Photo Coverage: The Canadian Premiere of I LOVE YOU BECAUSE

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I Love You Because had its Canadian Premiere this past Friday courtesy of Angelwalk Theatre, who are presenting the show at the Toronto Centre for the Arts for the next two weeks. The show was a hit off-Broadway in 2005, and features a cast of some of Toronto’s best and brightest. The show is inspired by Pride and Prejudice and tells the story of love and relationships in modern day New York City (think Friends set to music!).

At the centre of the piece is Austin (played by Jeff Madden) who has his heart broken when he discovers his long-term girlfriend and supposed ‘love of his life’ is cheating on him. He begrudgingly accepts the help of older brother Jeff (Jay Davis) in seeking out a fling to help him overcome his heartache. The ‘fling’ in question is free-spirit Marcy (Elena Juatco) who has also just come out of a long-term relationship and together with the help of her best friend Diana (Gabi Epstein) is looking for a Mr. Wrong to help recover from her heartache. The four main characters spend the play coming together (and then falling apart) in a variety of clever, humourous and touching ways before arriving at the ultimate conclusion that it is important to love someone because of their flaws, and not in spite of them.

When and Where?

Angelwalk Theatre presents I Love You Because

The Toronto Centre for the Arts Studio Theatre

Performance Schedule

March 28th - April 15th 2012

Tickets range from $35-$45 with special priced tickets of $25 for those under 30.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the box office and online at http://www.angelwalk.ca/ILYB_tickets.html

All photos courtesy of Vincent Perri

Cara Leslie, Gabi Epstein, Jeff Madden, Jay Davis and Michael De Rose

Gabi Epstein and Elena Juatco

Elena Juatco and Jeff Madden

Jay Davis and Jeff Madden

Jeff Madden and Elena Juatco

Elena Juatco, Cara Leslie, Michael De Rose and Gabi Epstein

Elena Juatco and Jeff Madden

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Kelly Cameron's love affair with the theatre began when she was just five years old, on an outing to see the Original Canadian Cast of Les Miserables at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. She instantly fell in love, and since then has been lucky enough to be involved in various theatre activities and productions, including a regional production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and a local production of Where the Sidewalk Ends. She has also received training from various teachers throughout Southwestern Ontario in both piano and voice, and competed in vocal competitions for which she received a few awards. Her writing career started almost by accident, when she had the opportunity to become a ghostwriter for up and coming businesses. She continues to do this, writing the content for all sorts of companies who are starting websites and looking to find their voice.

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