TALES OF THE LOST FORMICANS
by CONSTANCE CONGDON

Narrated by a group of alien archaeologists, the play follows a suburban family sliding into dysfunction as the patriarch succumbs to Alzheimer's disease, a daughter moves back home after leaving her husband, and her son runs away and ends up sleeping in shopping malls. Tripping over their own efforts, the family's search for love parallels the quest of alien visitors to understand our absurd human world.

"If not the best new play of recent years, surely this is the most imaginative. Constance Congdon's brilliant off-Broadway script wryly deflects the story of a man with Alzheimer's disease into a travel guide to Middle America conducted by aliens."
- William Henry III, Time

"Constance Congdon's TALES OF THE LOST FORMICANS is a treat in so many ways -- starting with its deliciously wry title.... you shouldn't miss it: Congdon is a new voice, and her innumerable small triumphs are achieved with a freshness of spirit, with a humor and charm so distinctively individual, that one just wants to hear more and more from her.... Congdon's aliens are a fluidly shifting metaphor for her own complex relation to the subject of her drama, a lower-middle suburban family coping with three generations' worth of stress simultaneously...."
- Michael Feingold, Village Voice

"...a savagely uncompromising play of searching insights, biting wit and all too recognizable home truths... There are laughs, wit and humor, but this is a chillingly painful play. Congdon is a terrific playwright with sure command of language and her subject...."
- Polly Warfield, Drama-Logue

"Congdon's writing creates dialogue that crackles with wit, imagination and incisive passion...."
- A J Esta, Drama-Logue, Eureka Theater production

About the Production Team:

	Kareem Fahmy (Director)
	Directed past Alternate Theatre productions of Venus, W/O U I'm Nothing, and Language of Angels Has written numerous one-act and full-length plays including The Alternate and Intervention Has appeared as an actor in plays such as The Sound of Music, The Skin of Our Teeth, and Death and the Maiden
	Michael Albert (Assistant Director/Stage Manager)
	Graduate of McGill University with a degree in psychology Served as Musical Director of The Alternate Theatre's production of W/O U I'm Nothing Has acted in several plays, including the Players' Theatre productions of Closer and Love Like Laughter
	Maia Seaden (Publicity)
	New to The Alternate Theatre Third year McGil Management student with experience in marketing and publicity fields
	Tatiana Bauk (Props Manager)
	Is an undergraduate chemical engineering student at McGill University Working on her first Alternate Theatre production.
	Ah rum Lee (Costume Design)
	Maura Diamond (Costume Design)
About the Cast:
	Susan Evans (Cathy)
	Has appeared in the musicals Annie Get Your Gun (as Dolly) and Crazy for You (as Mitzi) Served as the assistant to the managing director at TRIARTS theatre in Sharon Connecticut in the summer of 2002. Is in her first year of the Drama & Theatre program at McGill University
	Alan Heillig (Jim)
	Has been acting for thirteen years Credits his actor's training to the Montreal School of Performing Arts Has an extensive repertoire of accents and dialects
	Doreen Fagan (Evelyn)
	Trained at the Yale School of Drama, the Neighbourhood Playhouse in New York, and the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York Recently appeared in Montreal, Vienna, and Budapest in Double Identity with the Yiddish Drama Group of the Saidye Bronfman Centre Has appeared on screen in such films as Miramax's Torrowo
	Thomas Farrugia (Eric)
	Has done theatre in English and French throughout high school Appeared in San Francisco's "Play in a Day" festival Studying marine biology at McGill University
	Lisa Torjman (Judy)
	Has appeared onstage as Sheila in Sheila for the McGill Drama Festival, as Wendy in I'd Kiss you But for the Sears Festival, and as Old Woman in People in the Wind for the Sears Festival Has an extensive background in theatre and dance with a special interest for improvisation Is an second year McGill University student majoring in English
	Lucas Walker (Actor #7)
	Has appeared in such production as QArt Theatre's Tragedy of Man and Gravy Bath's Christopher's Story Appeared in the made for television movie Aftermath Teaches elementary school and DJs when not on stage or in front of a camera
	David Baker (Jerry)
	Current third year history student at McGill University Has performed in various theatre productions at McGill including Lion in the Streets and Seven Stories Appearing in his first Alternate Theatre production with Tales of the Lost Formicans