June 20 - August 3, 2013
Granville Island Stage
Avenue Q
Music and lyrics by Robert
Lopez and Jeff Marx
Book by Jeff Whitty
Starring Scott Bellis, Jeny
Cassady, Shannon Chan-Kent, Kayla Dunbar, Evangelia
Kambites, Andrew MacDonald-Smith, Andy Toth
Director/Choreographer Peter
Jorgensen
Musical Director Sean
Bayntun
Musicians John Bews, Steve
Charles, Niko Friesen
Set Designer Marshall
McMahen
Costume Designer Jessica
Bayntun
Lighting Designer Alan
Brodie
Sound Designer Andrew
Tugwell
Video Designer Michael Sider
Stage Manager Louis-Marie
Bournival
Assistant Stage Manager
April Starr Land
The Broadway Musical for Adults
Irreverently witty and outright uproarious, Avenue Q is the musical story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college graduate who arrives in New York City looking for love, a job, and his purpose in life. The only neighbourhood he can afford is the multicultural Avenue Q, where Sesame Street-esque puppets rub shoulders with humans. Part felt, part flesh,
Avenue Q is packed with songs that are surprisingly poignant and only occasionally PC.
WARNING: FULL PUPPET NUDITY
AND OTHER VULGARITIES WILL INDUCE LAUGHTER
This is a puppet show. However, this is not your
kids’ puppet show as it sneaks a peek at raucous
sexual congress, failed childhood stardom, excessive
drinking, moving in and out of a slummy neighbourhood,
investing, mix-tapes, cute creatures doing bad things,
singing boxes, getting laid off, finding your purpose,
getting fired, getting re-hired, ruvving someone but
wanting to kirr them, exotic dancing, erotic dancing,
exotic erotic dancing, homosexuality, racism,
pornography, masturbation, interracial marriage,
interspecies relationships (monsters and humans),
roommates, coming out of the closet, coming out of your
apartment, getting ahead in life, going to college, pan-handling,
wishing you were back in college, coming out of
your shell, and recycling.
Avenue Q has not been authorized or approved by the Jim Henson Company or Sesame Workshop, which have no responsibility for its content…because this ain’t no kids’ show.
SPECIAL PERFORMANCES
Thursday
Theatre Talks
July 4, 6:30 PM
Talk Back Tuesdays July 9
VocalEye live audio description Thursday, July 11, 8 PM
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