Withrow Park
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Three people gaze out their living room window as the days pass. Across the street in Withrow Park, life goes on - or is it a dream?
Then comes a knock at the door. Time has found them, hiding in plain sight. Or possibly it's just a man in a wrinkled suit. But Janet, Marion, and Arthur must act now or forever be devoured by their own indifference. They can no longer live on the periphery of their own lives. They must invite the young man to dinner.
As the audience peers into its exaggerated interiors, Withrow Park wryly tugs at anxieties around aging, isolation, and the constantly shifting world around us.
Cast of 2 women and 2 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.