BORDER SONGS
by Jim Lynch
adapted by Bryan Willis
Directed by Mark Kuntz
JUNE 19 - JULY 12, 2014
This adaptation explores the tensions, struggles, law, and lawlessness at the Peace-Arch border of Washington and Canada.
In association with Village Books, Bellingham TheatreWorks presents the stage adaptation of Jim Lynch's best-selling novel, an ode to life on the Washington and Canadian border: Border Songs, the winner of the 2010 Washington State Book Award.
This whimsical adaptation of Border Songs explores the tensions, struggles, law, and lawlessness at the Peace-Arch border through the eyes of Brandon, a quirky, dyslexic, socially-awkward border patrolman.
A cast of ten plays over twenty different characters, including menacing drug smugglers, metaphysical massage therapists, illegal immigrants, EPA agents, surly Lynden dairy farmers, obsessed bird watchers, Canadian cannabis entrepreneurs, oddball border dwellers, and some of your other neighbors!
“…a soulful, fully engaging new adaptation."
—THE SEATTLE TIMES
SHOW INFO
BELLINGHAM
Where: Firehouse Arts and Events Center, 1314 Harris Ave, Bellingham, WA
When: June 19, 20, 21, 22, July 3, 5 | 2014
LYNDEN
Where: Claire VG Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St, Lynden, WA
When: June 26, 28, 29, July 10, 11, 12 | 2014
Featuring: Kyle Henick, Tim Tully, Sue Dodson, Beth Wallace, Linnea Ingalls, Jim Lortz, Jessica Young, John Gonzales, Jacob Bevelacqua, Angela Kiser, Mario Orallo-Molinaro, Brian Beede, Becky Byrd
Rating: PG-13 for adult themes.
SHOW GALLERY
IN THE MEDIA
June 25, 2014: Border Songs is the cover story in Cascadia Weekly.
June 21, 2014: Review of Border Songs in Entertainment News Northwest.
June 20, 2014: Review of Border Songs in PlayBell.