Richard Kalinoski, internationally renowned theatrical playwright and faculty member at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, is honored the Quebec City regional production of his Beast on the Moon, took home prizes for three of four nominations from RFI Prix Theatre:
Richard KalinoskiLe Prix Nicky-Roy – Ariane Bellavance-Fafard – This award highlights a particularly promising young talent. This award, established in 1981 in memory of a young actress who died accidentally, is given to an actor or actress who has been practicing for less than three years.
Le Prix Bernard-Bonnier – Pascal Robitaille– This award was created in 1998 in memory of this talented composer, who died in 1994. It is awarded to a musician or a musician for a memorable soundscape.
Le Prix du Fonds du théâtre du Vieux-Québec – Julie Morel– This award is given to an artist whose costume design is considered remarkable. This award was created in 2006 by Denis Denoncourt and Lorenzo Michaud, director of the Fund of the Théâtre du Vieux-Quebec, a fund managed by the Community Foundation of Greater Quebec.
Additionally, Veronique Bertrand was nominated for Le Prix Paul-Bussières award that honors a set designer whose theatrical environment sharply demarcated. This award was created in memory of one of the pioneers of scenography in Quebec.
Beast on the Moon
Set in the 1920s, Beast on the Moon tells the story of an Armenian immigrant in America and his teenage wife, who he literally sent in by post.
The husband and wife are two opposites with a terrible common history—that of the extermination of the Armenian people. The production focuses on the relational difficulties between the two, on their difficulty having children, and on the unusual relationship with an abandoned child that opens possibilities of a new relationship between the spouses and a new life.
Beast on the Moon is translated into 20 languages and internationally acclaimed. Kalinoski is the winner of five Moliere (Tony) awards in France and numerous other prestigious awards.
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