Current and former Nortel employees have been strong supporters of the arts in Ottawa for many years and the financial impact of the company's bankruptcy proceedings is already being felt by a number of organizations. The NRPC has an opportunity to raise local awareness of the situation with Nortel's pensioners, severed, and disabled employees through a special production to which we will invite local politicians and media.

James Richardson the General Director of the Third Wall Theatre Company in Ottawa is offering to designate a performance from the 2010 production of "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare (see below), to highlight the situation of Nortel pensioners, disabled and terminated employees. Tickets will be at a substantial discount from the regular rate of $29 per person (in the region of $10 each) to NRPC members and associates and their families, if we can get enough interest to fill the 260 seat theatre.

I would like to establish as quickly as possible whether there is enough interest to justify going ahead. Our performance would be either Sunday, February 7th @ 3pm (matinee) or Tuesday, February 9th @ 7:30pm. depending on our preference.

Please respond by email to me no later than January 11 at Cet e-mail est protégé contre les robots collecteurs de mails, votre navigateur doit accepter le Javascript pour le voir indicating your preferred date and how many tickets you would like. Feel free to discuss this message with people who may not be able to receive it by email and include their needs as appropriate. We will make a decision about going ahead on January 11.