may 9-19, 2013THE TANK RANGE PROJECT Theatre: New
Play Readings
- by Jamie Robinson and Roger Shank (Grey-Bruce Arts Collective)
Friday, May 10... 8 p.m. at Stratford City Hall Auditorium &
Tuesday, May 14... 2 p.m. at Factory163
Synopsis
In 1942, The Government of Canada forced 100 fa
milies
off of 17000 acres of farmland in the St. Vincent Township of
Southwestern Ontario, to be used as an Armored Vehicle Fighting area
to train for the war effort overseas. “The Tank Range Project” is a
play that explores this history by dramatically contrasting the
importance of those farmers’ original sacrifices, to the land’s use
for the military conflict in Afghanistan today.
Written by former and present Stratford residents Jamie Robinson and
Roger Shank, the cast includes Stratford’s own Eli Ham and Roger
Shank, along with Toronto’s Mackenzie Muldoon, Ryan Boyko and Sophia
Kolinas, and featuring Wilex Ly,
Holly McCourt and Brett Brownlee.
In 2010, “The Tank Range Project” received a Tyrone Guthrie Award for new play development and it was presented as a fully realized workshop at last year’s SpringWorks where it garnered much community support and admiration.
Grey Bruce Collective
is an artist centred company.
