
7 Stories
MARCH 14 – 23, 2019 — HELD OVER!
ADDED PERFORMANCE: Sunday, March 24 at 2pm
By Morris Panych
Director Fran Gebhard
Fast-paced and full of eccentric characters, this dark comedy takes place on a seventh storey window ledge where a man is contemplating jumping. Endlessly interrupted by a variety of quirky building residents, he becomes drawn into the absurdity of their daily lives. So self-absorbed are his neighbours, that no one even bothers to ask why he’s out there! This quick-witted, sophisticated satire will have you philosophizing about life and death, right up to its existential conclusion. Written thirty years ago by the award-winning Canadian playwright Morris Panych, 7 Stories was the winner of six Jessie Awards, including Outstanding Original Play.
Morris Panych

Fran Gebhard

Tickets
Friday & Saturday Evenings
All Seats $26
Tuesday to Thursday & Matinees
Adults $26 Seniors $21 Students $16
HOLDOVER Sunday, March, 24 at 2pm
All Seats $26
Call: 250-721-8000 or see Ticket information
Cast & Creative Team
Director Fran Gebhard
Set Design Ken MacDonald
Set Design Adaptation Conor Farrell
Costume Design Bryce Butkiewicz
Lighting Design Harry Zhe Lin
Sound Design Olivia Wheeler
Stage Manager Kelsey Ward
CAST:
Percy Sivert Das
Leonard Aidan Guerreiro
Al Daniel Handford
Man Lyle Hendriks
Jennifer Emily Hay
Joan Natalie Lichtenwald
Wilson Alexander Moorman
Rodney Tallas Munro
Marshall Douglas Peerless
Lillian Rahat Saini
Michael Aaron Smail
Rachel Sadie Tims
Charlotte Taryn Yoneda
Lecture
Mark Leiren-Young
Sessional Instructor, Department of Writing
Award-winning Victoria playwright Mark Leiren-Young talks about the significance, history and secret origins of Morris Panych’s modern masterpiece 7 Stories in celebration of the play’s 30th anniversary. Mark is currently teaching humour writing and TV writing at UVic.
This Friday night lecture was recorded so if you missed it, click below to listen in on the conversation.
Sign Language

The Saturday 2pm matinee on March 16 will include sign language interpretation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. For the best seating to view our interpreter, please book as early as possible using the Advance Ticket Order Form.
Contact Sandra Guerreiro, Audience Services Manager, to reserve your seats.
Email sguerrei@uvic.ca Phone 250-721-8000
Advisories
Photography by Dean Kalyan
A beautiful evening
As the sun starts to go down, the 100-year old Lillian (Rahat Saini) admires the beautiful evening, while The Man (Lyle Hendriks) is lost in his own troubling thoughts.
Party People
Coming out for fresh air from the party inside (left to right) Percy (Sivert Das), Al (Daniel Handford) and Jennifer (Emily Hay) share a laugh – but The Man (Lyle Hendriks) doesn’t get what’s so funny.
Fashion critique
The Man (Lyle Hendriks) tries to defend himself from the fashion critique by Joan (Natalie Lichtenwald) and her designer Michael (Aaron Smail) but no one asks him why he’s out on their seventh-storey window ledge.
Charlotte and The Man
Charlotte (Taryn Yoneda) and The Man (Lyle Hendriks) talk about her affair with Rodney while perched high up on a seventh storey window ledge.
That’s My Wallet!
In one of their regular spats, Charlotte (Taryn Yoneda) threatens to throw her lover Rodney (Tallas Munro)’s wallet and a photo of his wife off the seventh storey of the building, while The Man (Lyle Hendriks) watches in confusion.
Turn the music down!
Wilson (Alexander Moorman) yells at his neighbour Al (Daniel Handford) to turn down the music at his party as The Man (Lyle Hendriks) watches the disagreement.
A final smoke
A half an hour before his marriage ceremony, Marshall (Douglas Peerless) smokes the final cigarette of his life out on the seventh storey-building ledge and passes a smoke to The Man (Lyle Hendriks).
Here’s my card
Not having slept in three years, Leonard shares his paranoia about his neighbours – and just about everyone else – with The Man (Lyle Hendriks) on the seventh storey building ledge and offers him a business card.
Family Heirloom
Joan (Natalie Lichtenwald) sheds a few tears over a broken family heirloom unaware that The Man (Lyle Hendriks) is just outside her window on the seventh-storey building ledge.
Who’s your friend?
Not trusting anyone, Leonard (Aidan Guerreiro) tells The Man (Lyle Hendriks) not to mention their conversation to his neighbour Jennifer (Emily Hay).