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Off the Page playreading presents its first show of 2020, “Red Birds”, on Sunday, Jan. 19 at 1pm in the Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons. Admission by donation.
“Red Birds”, by Aaron Bushkowsky, is a comedy about finding out your true identity and mistakenly falling in love. After struggling for years as a bird photographer, Carol realizes her birth mother millionaire could solve a lot of financial problems but a new love complicates everything. Her family, a crabby artistic daughter and a wise-cracking elderly Polish mother, take sides making things much worse. This is a heart-warming comedy about family and relationships.
Aaron Bushkowsky is a Vancouver writer with over 30 award-winning play productions to his name. His books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Stephen Leacock Award for humour writing in Canada. He is currently writing the stageplay version of “The Murdoch Mysteries” – Canada’s current longest running TV series.
“Red Birds” features Wanda Nowicki, Dawn Allen, Amy King, Aaron Pearl and Marcia Forst.
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