PLAY PROFILES MARIJUANA CRUSADER MARC EMERY

Citizen Marc profiles the controversial career of former Londoner Marc
Emery, the self-proclaimed "Prince of Pot."

A reading of the new drama, written by local playwright Jason Rip,
will be presented at the Wolf Performance Hall in the London Central
Library Monday night.

Based on the 1992 documentary film Marc Emery: Messing Up the System,
the play chronicles the life of the former owner of City Lights
bookstore who's championed the legalization of marijuana, Sunday
shopping, free speech and a number of other causes.

The cast for the reading includes Diana Wilson, Jonathan Schram, Serge
Saika-Voivod, Ray Bowen and Teresa Tarasewicz, current co-owner of the
London bookstore that Emery sold in 1993.

Admission to Monday's event at Wolf Performance Hall, which begins at
7 p.m., is $10 (plus GST). Tickets are available at the Grand Theatre
box office; call 672-8800 or (toll free) 1-800-265-1593; or visit
www.grandtheatre.com

A portion of the proceeds from the event will be donated to Emery's
legal defence fund. Now living in Vancouver, the 47-year-old pot
crusader is fighting the United States government's attempt to
extradite him to face charges of drug trafficking and money laundering.

Citizen Marc: The Adventures of Marc Emery, produced by Christopher
Doty and directed by John Gerry, will launch its premiere stage run at
the Arts Project, Jan. 27, 2006.

Tickets for that two-week engagement will go on sale at the Grand
Theatre in November.