THE STORY
What is the nature of the Banana? To Luke, Dave, Mike, and Sheldon, it’s a curious predicament brought on by upbringing – growing up yellow on the outside, white on the inside. They’re together to pay their last respects to Rick, the one Banana Boy who seemed to have it all, but was found dead in his living room, apparently of suicide.
Banana Boys - The Stage Adaptation.
fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company, in association with Factory Theatre and Hastings Park Foundation, presents:
Banana Boys by Leon Aureus
Adapted from the novel by Terry Woo
World Premiere: September/October, 2004
Factory Studio Theatre
Written by Leon Aureus and adapted from the novel by Terry Woo, this work examines the challenges of being torn between cultures and identities.
This production was remounted at the 2005 Magnetic North Theatre Festival in Ottawa, Canada, and was part of Factory Theatre’s 2005–2006 season. It was nominated for two Dora Mavor Moore Awards in the General Theatre Category:
– Outstanding Performance for Best Ensemble in a Play or Musical
– Outstanding Sound Design
Praise & Reviews
“Woo provides us with the complex history of the Chinese in Canada in microcosm.”
“The book still manages to remain as relevant, incisive, and contemporary as it did in the past.”
About the Author
Terry Woo is a Banana Boy. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he has drifted from Toronto, Seattle, New York and San Francisco, and currently resides in Toronto. Banana Boys was was short-listed for the 1999 Asian-Canadian Writer’s Workshop Emerging Writer Award. It was adapted for theatre by playwright Leon Aureus in 2004, and has since graced the stage at the Factory Theatre in Toronto, Firehall Arts in Vancouver, and the Magnetic North Theatre Festival in Ottawa, with the most recent mounting at Factory in Spring 2017. Terry has also published short stories in anthologies such as “Millennium Messages” in 1999 and “Strike the Wok” in 2003. He also won First Prize in the 2006 Robert Stewart Essay Competition sponsored by the Montreal Press Club. He has a degree in Systems Design Engineering, one in Psychology, and one in Journalism. This is his first novel. Stay tuned for the next one…
About the Publisher
Banana Boys was originally published by Riverbank Press, which is now an imprint of Cormorant Books.
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