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A black comedy that pokes fun at our Hollywood “artists” with good intentions

Photo by Robin Greenwood (Solo Collective)
The Project

The Project

By Aaron Bushkowsky

An arrogant film-maker named Fred Justice has an epiphany in a Starbucks lineup and decides he wants to make a film about starving Africans to boost his flagging career, even though he knows little about Africa and even less about starvation.

Fred hires a burnt-out Sharon Stone-type actress looking to rejuvenate her career to travel to Africa and hold babies on her lap, and enlists the support of an African diplomat and a would-be Japanese co-producer. Things get complicated when George, the diplomat, suddenly attempts a coup in the unnamed African country where Fred hopes to film, and kidnaps Fred’s co-producer Yuki, who comes from a billionaire family.

Production History

The Project was first produced by Solo Collective Theatre in the fall of 2009 at Performance Works, Granville Island, Vancouver, Canada. It was nominated for four Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards (three for Outstanding Supporting Actor/Actress, one for Outstanding Sound Design).

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