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Smoked Glass Ceiling
A little Black girl from the US South lives through the civil rights era, becomes a broadcast executive in Canada and tells all.
The Magic Hour
The Magic Hour is a solo multidisciplinary performance spell that uses magic to investigate sexual violence, trauma and transformation. Working with traditions and practices of magic ranging from ancestral sacred charms to top-hat-and-rabbit illusions, the work presses the boundaries of public and private, hidden and revealed, to make visible what is not seen. The Magic Hour proposes a radical healing through the ritual of theatre by creating expansive acts that alter the meaning of materials and memories, and enacting power through invocation, repetition, witnessing and participation.
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Female roles
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Non-Binary Gender Non-Conforming roles
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Production and Publication
First produced
2017, The Theatre Centre, Toronto
Publication year
2017
Published by
Playwrights Canada Press
ISBN
9781770917972
Published in Queer / Play An Anthology of Queer Women's Performance and Plays. Playwright website: https://www.jessdobkin.com/jd_work/the-magic-hour/
Published in Queer / Play An Anthology of Queer Women's Performance and Plays. Playwright website: https://www.jessdobkin.com/jd_work/the-magic-hour/
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