An Open-Ended Run

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Publication Year:
2024

ISBN-13: 9781779400284

<B>A collection of memories chronicling love, grief, and a life lived on and off stage</B><P> Raised on a farm and educated in a prairie Bible school, Layne Coleman escapes the confines of his stiflingly religious upbringing at an early age to pursue a life in theatre. He migrates to Saskatoon and later Toronto where he immerses himself in the Bohemian lifestyle of the 1980s theatre scene, carving out a career as a successful actor, playwright, and eventual Artistic Director of the Theatre Passe Muraille. While there, his path intersects with that of his future wife, a captivating and glamorous French-Canadian journalist. Their transformative relationship is ultimately cut short when she tragically loses her life at 48, following a painful battle with cancer. </P><P> What follows is a raw and bruised account of Coleman&rsquo;s struggle to make sense of his new identity as a widower and single father. Unfolding through a series of vignettes, Coleman&rsquo;s memoir takes us into the heart of loss as he wrestles with mental health and addiction while confronting his own mortality and moral compass. </P><P> Shattering yet hopeful, <I>An Open-Ended Run</I> is an exploration of a life spent in the arts and a man&rsquo;s search for meaning in the face of grief. </P>