Feature Story: MFA student hopes to change perceptions and behaviours by sharing cautionary tale in play
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2019-11-25
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University Advancement & Communications, University of Regina
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University Advancement & Communications, University of Regina
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The play begins in a nightclub and quickly shifts from excitement to tragedy when 18-year-old Natasha Urkow and five others, including her boyfriend, are in a violent car crash. Drinking and driving; no seatbelts. Tash sustains a spinal cord injury.
The autobiographical play, Seatbelt, is a dramatic cautionary tale of the potential long-term consequences of drinking and driving emphasizing the social, psychological, and physical real-life aftermath created for Urkow, her friends, and her family.
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Students Against Drinking and Driving, Rick Hanson Foundation, Shubox Theatre, First Steps Wellness Centre, Department of Film, Department of Theatre, Listen to Dis Community Arts Organization