
Sextet
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Music has long been considered beneficial in enhancing cognitive skills, and some have even suggested that music constitutes its own category of brain function; that it is, in fact, a separate and distinct type of thought. As is sex, which can produce, aside from children, complete dysfunction, confused mental activity - even, quite possibly, a compromised immune system, and certainly, in many cases, complete and utter memory loss - both before and after. It seemed only natural, then, for playwright Morris Panych to put these two types of human experience together into one play. After all, both take practice.
This dark and steamy comedy explores the harmonies and dysfunctions of six sexually entangled musicians on an ill-fated winter tour. When a blizzard strands this sextet for an extra night, they have only their instruments, each other, and their secrets to keep them warm.
Cast of 2 women and 4 men
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Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Morris Panych is arguably Canada's most celebrated playwright and director. His plays have garnered countless awards including two Governor General's Literary Awards for drama (for The Ends of the Earth and Girl in the Goldfish Bowl), fourteen Jessie Richardson Awards (Vancouver), and five Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Toronto). Productions of the much-lauded Vigil, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl, Gordon, The Trespassers, and Lawrence and Holloman have been mounted in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. His plays have been produced in over two dozen languages. He has written twenty-five works for the stage and has directed over a hundred productions across Canada and the United States, including operas and dance.
Mr. Panych makes his home in Toronto. His website is kenandmorris.com.