The Big Sell
by Lyle Victor Albert and Bev Ross
October 3– November 2, 1986
The Big Sell confronts us with the fictional tale of Fort McMurray in the year 2006 – when all of the oil has run out. The brand new Conservative government wants to keep it all hush-hush and has appointed a secret task force to look into the situation. Their problem – what to do with a city that no longer has any reason to exist? Their solution – hire Franklin Bigelow, a big PR director from the East to sell the entire city to the highest bidder. A co-production with Keyano College Theatre.
Playwright: Lyle Victor Albert, with Music and Lyrics by Bev Ross
Director: Stephen Heatley
Cast: Earl Klein, Diana Kuzyk, Wendell Smith, Rhonda Trodd and Alison Wells Musicians: Jim Ross, Ian Birse and Bev Ross Musical Director: Bev Ross Set/Lighting Designer: Daniel Van Heyst Costume Designer: Kerry Hackett Stage Manager: Terri Gillis Technical Director: Alastair Elliot Seamstress: Carmen Los Production Assistant: Geoffrey Jackson
October 3-11, 1986, Keyano Theatre, Fort McMurray
October 16 – November 2, 1986, Theatre Network, Edmonton