Remember the Night

Written by…………………………………………………….Daniel Thau-Eleff

Directed by………………………………………………………………Arne MacPherson

Set Design…………………………………………………………………Heather Arabsky

Lighting Design………………………………………………………..Libid Zyla Harder

Original Score by…………………………………..Patrick Keenan and Ian La Rue

Stage Manager (2008)…………………………………………Heather Lee Brereton

Stage Manager (2010)………………………………………………..Michelle Lagassé

Production Manager…………………………………………………………..Rob Rowan

Publicity Design……………………………………………………………….Ian Mozdzen

Photography (2008)………………………………………Leif Norman, Talia Potash

Photography (2010)…………………………………Leif Norman, John Paskievich

Produced by……………………………………………………………..Daniel Thau-Eleff

Featuring:

Fred Mandelbaum………………………………………………………….Andrew Cecon

Rosemary Mandelbaum………………………………………………..Patricia Hunter

Cyndi…………………………………………………………………………….Claire Therese

Cop…………………………………………………………………………………..Jeff Strome

Mrs Himmelstei…………………………………………………….Doreen Brownstone

Alistair……………………………………………………………………………Ray Strachan

TJ…………………………………………………………………………………..Toby Hughes

Keyboard……………………………………………………………………..Patrick Keenan

Guitar………………………………………………………………………………..Ian La Rue

 

The only women in Fred’s life are his mother and a prostitute. Then one day a cop comes knocking on his door: there’s been a murder.

Fred Mandelbaum is depressed and lonely and worried about the future. Rosemary (Fred’s non-Jewish mother in the Jewish old folks home) has Alzheimer’s, and Fred’s worried about that too. The only person he can talk to is a prostitute named Cyndi, whom he hires for companionship, conversation, maybe even love. And blow jobs. The play begins when a polite and violent cop knocks on Fred’s door: Cyndi has been murdered and Fred is a suspect. A dark comedy set in the ultimate metaphor for 21st century isolation: Winnipeg.

Premiered in the Winnipeg Fringe in 2008*, independent professional premiere in Winnipeg in 2010.

*Harry S Rintoul Award for best new Manitoba play in the Winnipeg Fringe

Photos by Leif Norman

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