<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><br>-<img src="cid:DWT191"><br><br><div><br><blockquote> <!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">For Immediate Release - Jun 30, 2009</font></span></font></b></span></div></span></b></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-style: italic;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">A SINGULARITY OF BEING </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">A SHOW TO WATCH: </font></span></b></span></font></div></blockquote><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">ARTISTIC COMPANY RECIEVES PRE-FESTIVAL</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-style: italic;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">PRAISE</font></span></b></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span></span></font></b></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></div></blockquote></div><br><br>[image/jpeg:papers.jpg]<br><br><div class="AppleOriginalContents"><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span></span></font></b></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Soo Garay, Clinton Walker & Elizabeth Saunders (Photo by Justin DeGuzman)</font></b></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Media Contact: Keith Fernandes, Producer</font></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></span></font></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">416-720-2648 </font></span></font><a href="mailto:producer@singularityofbeing.com" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">producer@singularityofbeing.com</font></span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></b></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">A Singularity of Being </font></i></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">put two more feathers in its cap this weekend. The winner of the 2009 Fringe New Play Contest was listed as an insider's pick on Sunday by Fringe President and Toronto Producer Derrick Chua (</font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">They May Be Giants</font></i></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">, thestar.com June 28, 2009), while at last night's Dora Mavor Moore Awards, director </font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Ed Roy</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> was recognized for excellence winning the award for best direction for </font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Agokwe</font></i></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre) earlier this season. Roy’s two year collaboration with first-time playwright and recent Humber College graduate </font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Waawaate Fobister</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> as both director and dramaturge garnered 8 Dora nominations for </font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Agokwe</font></i></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> which swept last nights awards ceremony, winning the awards for best performance (</font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Waawaate Fobister</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">), best costumes (Erika Iserhoff), best lighting (</font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Kimberly Purtell</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">), best new play (</font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Waawaate Fobister</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">), & best production (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre).</font></span></span></i></b></span></p><!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Roy is bringing his golden touch to his current project, </font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">A Singularity of Being</font></i></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> by </font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">T. Berto</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">. Over the past five months Roy and Berto have been working dramaturgically, refining the script before four month’s of on-stage workshopping with a stellar company of actors including </font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">John Blackwood, Soo Garay, Elizabeth Saunders, David Tripp </font></b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">&</font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> Clinton Walker. </font></b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">“Ed has an innate understanding of theatrical storytelling and an intensity which he brings right into the minutiae of the work,” says Berto. “It requires an immense amount of trust to put your creation into the hands of a director/dramaturge, but working with Ed and this dedicated cast made this a rewarding process, that was always about the refinement of the work's characters. I'm extremely grateful to be working with this crew.” </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Berto took the 2009 Fringe New Play Contest prize for the second time with </font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">A Singularity of Being</font></i></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">. After months of development with this award winning company, the company hopes this play will make the leap from the Fringe to the Toronto mainstage. </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></span></div> <!--EndFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">WINNER! 2009 Fringe New Play Contest</font></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">A SINGULARITY OF BEING</font></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Tarragon Mainspace 30 Bridgman Ave (North of Dupont, East of Bathurst)</font></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">$10 Call 416-966-1062</font></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Wed Jul 1: 10:30pm | Sat Jul 4: 5:15pm | Mon Jul 6: 8:00pm | Tues Jul 7: 3:00pm | Thurs Jul 9: Noon | Fri Jul 10 8:45pm | Sun Jul 12: 5:15pm</font></span></span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> ARTIST BIO'S AND PRODUCTION PHOTOS AVAILABLE AT:</font></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.singularityofbeing.com</font></b></span></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></b></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">FOR HIGH REZ IMAGES, TO ARRANGE INTERVIEW’S OR RESERVE TICKETS CONTACT:</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Keith Fernandes – Producer</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">416-720-2648</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><b><a href="mailto:producer@singularityofbeing.com" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">producer@singularityofbeing.com</font></a></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b></b></font></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></div></blockquote></div><br><div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b></b></font></span></font></div> <!--EndFragment--> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>