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Join us for a free reading of acclaimed playwright Chantal Bilodeau's translation of Étienne LePage's play HOWL RED:

Ten characters are caught on the spot, as if a door were cracked open on a moment in their lives. We don't know where they come from or where they go. They talk, they scream, they say everything they mean and a few things they don't mean and then the door closes again. What little we hear evokes the pleasure of being mean, the perverse satisfaction of doing wrong — like yelling at one's grandmother or hurting someone for no reason. But it also reminds us of the crude, naïve, and ridiculous sincerity of everyday life.

HOWL RED

by Étienne LePage

translated from the French by Chantal Bilodeau

directed by Robert Ross Parker

7:00 PM

BareBones Studio

Lark Play Development Center

311 West 43rd St.

5th Floor

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ÉTIENNE LePAGE: A graduate from the Dramatic Writing Program of the National Theatre School of Canada, Étienne Lepage is a playwright, translator and jack-of-all-trades. Some of his plays, including ROUGE GUEULE and L'ENDOS DE ÉLÉPHANT, have been presented internationally and translated into several languages. His most recent play, HISTOIRES POUR FAIRE DES CAUCHEMARS, will premiere this spring in Brussels. He is currently at work on a new piece in collaboration with choreographer Frédérick Gravel.

CHANTAL BILODEAU: A New York-based playwright and translator originally from Montreal, Canada. Recent productions include THE MOTHERLINE (New York International Fringe Festival, 2009), PLEASURE & PAIN (Magic Theatre; Foro La Gruta, Teatro La Capilla and Festival de Teatro Nuevo León in Mexico City, 2007), the English translations of BINTOU by Koffi Kwahulé (The Movement Theatre Company, 2010) and ABRAHAM LINCOLN GOES TO THE THEATRE by Larry Tremblay (Alberta Theatre Projects, 2010). She has received commissions from the Lark Play Development Center, Play Company, Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company and Bated Breath Theatre Company; and fellowships from the Dramatists Guild, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Banff Centre (Canada), the Jerome Foundation and The Farm, Inc. Her translations include a dozen of plays by contemporary playwrights Mohamed Kacimi (Algeria), Koffi Kwahulé (Côte d’Ivoire), Étienne Lepage (Quebec) and Larry Tremblay (Quebec). She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, NoPassport Theatre Alliance, Playwrights Guild of Canada, Playwrights' Workshop Montréal and The Fence. www.cbilodeau.com.