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Next week we kick off Groundswell: A Festival of Contemporary Women's Theatre!
Groundswell Festival Readings Schedule:
Tuesday, Sept 20 - 7pm:
The Ugly by Tabitha Keast
In 2014 a provincial task force was created to review and update the laws relating to sexual misconduct by physicians. This was the third task force since 1991. The ugly truth is that doctors found criminally responsible for sexual abuse can still practice medicine in Ontario. How does a woman react to being raped by someone whom she is expected to implicitly trust?
Starring: Madeleine Donohue, Deborah Drakeford, John Jarvis, and Fiona Sauder.
Wednesday, Sept 21 - 7pm:
Recess by Marcia Walker
A couple are called into the school for their 10‐year‐old son’s unusual behaviour. When the teacher suggests an assessment and medication to help their son cope in class, the couple must come to terms with their own views on identity and raising a child.
Starring: Dalal Badr, Kevin Bundy and Sophie Goulet.
Thursday, Sept 22 - 7pm:
Lune by Aviva Armour-Ostroff
Miriam is a South African-born Jew living in Canada. When she has a bi‐polar episode, her politics rage out of control. Miriam’s 17-year‐old daughter, Eliza, tries to manage her mother’s illness at the expense of her own mental health.
Starring: Diane D'Aquila, Amy Keating and Araya Mengesha
Friday, Sept 23 - 7pm:
Osia by Jijo Quayson
A Ghanaian family grapples with their desire for a better future, whilst the youngest of the family, Harmosia, straddles two worlds ‐ real and fantasy ‐ as she tries to understand her surroundings.
Starring: Philip Akin, Nicole Nwokolo, Neema Bickersteth, Christopher Allen, and Akosua Amo-Adem.
Saturday, Sept 24 - 7pm:
Rose's Story by Meara Tubman-Broeren
Part verbatim, part not, Rose's Story is an older sister's attempt to document her younger sister's journey through the legal system as a survivor of sexual assault. Incorporating found text, interviews, and original writing, the play questions the meaning of victim hood, justice, and truth, while turning the lens on itself to ask how and why this story should be told.
Starring: Philip Aiken, Fiona Highet, Diana Luong and Haley McGee.
2016-09-16
Toronto: Nightwood Theatre announces Groundswell Festival readings schedule