THE TERRIBLE BUT INCOMPLETE JOURNALS OF JOHN D.

[Jorge Nef]

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                           "Identity is a process."

 The University of Guelph School of Literatures and Performance Studies in
 English presents an Ontario premiere:

                THE TERRIBLE BUT INCOMPLETE JOURNALS OF JOHN D.
      by Governor General's Award-winning playwright, Guillermo Verdecchia.

 Featuring Antonio Cedrone and Rachel McBride, the play runs November 22,
 1998, at 2:30 pm, and November 23-25 at 8:00 pm at the Inner Stage
 (Rm. 101, MacKinnon Bldg.), University of Guelph.

 Author of such pieces as FRONTERAS AMERICANAS (Governor General's Award,
 1993), THE NOAM CHOMSKY LECTURES (Chalmers Award, 1992, in
 collaboration with Daniel Brooks), and A LINE IN THE SAND (with Marcus
 Youssef), Verdecchia continues his insightful, passionate and tireless
 investigation into politics, economics and social malaise, without
 forgetting the soul. The "journals" introduce a new axis to Verdecchia's
 on-going quest for identity through a negotiation between the personal and
 the political, the self and the social, in an endeavour to locate, create,
 and discover one's place in the world, and amongst people. In Verdecchia's
 words, "Identity is a process."

 The work was originally written as a radio play "for one actor, a
 cello and a soundscape." This production will stage these elements (and
 more) in front of a live audience.

 THE TERRIBLE BUT INCOMPLETE JOURNALS OF JOHN D.

 Written by Guillermo Verdecchia
 Directed by Jorge Nef
 Featuring Antonio Cedrone and Rachel McBride
 Original Music by Rachel McBride
 Set, Lighting, and Costume Design by Deirdre Madden
 Sound Design and Stage Management by Morgan Walker

 Tickets: $4.00 available at the door.
 For further information, or to set up an interview, please contact Jorge
 Nef: (519) 836-8216, or via email: <jnef at uoguelph.ca>.