Lucia frangione biography books
Described as a post-feminist playwright, Frangione is also an actor who has been associated with Ruby Slippers Theatre in Vancouver. Her production of Espresso was nominated for a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award in 2003, as was her preceding play Cariboo Magi.
On the Stage – Lucia Frangione
Hyped as 'sexy, provocative and challenging', Espresso (Talonbooks, 2004) is one of the author's 'blasphemy plays' that inverts Catholic stereotypes of feminine sexuality. When the patriarch of an immigrant Italian family is hospitalized after a near-fatal car accident, the women of the clan converge into one actor and present their stories. The workshop and world premiere were directed by Morris Ertman and produced by Scott Campbell under the artistic direction of Ron Reed at the Pacific Theatre in Vancouver in January/February of 2003 with Lucia Frangione as Rosa and Todd Thomson in the other role of Amante.
Her play Cariboo Magi (Talonbooks, 2005) concerns a makeshift troupe of would-be theatrica Frangione, Lucia - ABC BookWorld KIWYH