Here’s a recap of some of our best Biz moments in 2015.

MOVIES

Among the films we supported this year were The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Project Almanac, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, Miss Julie, The Riot Club, Mr. Holmes, Terminator: Genisys, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Daddy’s Home, and The Big Short.

Thank you to our loyal customers for dutifully entering contests and attending advance screenings.

INTERVIEWS

2015 brought us more interviews than we’ve ever had before!

We spoke to Nimisha Mukerji, Brendan Taylor, Jonny Weston, Tom Kenny, Crazy8s 2015 filmmakers Caitlyn Byrnes, Jem Garrard, and Mo Soliman, S. Siobhan McCarthy, Evan Frayne, Christina Wells Campbell, Pamela Wise, Jay Brazeau, Rachel Peake, Jeff Seymour, Lochlyn Munro, Michelle Muldoon, Lori Triolo, Peter Skagen, Lisa London, Rebecca Coleman, Peter New, Esther Cohen, Tyler Labine, Julie Casselman, Brandon Bate and Joel R. Butler of Eurydice, Morgan Churla, Riley Qualtieri and Mark Vandenberg of Hunger Games: The Musical, Emilio Salituro, Shauna Johannesen, Katherine Monk, Angie Burns, Kim Larson and Matthew Simmons of Smoke on the Mountain, Christopher Chacon, Rebecca Lee, Sara Bynoe, Martha Ross, Tiarra Sulyk, Jessica McLeod and Athena Russell of Bitchpop Productions, Chris Lam, Anita Adams, Sam Mitchell, Byron Abando, and Jamieson McCormack of Love Musically, Robyn Wiener, David C. Jones, and Christine Quintana.

EVENTS

We were also out and about supporting industry events such as the Crazy8s 2015 Gala, our own May Play Sale and Pop-Up Store and Where There’s Smoke: An Encounter with William B. Davis, the launch of Crazy8s 2016, and theatre productions like Laburnum Grove, Glengarry Glen Ross, The North Plan, and Heathers: The Musical.

All in all, we had a blast sharing all of this with you and we can’t wait to see what 2016 brings!

Happy New Year from all of us at BizBooks.net!

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Play Details

This scalding comedy took Broadway and London by storm. Here is David Mamet at his very best, writing about small-time, cutthroat real estate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers in a never-ending scramble for their share of the American dream. Revived on Broadway in 2005 and 2012, this masterpiece of American drama also became a celebrated film which starred Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin and Alan Arkin.

The producers of Classic Chic Productions are thrilled to announce their next project, an all-female Glengarry Glen Ross.

Glengarry Glen Ross is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc.

June 6th – 27th, 2015

Preview June 3 & 4 (half price), Opening Night June 6th

Run Tuesday to Saturday, with a 2 for 1 on Tues June 9th

Matinees at 2:00pm on all Saturdays except opening, June 6th.

Tickets $25.00 at the door and $23.00 + service fee on Tickets Tonight.

At the Beaumont Stage (326 West 5th Ave, Vancouver, BC)

You can also get some great perks and help support this production through the Indiegogo campaign for Glengarry Glen Ross and Classic Chic Productions.

Cast:

Catherine Lough Haggquist – Baylen
Marci T House – Williamson
Colleen Winton – Levene
Michelle Martin – Roma
Corina Akeson – Moss
Suzanne Ristic – Aaronow
Christina Wells Campbell – Lingk

Directed by Rachel Peake.

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Glengarry Glen Ross is their latest production, which opens on June 6th at the Beaumont Stage. We spoke with Christina Wells Campbell to find out more about what Classic Chic Productions is and what it’s bringing to the Vancouver artistic community.

Can you start by telling us about how Classic Chic Productions got started?

I wrote a blog post about that very thing which you can read here. That’s the long answer. The short answer, and it’s less altruistic than you might expect, is that I really wanted to play Iago and realized the only way for me to be able to do that was to have a company where women played all the parts.

Of course there are great women’s roles in the classics, but so many of them (particularly in Shakespeare) are pleading for their lives, begging for justice, or goading men to act on their behalf; from Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing’s “Oh, that I were a man!” to even Lady M’s “When you durst do it, then you were a man” I wanted to be able to explore parts where the characters have agency in their lives—where they make choices based on their own motivations and desires—even if (or especially if?) the consequences of those choices turns out badly.

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What do you want actors in your productions and audiences who see them to come away feeling after experiencing a Classic Chic production?

I want the actors to come away with a better understanding of how men (in general) are in the world. It’s proved to be both a fascinating and a powerful thing to feel what it’s like to put on the costume of man because it points also to how we put on the costume of woman. Men (again in general) tend to occupy more physical and energetic space than women. They state their positions without apology. They are better at letting the world know what they want. And being able or not able to do those things has repercussions for women – from having your voice heard at a board table to having your testimony believed in court.

I want the audiences to feel that too. But I also want them to be taken along for the ride—to forget the gimmick of it being an all-woman cast and be engrossed in the story.

What can you tell us about the upcoming production of Glengarry Glen Ross?

It’s going to be good. It’s vicious, funny, and a little heartbreaking.

What are the biggest challenges with running a theatre production company today and how do you deal with them?

Same as it ever was: money, time and space and not enough of any of those. We’ve dealt with them through ulcers, insomnia and general anxiety. No, I jest. We deal by having small budgets, getting things donated or in-kind and putting great people on the tasks of fundraising and marketing. The key to most things in life is relationships – making connections with people you like and respect and building a network that eventually becomes like another family.

Are there any books or specific authors that have been influential to you so far in your creative journey?

As far as influencing my creative self and spiritual self, I look to these books.

• Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
• On Becoming an Alchemist by Catherine MacCoun
• The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
• How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams

Other authors and playwrights I love are: Morris Panych, Christopher Durang, Zach Helm, Charlie Kaufman, Robertson Davies, Jane Urquhart, and Carol Shields.

What can you share about any future projects that are in development?

Still evolving. I’m afraid there’s not much to report on that front. Soon though. Soon!

Where can we find out more about Classic Chic?

The Official Site, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

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Glengarry Glen Ross runs from June 6th through June 27th at the Beaumont Stage. For ticket information, please visit TicketsTonight. You can also support the production through its Indiegogo campaign.

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