The Tank Range Project - Softcover

Robinson, Jamie; Shank, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0986745111 ISBN 13: 9780986745119

Publisher: DEUM Foundation Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

In 1942, The Government of Canada forced 100 families off of 17000 acres of farmland in the St. Vincent Township of Southwestern Ontario, to be used as an Armored Vehicle Fighting area to train for the war effort overseas. The Tank Range Project is a play that explores this history by dramatically contrasting the importance of those farmers’ original sacrifices to the land’s use for the military conflict in Afghanistan today. A mix of fictional drama and biography, research has included interviews of former St. Vincent Township residents and current military personnel, in addition to reviews of dozens of news articles and books written about the expropriation

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About the Author

The Grey-Bruce Arts Collective was created in 2008 by authors Jamie Robinson and Roger Shank, along with co-founder Julie Miles, serving the Grey-Bruce area of Southwestern Ontario. We create and produce live art that reaches out to the community through full-scale theatrical productions, corporate events, non-profit fundraising events and educational workshops for all ages. We are well established Theatre and Film professionals that have worked nationally from coast to coast. Jamie Robinson was head writer for several one-night original murder mystery creations for the Grey-Bruce Arts Collective and collaborator for the collective shows, Beyond the Farm Show (Blyth Festival), The Rochdale Project (Theatre Passe Muraille) and The Rediscovery of Sex (Alianak Productions). Jamie has been an actor for both stage and screen for over fifteen years, performing in award winning shows in both Toronto and Stratford, Ontario. His numerous Film and Television credits include roles for Disney, CBS, ABC, NBC, CTV, CBC, Alliance Atlantis, Universal Studios, and Lifetime. Jamie is a graduate of the Stratford Birmingham Conservatory and holds a B.F.A. from Concordia University and is currently an M.F.A. Candidate in York University's Theatre Director's Program. Visit his website at www.jamierobinson.ca. Roger Shank has over 20 years of experience as an actor, director, and teacher in Theatre, Film and TV. He has directed three plays for The 100 Mile Playwright Festival; Beautiful Joe, The Tank Range Project and Spring Time. Roger directed The Good Soul of Szechuan for the Huron Epic Youth at the Blyth Festival and is the creator and co-director of the innovative youth Film program, MY (Meaford Youth) Film Studio. As a professional instructor, Roger teaches Theatre arts at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario where he recently directed a production of Michael O'Brien's Gods Wounds. He was a recipient of a CAN-PRO award for best half hour TV Drama and holds a B.F.A. in Acting from the University of Alberta (Dean's List). Visit his website at www.rogershank.com. To contact GBAC, email us at greybruceartscollective@gmail.com or visit www.greybruceartscollective.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: DEUM Foundation Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0986745111
• ISBN 13: 9780986745119
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 86