TORONTO — During the pandemic, Michael Ross Albert grappled with a familiar kind of stress for many Torontonians: the uphill battle of trying to buy a home in the city.
“I remember walking out of the bank with the money order and thinking that I was holding in my hands probably more money than I might make in my lifetime," recalls the Canadian playwright after buying his first condo.
So he’s channeled some of this real-estate tension into “The Bidding War,” a biting new comedy premiering Tuesday at Toronto’s Crow’s Theatre. “We need to find a way to fix the housing crisis somehow, and hopefully laughing at it is a very good first step.” Browne says “The Bidding War” ultimately shows how self-serving those working in Toronto’s real estate market can be.Peter Fernandes, who portrays the home's listing agent, says the production captures how the scarcity-driven nature of Toronto’s housing market exposes people's “ugly sides.”
Like Albert, Santalucia became a homeowner during the pandemic. He says he felt rushed to buy a house during a time when prices were down.
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