Tarragon Theatre presents The Amorous Adventures of Anatol January 9, 2013

TARRAGON THEATRE PRESENTS

The Amorous Adventures of Anatol

BY ARTHUR SCHNITZLER
ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY MORRIS PANYCH

Tarragon Theatre presents the Toronto premiere of The Amorous Adventures of Anatol, a contemporary re-visioning of Austrian playwright/novelist Arthur Schnitzler’s Anatol (1893), adapted and directed by celebrated Canadian director Morris Panych.

It is fin de siècle Vienna. The young, incurably romantic — and indecisively neurotic — Anatol pursues each woman as if she is “the one,” without commitment or care. With Anatol’s eye ever-wandering, his psychologist friend Max tries to counsel his incorrigible friend. Though Anatol demands absolute loyalty in his lovers, it is not the same yardstick he holds up for himself. As the narcissistic Anatol woos a succession of seven different women, we learn what Anatol knows – and does not know – about women, while revealing all about himself.

Mike Shara reprises the role of Anatol, whom he portrayed to critical acclaim at the 2008 premiere of this sharp and fast-paced black comedy at the Vancouver Playhouse:

“Morris Panych overlays Schnitzler's fin de siècle sexual psychology with his own contemporary brand of absurdist comedy. Handsome, feckless, raffish Anatol, his psychologist friend Max, and the seven women he can't live with or without take us on a witty... chase around the egotism, ambivalence and hypocrisies of love….Mike Shara plays Anatol with a winning combination of charm, conceit and confusion.”
- Vancouver Province

The Amorous Adventures of Anatol runs January 9 to February 10 (previews begin January 1) in Tarragon Theatre’s Mainspace. Tickets range from $27-$53 and are available by calling the box office at 416.531.1827 or by visiting www.tarragontheatre.com.

Tarragon Theatre presents
The Amorous Adventures of Anatol
By Arthur Schnitzler, Adapted and directed by Morris Panych
Starring Mike Shara, Nicole Underhay, Robert Persichini, Adam Paolozza
Set Designer: Ken MacDonald
Costume Designer: Charlotte Dean
Lighting Designer: Jason Hand
Sound Design: Emily Porter
Stage Manager: Kate Porter

Opens January 9 and runs to February 10, 2013 (previews from January 1)
Tarragon Theatre's Mainspace, 30 Bridgman Avenue, Toronto, M5R 1X3
Tuesday-Saturday at 8pm, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:30pm starting January 6.

Tickets range from $27-$53 (including discounts for students, seniors and groups)
AND a Pay-What-You-Can 2:30pm matinee on Saturday, February 2
- $13 Rush Tickets at the door Fridays (on sale at 6pm) & Sundays (on sale at 1pm) starting January 11 -

Tickets can be purchased through the box office at 416.531.1827 or visit www.tarragontheatre.com
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