BEN & RONNIE: A New Play

Name: BEN & RONNIE: A New Play
Start: 2024-08-09T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-08-09T22:00:00-04:00
Location: Red Sandcastle Theatre

Schedule

Fri Aug 09 2024 at 08:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Red Sandcastle Theatre | Toronto, ON

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐄𝐍 & 𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐄 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧. Unless your children are sickos, I guess. This is a genre piece. It contains difficult and disturbing themes, profanity, suspense, violence, key lime pie, some strobe-type lighting, a lot of talking!, a Dislikeable Woman Protagonist™, a sweater vest, ham sandwiches, and an overall sardonic attitude.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘
Ben is traveling to his remote mountain cabin when he encounters Ronnie, a chatty, camera-wielding hitchhiker on her way to nowhere in particular. Ben finds Ronnie's demeanor off-putting and Ronnie finds Ben's unassuming charm suspicious, so the two of them do almost nothing but argue right from the jump. Despite this, they seem drawn to each other and agree to travel as a pair from the scorching-hot Canadian prairies into the cool cover of Rocky Mountain forests. Over the course of a single day and night, their relationship morphs into something both darker and more absurd as they discover that the Fates might have a truly twisted sense of humour.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌
Co-Director: Ben Gordon (he/him). Stage Manager: Sarah Yeoman (they/them). Co-Producer: Anna Swanson (she/her). Fight Director: Madelaine Rose (she/her). Featuring music by Brianna Gosse (she/her) and multi-media contributions by Kaela Hawker (she/her). Starring Jesse Bond* (he/him) as 'Ben' & Erin Mick (she/her) as 'Ronnie'.
*Jesse is appearing with the generous permission of the Canadian Actors' Equity Association. Ben & Ronnie is being produced independently under Equity's Artists' Collective Policy in the spirit of team collaboration, rather than auteurist vision.
𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎
If you have any specific content concerns, feel free to email us: [email protected]. Despite the tone of this page (and the piece), we are safe people to discuss content warnings with and are generally in favour of them. We just can't write many here because of spoilers.
𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘
Red Sandcastle is accessible, to a degree (check their website for details). Accessibility is important to us, so although we are limited by a very restrictive budget, if you are concerned about an aspect of accessibility for yourself, please email us ahead of time at [email protected] and we'll do our best to remove any barriers that might prevent your attendance.
𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒
Red Sandcastle is equipped with HEPA filtration. The venue is quite intimate so, if you're able, we'd also be grateful if attendees would consider masking-up at our shows for the safety of performers, crew, and venue staff. We will try to have some masks available at the door.
For more FAQ visit our Eventbrite: https://benandronnieplay.eventbrite.ca