{"product_id":"do-you-mind-if-i-sit-here-paperback","title":"Do You Mind If I Sit Here? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Long\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarcus Youssef\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bold new work from award-winning playwrights James Long and Marcus Youssef\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty years from now, three social planners visit Vancouver's Russian Hall, long abandoned due to earthquakes and flooding, with a seemingly straightforward task: repurpose the hall for common use. But the trio soon discover the project won't be an easy fix. An eccentric squatter, armed with a trove of Soviet industrial films on 16 mm stock, has made the damaged hall their home ... and they're not leaving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Long and Marcus Youssef's multimedia play \u003cem\u003eDo you mind if I sit here?\u003c\/em\u003e dares us seriously to consider the possibilities of radical transformation and to imagine a future born from our most important beliefs, fears, and hopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCast of 3 actors of any gender\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcus Youssef \u003c\/b\u003eis based on unceded Coast Salish Territory, a.k.a. Vancouver, Canada. His fifteen or so plays have been produced in multiple languages in scores of theatres in twenty countries across North America, Europe, and Asia, from Seattle to New York to Reykjavik, London, Venice, Hong Kong, Vienna, Athens, Frankfurt, and Berlin. Talon has published his \u003cem\u003eAdrift\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAdventures of Ali \u0026amp; Ali and the aXes of Evil\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAli and Ali\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJabber\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKing Arthur's Night and Peter Panties\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWinners and Losers\u003c\/em\u003e, and the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eThe In-Between\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Long\u003c\/strong\u003e is a director, actor, writer, and teacher whose creative practice occurs in a wide variety of interdisciplinary and collaborative contexts, including as a founding artistic director of Theatre Replacement (2003-2022) and as an independent artist working in live performance, community-engaged practice, and public art. He was co-awarded with Maiko Yamamoto the 2019 Siminovitch Prize, and nominated with Marcus Youssef for a Governor General's Award for Theatre for \u003cem\u003eWinners and Losers\u003c\/em\u003e (published by Talonbooks).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695346880575,"sku":"9781772014495","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f306b9f45985c0cd468780fcf42abe82.webp?v=1765003496","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/do-you-mind-if-i-sit-here-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}