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Mending Fences
Mending Fences
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Author: Norm Foster Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press Format: Softcover # of Pages: 102 Pub. Date: 2008 ISBN-10: 0887547591 ISBN-13: 9780887547591 Cast Size: 1 female, 2 male (doubling)
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About
the Play:
Mending
Fences is a full-length dramatic comedy by Norm Foster.
What happens when a son, estranged for 13 years, returns to his gruff
and uncommunicative father's farm? In Norm Foster's deft
hands, histories are revealed, vulnerabilities laid bare, and
laughter is always close at hand. Mending Fences is a
sparkling comedy with wit and humanity.
Mending
Fences is a three-person play about dysfunctional family
relationships that spans two generations, but takes place over a few
days. Harry Sullivan hasn't seen his son Drew in thirteen years. And
now Drew is coming to Harry's Saskatchewan ranch for a visit.
Virginia, the woman next door with her own issues, plays a major role
in helping them reconcile. It is a powerful play that uses hockey as
the symbol of a powerplay between father and son. Flashbacks to
Harry's youth, middle age and to Drew's teens give us insights into
the lives of these characters. This poignant comedy tells the story
of two men who are too stubborn to give in to feelings of the heart.
Mending Fences portrays human drama that is relevant to anyone
who has ever been a parent, a son or daughter, which includes us all.
Mending
Fences premiered
2006 at Theatre In Port in Port Dalhousie, Ontario. The US premier
was in 2009 at B Street Theatre in Sacramento, California. Since
then the play has been produced widely
at
community theatres across North America.
Cast:
1 female, 2 male (doubling)
What
people say:
"The
characters in Mending Fences are real, not
polished Hollywood or overly dramatic reality TV people. And their
relationships ring with truth, providing plenty to think about on the
way home." — Halifax Chronicle Herald
"The
sort of comedy that steals your heart. You'll love it." —
Hamilton Spectator
"Mending
Fences has more than its share of laughs. Big laughs.
Raunchy laughs." — Sacramento Bee
"As
with many of Foster's works, the audience is awed by a masterpiece of
timing, dialogue, and it's natural delivery. Foster has long ago
proven he's a master at dialogue. This guy knows how real people talk
and the echo of real people speaking comes through his pen."
— The
Midweek Banner
(Orangeville,
Ontario)
About
the Playwright:
Norm Foster enjoyed a 25-year career as the morning man at
independent radio stations in Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, and Kingston,
before finally ending up in Fredericton, where he began writing
plays. He is considered to be Canada's most produced playwright, with
more than fifty-five critically acclaimed plays that are known for
their humour, accessibility, and insight into the everyday
tribulations of life. He is the recipient of the Los Angeles
Drama-Logue Award for his play, The Melville Boys which would
go on to be produced across Canada and in the United States,
including a well-received run Off Broadway in New York. It would
become his signature play, and the one which would bring his name to
the forefront of Canadian theatre.
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