Garage Sale by Gwen Pharis Ringwood

With spring at hand and the city coming alive with excitement, Budapest's festival season has begun. In-synch with this the Canadians in the city have decided to take part in the celebrations. The Canadian Cultural Spring Festival is bringing a number of events and activities to share with the population of Budapest. The Garage Sale is one of the centerpieces this year. Successfully produced and adapted in university theatres, Garage Sale is an exciting journey to Canada but also a tender story of love, age, and relationships. A story of an aged couple spending their Saturday morning watching the animation surrounding a neighbor's garage sale, the play displays the trials and tribulations of Rachel and Reuben's life together.

For Rachel and Reuben, it is an exciting day as they sit on the back of their porch and watch a young couple have a garage sale. Soon they realize that their neighbors' sale marks the end of their relationship. The old couple later gets very upset seeing a baby placed in a laundry basket to which a price is attached. They wonder, "What will happen to the baby?" Soon, Rachel and Reuben realize that their marriage has gone through many crises, while taking a glance at the dreams and wishes of their past...

The author of the play, Gwen Pharis Ringwood (1910-1984) was educated in and spent most of her life in Alberta, Canada. Apart from occasional short stories, she wrote more than sixty plays- dramas, musicals, and children's plays. Ringwood successfully experimented with many themes and utilized various stage techniques. Directed by Aleksandra Bosnjak, a Canadian intern currently posted in Budapest, and features a multitude of university students and semi-professionals. This pleasant use of amateurs, instead of professional actors and stagehands allows this Canadian comedy to promise a very lively and true to heart performance.

06.04
Navdeep Khattra