Director & Co-Creator
Produced by timeshare performance
With support from Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
February – March 2020
In 1992, novelist Brian Francis placed a personals ad in the newspaper. In total, he received 25 responses but there were 13 letters he never responded to. Now, at a much different stage in life, Brian has written replies to those letters. Featuring a cast of 13 queer actors, Box 4901 is a hilarious, strange, sweet, and awkward look back at how gay men used to find one another.
After two workshop productions, we were thrilled to produce this world premiere production as a part of the 2019-2020 season at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Ultimately, this show is the by far the biggest project ever produced by timeshare performance and we were thrilled with the results. Featuring a cast of 14, and an all-queer team, this piece might be “the gayest play ever produced in Canada.”
Photos by James Heaslip
Produced by Stacey Norton
Featuring Brian Francis with Colin Asuncion, Hume Baugh, Samson Bonkeabantu Brown, Keith Cole, Daniel Jelani Ellis, Jeff Ho, Michael Hughes, Indrit Kasapi, Daniel Krolik, Eric Morin, G Kyle Shields, Chy Ryan Spain, and Geoffrey Whynot
Set Design by Brandon Kleiman
Lighting Design by Cosette Pin
Sound Design by Adrian Shepherd-Gawinski
Stage Management by Lucy McPhee