FRESH NEWS!!
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LATEST:
CAPSULE, a new play by Andrew McNee and Michael Rinaldi.
"One of my favourite shows at the festival this year
... there is more packed into this 15 minute
show than some productions
achieve in two hours." -Dale R. North, Urban Pie.
Capsule was presented at Boca Del Lupo's Micro Series concurrent with the Vancouver International Fringe Festival. Was also performed at Progress Lab 1422's AGMapalooza party. Consistent with all Melee's shows, Capsule received rave reviews and had many people return for repeat viewings of this "Hilarious and melancholy encounter in deep space." -Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight.
Captain Robert Ballantyne of NASA orbits Neptune. He's lost his crew. He's lost contact with ground control. He fears he's losing his sanity. Just when he's lost all hope, he finds an unlikely friend.
Capsule was created and produced by FITO Corp, a subsidiary of Theatre Melee.
FITO Corp: Pushed together, taped into place, and operated by Andrew McNee and Michael Rinaldi, FITO Corp is for Theatre Melee's “Pet” projects.

OLD NEWS!!
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2010 Vancouver International Fringe Festival from September 9 to 19. Boca del Lupo's Micro Theatre Series features two brand new works: Capsule by Michael Rinaldi and Andrew McNee, and Value Village by Jan Derbyshire. Both pieces are performed by their creators and feature exploration into what intimate theatre is all about. At the Anderson Street Space, 1405 Anderson Street, Granville Island.

Capsule is presented by FITO Corp, a subsidiary of Theatre Melee.
Premise: Captain Robert Ballantyne of NASA orbits Neptune. He's lost his crew. He's lost contact with ground control. He fears he's losing his sanity. Just when he's lost all hope, he finds an unlikely friend.

FITO Corp: Pushed together, taped into place, and operated by Andrew McNee and Michael Rinaldi, FITO Corp is for Theatre Melee's “Pet” projects.

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New Old, Old New Member Craig Hall!!
After years of integral service to Theatre Melee, Rumble AD Craig Hall has officially allowed us to call him a “Member” of the company. Welcome aboard! Check out his brand new headshot on the Bio's page. Has fatherhood been kind to him so far? You be the judge.. (Photo credit: Fat Booth App for Iphone).

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Just Closed after a fantastic run:
Caravan's new musical comedy, staged spectacularly with six horse drawn wagons, live music and a cast of Canada's finest performers, EVERYONE is a play about the Everyman (and Everywoman) in all of us.
Melee helped write the 2010 summer show at Caravan Farm this year along with 5 other Vancouver theatre companies: Electric Company Theatre, Neworld Theatre, November Theatre, Pound of Flesh Theatre, Theatre Replacement.

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Melee's last production, Cozy Catastrophe, was a runaway hit. Enjoyed a sold out run at the Cultch's Greenhouse space for Rumble's Tremors 2010 festival.
Here's what the papers said:

“Directors Courtenay Dobbie and Craig Hall set an impeccable pace for a cast that boasts unparalleled skill at deadpan understatement. Andrew McNee, Erin Mathews, Michael Rinaldi, and Juno Ruddell make their every absurd statement utterly sincere, to hilarious effect, and all are gifted physical performers (wait until you see Ruddell’s character try to run). ..
“Theatre Melee have reinvented absurdism for the 21st century. The gross-out factor is undeniable—bodily fluids are profusely displayed and described—but so is the sophisticated humour.” - The Georgia Straight

“Cozy Catastrophe has a self-assurance to it that speaks of many clever choices in evoking the kookiness of its characters, and it deserves to see some coin from a minor movie mogul so this lunacy can capture some awards at a festival of short films.
Until then, try to be one of the few lucky souls who’ll be laughing non-stop at Armageddon.” - The Vancouver Sun.