), SEQUENCE explores questions of determinism versus free will via two stories that interweave like a strand of DNA. This production of SEQUENCE will be the first-ever to be performed by an integrated cast, giving audiences a rare glimpse into the lived experience of disability.

SEQUENCE is written by Arun Lakra 

Director:  Rena Cohen

Producer:  Lindsey Adams

Associate Producer:  Jayson McLean

Featuring:  Amy Amantea, Jake Anthony, Byron Noble, & Krista Skwarok

Set Designer:  Joel Grinke

Lighting Designer:  Nicole Weismiller

Costume Designer:  Christopher Gauthier

Stage Manager:  Jenny Kim

For more information on Realwheels Theatre, please visit the following platforms:

Website: www.realwheels.ca

Facebook: www.facebook.com/RealwheelsTheatre

Twitter: www.twitter.com/realwheels

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/RealwheelsTheatre

About Realwheels Theatre:

Realwheels creates and produces performances that deepen the audiences’ understanding of the disability experience. We are committed to full inclusion and integration of disability, both on and off Canadian stages; a barrier-free, diverse performing arts world that reflects the real world and all of its people. www.realwheels.ca

About Presentation House Theatre:

Presentation House Theatre is your neighbourhood professional performing arts centre with all kinds of shows for all kinds of people. We are the place where children, youth, and adults from different communities come together for a shared experience in professional theatre and performing arts. We create this shared experience by building bridges between professional artists with over 10,000 hours of experience and the community, eager to appreciate quality artistry; between generations with programming that brings in very young children, as well as adults and seniors; and between the diverse cultures of the North Shore with programming that reflects our diversity in taste and experience. So come visit us to Laugh, Cry, Think, and Learn. www.phtheatre.org

 

Image: Tim Matheson