We are so excited to be nearing the opening of Adding Machine: A Musical. This is the Canadian premiere of the work and we are thrilled to be sharing it with Vancouver audiences. The cast and crew have been working so hard to get the show ready and it is worth seeing! And since summer weather seems to be avoiding the Lower Mainland, it is a perfect excuse to spend a rainy evening at the theatre.

Tickets to the show are still available at www.ticketstonight.ca and will also be available at the door of the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island.  The show times are as follows:

Tuesday July 19th, 8 pm (preview)
Wednesday July 20th,  8 pm (opening night gala)
Thursday July 21st, 8 pm
Friday July 22nd, 8 pm
Saturday July 23rd, 2pm and 8pm
Sunday July 24th, 1pm

Tickets: are $35 (evening), $25 (matinee / preview), $25 (student / senior, all performances)

See you there!

Tickets for Adding Machine: A Musical are now on sale via the Tickets Tonight website. Purchase your tickets online today and avoid disappointment at the door!

Adding Machine will run from Tuesday, July 19th to Sunday, July 24th, 2011 at the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island. Tickets are $35 (evening), $25 (matinee / preview), and $25 (student / senior, all performances).

Don’t forget to tell your friends about the show!

Pipedream has launched our first IndieGoGo fundraising campaign to raise money for our 2011 productions of Adding Machine: A Musical and Elegies. The IndieGoGo site allows people to donate money directly to Pipedream online, from anywhere in the world.

Our fundraising goal is $1000, which we need to reach by August 12th. Donate at little as $10 and you could win tickets to see one of the productions! All the money we raise goes directly into the budgets for these two shows, covering costs such as venue rental, costumes, props, music, and lighting. To donate, just visit the IndieGoGo site and look up “Pipedream Musicals in Vancouver” or click on the link below. If you are not comfortable donating online, please email us at info(at)pipedream.ca and we can give you the mailing address for personal cheques.

Adding Machine: A Musical will be presented at Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island from July 20th to 24th, 2011.
Elegies: A Song Cycle will be presented at CBC Studio 700 from September 8th to 11th, 2011.

Pipedream is holding a fundraiser for our July 2011 production of Adding Machine: A Musical. Join us for an evening of casual fun, complete with great raffle prizes!

When: Wednesday March 23
Where: Yagger’s Downtown Restaurant & Sports Bar – 433 W. Pender St, Vancouver, BC
Time: 7:30 pm
Tickets: $10 (includes a free drink!)

All proceeds raised will go towards the production budget of the show! Help us continue a tradition of putting on exciting new musicals in Vancouver by purchasing a ticket. Contact any of the board members or email info[at]pipedream.ca.

Pipedream is proud to announce two productions for the 2010-2011 season - Adding Machine: A Musical, and Elegies: A Song Cycle.

Adding Machine is an unusual, dark, and thought-provoking piece composed by Joshua Schmidt, with libretto by Joshua Schmidt and Jason Loewith. The musical is based on the 1923 play “The Adding Machine” by Elmer Rice, about an “unlikely anti-hero for the working man.” After 25 years of service to his company, Mr. Zero is unceremoniously fired and replaced with a machine. Angry, Zero kills his boss, is executed, and travels to the Elysian Fields, where he gets one more chance at love with his secretary Daisy. Ultimately, Mr. Zero must determine if his destiny is as a man, or merely a cog in the machine.

Adding Machine was first produced in 2007, and made its off-Broadway debut in 2008. It was a critical success, winning several awards including the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical. Pipedream’s production will be the Canadian premiere of the work, with April Green directing. We are actively searching for other production team members to join us in this exciting production.  Adding Machine will be presented at the Waterfront Theatre in July of 2011.

Elegies: A Song Cycle is William Finn’s work about the loss of family and friends. It was written in response to the 9/11 attacks in New York, and many songs were composed in memory of Finn’s friends. This beautiful and haunting show will be directed by Mike Mackenzie and will run in September of 2011, ten years after those unforgettable events. Pipedream is very excited to be presenting William Finn’s work again after a successful run of A New Brain in 2009, and will continue to plan this production with our newest board members. We are hoping that this production can be a part of the 2011 Vancouver International Fringe Festival, and will work on making that happen when applications are available.

Thanks to those who were able to attend our 2010 Annual General Meeting this past Sunday at the Alliance for Arts and Culture office. We reviewed Pipedream’s successful 2009-2010 season and we also voted in our board for the upcoming year. We have several returning board members, as well as a few new additions. We are proud and excited to have these familiar faces on (the) board!

The 2010-2011 board members are:

Lauren Weidel – Chairperson
Robin Hussen – Secretary
Russell Cripps – Treasurer
Ryan Tapping – Marketing & Communications Coordinator
April Green – Grants & Sponsorships Coordinator
Kristian Guilfoyle – Graphic Designer & Webmaster
Mike Mackenzie – Fundraising Coordinator

Past board members Brandon Marshall and Mike Aldridge will be retiring from the board, but we hope to have their continued involvement in Pipedream for some time to come. Thanks Brandon and Mike for all your hard work over the past years.

We look forward to a successful new year, with two shows planned for July and September 2011. More details on these will be posted in the next few weeks, so check back frequently for updates!