Join us for a special evening edition of Reading Theatre on June 25. We’ll be reading The Thin Man by Lucia Frangione. Reading begins at 7:00pm in Studio 1A and the concession opens at 6:30pm for refreshments. Playwright Lucia Frangione will be in attendance to chat with readers and audience members alike.
This will be the last Reading Theatre session for the season. We look forward to welcoming you back this fall.
Download a copy of the script here.
ABOUT THE THIN MAN
It’s 1933, New York, and the glamorous Nick and Nora have come to the big apple to visit an old friend for the holidays. As soon as they arrive, Nick is reluctantly dragged out of retirement to solve the murder of his former lover, Julia. His old boss, Wynant, and the entire outrageous Wynant family is involved as well as a host of seedy characters from Nick’s past, much to Nora’s intrigue and delight. She has the chance to see Nick in action as a detective and she giddily elects herself his “Watson”. That said, she soon discovers it isn’t all fun and games. Being away from the seclusion of their pampered life back in San Francisco, Nick has new insight into what Nora faces every day too, being a Chinese American. This is a fast paced comedic murder mystery with cocktails.
ABOUT LUCIA FRANGIONE
Lucia Frangione is an internationally produced, award-winning playwright and actor. Grazie is her debut novel. She is the winner of the Sydney Risk playwriting award, the Gordon Armstrong playwriting award, the CAEA emerging artist award and the NY Unknown Country award, and she is among the top three on the Flannery List (as featured in American Magazine, October 5, 2021). Her thirty-three plays have been produced across Canada and in cities like London, Warsaw, San Diego, Boston, and Chicago. She is a member of ACTRA and CAEA. Lucia is currently working on a sequel to Grazie and is also developing a play called Danger to Self and Others with Touchstone Theatre. She lives in Vancouver with her husband and two children.
Reading Theatre is created for those with a passion for live theatre. A live play reading of iconic plays over the ages. All are welcome and encouraged — from the seasoned professional to the inquisitive amateur and everyone in between.
Show up and read, or listen to others read these incredible shows. A short discussion may take place…or not. This is an event led by the cast and audience.
Readers will be chosen just before the play reading begins and will be cast by those who show up and express an interest in being involved. Some roles may be double cast.
This event is being led by Allan Morgan, Senior Artist in Residence and Vancouver theatre scene stalwart. We’d love to see you there!
ABOUT ALLAN MORGAN
Allan has been a stage actor for more than thirty years. Some highlights include appearing in London, GB, Adelaide Australia, Wellington NZ and San Francisco, all with The Overcoat. He appeared for several seasons at Bard on the Beach, notably in The Tempest as Prospero, as well as King John, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing.
He has toured across Canada with the Electric Company in Studies in Motion. He has appeared at The Belfry, notably in The Drawer Boy, Dirty Blonde, and I am My Own Wife for which he received the Victoria Critic’s Award for best performance. Other favourites include Red, Thinking of Yu, and Abraham Lincoln Goes to the Theatre for ATP in Calgary.
Allan has two solo plays: I Walked the Line; and PRIDE: For the Young Gay, the Un-Gay and the Jaded Queen in All of Us.
