SPINE

Written by Kevin Kerr
Directed by Bob Frazer
Starring James Sanders
A Realwheels/University of Alberta Co-Production

March 10–20, 2010
Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre
SFU Woodward’s, 149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver

SFU proudly presents the world premiere of SPINE, a new creation by University of Alberta Lee Playwright-In-Residence Kevin Kerr, SFU alumnus James Sanders and director Bob Frazer, the creative team that brought you the smash hit action-adventure-comedy Skydive.

While traveling the universe of avatars, inhabiting online realities and identities, a man discovers the intriguing possibility of reinventing his physical body through a blend of ambitious, cutting-edge technologies and ethically questionable experiments. It’s a thrilling hunt for the body that will best define us, in a world where the virtual can be more real than the real itself.

With SPINE, Sanders — who became quadriplegic after a spinal cord injury during his third semester of theatre school — doesn’t care if he ever walks again: he’s more interested in flying.

This Realwheels/University of Alberta co-production was commissioned by the University of Alberta Department of Drama.