California International Theatre Festival September 8, 2011

from CANADA – US Premiere
CONTRARY COMPANY
THE CURE FOR EVERYTHING
written and performed by Maja Ardal
directed by Mary Francis Moore
Thursday September 8, 2011 - 8:00PM
Friday September 9, 2011 - 8:00PM
Saturday September 10, 2011 - 4:00PM
Los Angeles Theatre Center - Theatre 4
Downtown LA

It's 1962, and Elsa is a soon-to-be 15 year old child of the nuclear age. But her wild new world of sex and rock and roll is being rattled by some explosive tension that's building on the world stage as President Kennedy launches his challenge to the USSR in what we now call the Cuban Missile Crisis. Convinced that the world could blow up at any minute, Else resolves to get her life lived as fast as she can before the world ends.

The Cure for Everything is a truthful, timely, warm-hearted laugh-out-loud look at adolescence and a poignant view of a dangerous world through the eyes of our youth.

The Cure for Everything was nominated for a Dora AWard (Toronto's Tony's) for outstanding new play. It will be published in 2012. It was developed with the support of The Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council.

"...the show emerges as not only a rich emotional tapestry but a visual feast as well, thanks to Ardal's consummate skill as a storyteller and actress." ~Jon Colbourne, Toronto Sun

"...you'll keep on holding your breath...in astonishment at the precision of her delivery...[Maja Adral is] an actor who is unafraid of making herself look foolish or ugly if that's what the moment needs." ~Richard Ouzounian, Toronto Star

Official Website: http://www.citfestival.org/2011-season/191-the-cure-for-everything