Open Rehearsal - Empire of the Son at Pacific Theatre

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Go behind the scenes and get a sneak peek at how a professional theatre show gets made. The acclaimed one-man show Empire of the Son, written and performed by Tetsuro Shigematsu, is being re-staged and reimagined to launch Pacific Theatre’s 40th anniversary season. Spend some time watching Tetsuro and director Kaitlin Williams work in the theatre during this open rehearsal. Folks will have the opportunity to meet the artists and ask questions. Rehearsal rooms are rarely open to the public, so this is a special opportunity! Audience members will be greeted by Pacific Theatre staff and can stay the whole time or come and go as they'd like.

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About the play - Empire of the Son:

Radio broadcaster Tetsuro Shigematsu wants to know his reserved, ailing father. As Tetsuro pieces Akira’s story together, three generations of crossed radio wires ripple out into a transcontinental tale of familial love, grief, and joy. Experience this Canadian storytelling classic, reimagined for the PT stage after nearly a decade of international touring.

About Pacific Theatre:

Pacific Theatre aspires to delight, provoke and stimulate dialogue by producing theatre that rigorously explores the spiritual aspects of human experience. In 40 seasons, Pacific Theatre has produced more than 150 professional mainstage productions ranging from established works to original world premieres featuring some of the top theatre artists from Vancouver and across the continent.

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• Pacific Theatre Website pacifictheatre.org

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Pacific Theatre

Pacific Theatre aspires to delight, provoke and stimulate dialogue by producing theatre that rigorously explores the spiritual aspects of human experience. In 40 seasons, Pacific Theatre has produced more than 150 professional mainstage productions ranging from established works to original world premieres featuring some of the top theatre artists from Vancouver and across the continent.

Practitioners at Pacific Theatre work on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Pacific Theatre does more than put on plays!

Alongside its professional productions, Pacific Theatre is committed to the development of emerging artists, fostering new work, creating an artistic home for established practitioners, and engaging the community at large.

Pacific Theatre’s apprenticeship program is a major component of its mandate to develop emerging artists and foster new work. Every season the theatre brings in a handful of up-and-coming theatre artists who are given training and opportunities to develop as professional artists. Features of the apprenticeship program include involvement in mainstage and second stage events, opportunities to shadow or understudy our professional artists, workshops, and the operation of Stone’s Throw Productions, our non-professional counterpart. Many apprentices have gone on to pursue professional careers as actors, writers, directors, stage managers, technicians, designers, and administrators. Pacific Theatre’s first-ever apprentice was local playwright and actress Lucia Frangione, and in 2011 apprentice Evan Frayne won the Sam Payne Award for Most Promising Newcomer.

For more information on our apprenticeship program and how to apply, click the link on the left.

Throughout the past 36 years, Pacific Theatre has developed dozens of new plays through in-house readings and workshops, bringing many of them to their world premieres. Plays developed and produced at Pacific include Espresso, A Bright Particular Star, Prodigal Son, Navy Wife, Tent Meeting, Cariboo Magi, Mercy Wild, Book of the Dragon, Suitcase Stories, Bar Mitzvah Boy, Jesus Freak, Gramma, and Tolkien, many of which have gone on to subsequent runs at other professional theatres around the world.

Pacific Theatre has always collaborated with a variety of artists and other companies in Vancouver, including guest productions, co-productions, and presentations in its seasons as collaborators. Often times, these companies find their time with Pacific Theatre to be a launching pad towards creating innovative and artistically strong contributions to Vancouver’s theatre community. Companies Pacific Theatre has worked with or mentored include Glass City Theatre, One2Theatre, Midnight Theatre Collective, Touchstone Theatre, Pound of Flesh Theatre, Ruby Slippers, Dark Glass Theatre, Cave Canem Productions, Ensemble Theatre and Reid Farrington (New York).

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