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Sunday, September 16, 2012

First-Person: Frayne McCarthy and Blair Thomson on The Virgin Courtesan

Catherine Savoie (photo credit: Andres MacLeod)

''I've got it, man. It's #*?#! awesome!"

The Virgin Courtesan is an original musical play, written and composed by Frayne McCarthy and Blair Thomson, produced by Music Theatre Montreal as part of its New Works Initiative.

Frayne McCarthy, playwright and artistic director
The Virgin Courtesan amounts to just so many words and notes on paper, unless we have story-tellers to bring it to life.  Music Theatre Montreal has provided Blair Thomson and me with this tremendous opportunity to work with exceptionally gifted performers who are sharing not only their talent, but also their instincts, their ideas, and their support for this creative initiative. Their steady and positive feedback along with the continuing guidance of my dramaturge, Kevin John Saylor, is helping to strengthen the story being told.