LETS has partnered with Zee Zee Theatre for an in-person reading of Equinox.
This play is part of the Queer and Trans Play Reading Series, a first-of-its-kind new play development model & virtual reading series.
Streaming Online and In-Person Across Canada, October 21, 2023 | Vancity Culture Lab | 3:00 PM Facilitated conversation to follow
Tickets to the event are free. Please book a ticket to reserve your spot.
About the Queer and Trans Play Reading Series:
Zee Zee has identified a gap that exists in the Canadian theatre ecology. Time and again there is a lack of queer and trans plays being produced on stages across Canada. What started as a four year hunt for our own programming purposes, led to a country-wide conversation with many other artists and producers who all share the view that as curators, producers and presenters of theatrical seasons it is a challenge to find queer and trans focused work.
To rectify this, Zee Zee has established a new model for play creation and dissemination, in order to ensure more equitable representation of 2SLGBTQ+ artists and stories on Canadian stages, as well as strengthen and deepen the bonds of professional artists and collaborators across the country, while ultimately furthering equality for all queer and trans people.
Join us in celebration of the culmination of this 10 month project with readings happening both live and in-person across the country throughout the fall.
About the play:
Deep in the woods, somewhere not very far from here, there’s been a very exciting development in the field of modern medicine: a cutting-edge, state-of-the-art inpatient treatment and psychiatric research facility.
With access to some of the world’s top doctors, and every material need (and want!) provided for, the clinic boasts unfathomable success rates, rave reviews, and the easiest ‘yes’ its patients will ever give: a six-month stay onsite, with part-time participation in field research, in exchange for any and all required therapy, treatments, and surgeries — and unbridled euphoria.
It’s the ultimate evolution — at 100% coverage.
And Avis and Ursa are 100% onboard.
At first.
The thing is, there’s something not-quite-right about this arrangement. The seasons are changing. Again. Time behaves strangely in this place. The staff more strangely still. (Like, what’s the deal with that weird custodian?)
And even for a medical facility, there’s an awful lot of stuff being tested around here.
Bodies.
Neurology.
Sex.
Desire.
Relationships.
Play.
Patience …
But everyone has a breaking point.
And when push comes to shove, creatures in captivity will make very interesting choices.
Trigger warnings:
Genocide, medical discrimination/ trauma, transphobia
Content warnings:
Explicit sexual content.