The Anger in Ernest & Ernestine

(1987)

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The Anger in Ernest & Ernestine (1987, 1990)

Written by Leah Cherniak, Robert Morgan and Martha Ross

  • ErnestRobert Morgan
  • ErnestineMartha Ross
  • Director Leah Cherniak
  • Lighting DesignerGlenn Davidson
  • Sound DesignerGeorge Axon
  • Set Designer Shaun Lynch
The Election Poster. Two women, one darker skinned and the other lighter, each hold two yellow signs with black arrows pointing in the opposite direction
Read the program (2005)

Once in a lifetime comes a theatrical production that makes you feel like falling in love all over again.

 

THIS IS NOT THE PLAY!

Follow a pair of newlyweds as they discover the consequences of saying “I do”. Witness their unbridled passion and rage in moments of pure comic genius.

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A man and woman dressed to go out for dinner sit together looking tentative. She has her left hand placed on his right knee
A man dressed in office clothes mimes playing a guitar on a walking stick, while a woman dressed for a evening looks on in glee
A woman screams at a man who is looking up and holding his head, blocking his ears

2005 Cast

  • ErnestRick Roberts
  • ErnestineJenny Young

2005 Production Team

  • Director Leah Cherniak
  • Playwrights Leah Cherniak, Robert Morgan and Martha Ross
  • Set DesignerGlenn Davidson
  • Lighting DesignerAndrea Lundy
  • Sound Designer/ComposerGeorge Axon
  • Costume Designer Robin Fisher
  • Stage ManagerShauna Janssen
  • Production ManagerIan Arnold
  • Apprentice Stage ManagerKinnon Elliot
  • Assistant Director Colm Magner

Awards and Reviews

2005 Dora Awards – Independent Theatre Division

  • Award for Outstanding Set: Glenn Davidson
  • Nomination Outstanding Production: Theatre Columbus
  • Nomination Outstanding Direction: Leah Cherniak
  • Nomination Outstanding Performance for a Male: Rick Roberts
  • Nomination Outstanding Performance for a Female: Jenny Young

1991 Dora Awards – Drama/Comedy Divison

  • Nomination Outstanding Performance by a Male: Robert Morgan

1988 Dora Awards – Small Theatre Division

  • Award for Outstanding Production: Theatre Columbus
  • Nomination Outstanding New Play: Leah Cherniak, Robert Morgan and Martha Ross
  • Nomination Outstanding Direction: Leah Cherniak
  • Nomination Outstanding Performance: Robert Morgan
  • Nomination Outstanding Performance: Martha Ross

“Vibrantly funny and disturbingly real.”

– Glen Sumi, NOW Toronto, NNNN (2005)

“A wildly hilarious and painfully truthful biting comedy.”

– Robert Crew, Toronto Star, 3.5 Stars (2005)

“A danced duet of of approach and avoidance, consumation and revulsion”

-Robert Cushman, National Post (2005)

“Both Morgan and Ross have a fine sense of timing and a deft sense of how to play directly to an audience, as well as how to serve as part of the play.”

-Liam Lacey, The Globe and Mail (1987)

“You’ll get more yuk for the buck than at most current Toronto productions if you sample the post-nuptial horror show at Ernest and Ernestine’s place. Just plan to release your own tension and enjoy an energetic, furiously biting comedy played at full volume, with an intriguing social commentary just under the surface”

-Toronto Star (1987)