1975, Lethbridge Alberta. When the Monoghan sisters lose their parents in a car accident, Deirdre remains as the sole caregiver to her older sister, Isabelle who suffers the affect of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.. Just as Deirdre is poised to enter university and begin exploring her own future and independence, she must choose how much of her own life she will sacrifice for the love of Isabelle. Deirdre is barely staying afloat under the strain of this reality when hope arrives in the form of gorgeous vacuum cleaner salesman Freddie Seven Horses. Both sisters find in Freddie a new world of unexplored emotions and ideas.
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1 monologue for young woman in her 20's
Two-person scenes between: Indigenous sisters; young Indigenous man and young qoman; Older woman neighbour and sisters
2004, Native Earth, Toronto, Ontario
2006
Playwrights Canada Press
9780887546129
Stylized
Story of a son's relationship with his late mother, and how she inspired his passion for theatre and his love of life. Starting from his mother’s birth and carrying through all the way until her passing, topics range all the way from religion and sexuality to country music and Meryl Streep.
Plays with Music
Sierra Carvery is a young Black woman from Halifax, Nova Scotia who, as she completes a university history paper, gets distracted by thoughts about down home and heading back for the Africville Reunion. She recounts these experiences through storytelling, song and spoken word. Scotian Journey reveals the history and stories about Nova Scotia that are still relevant today, but not yet in the history books.
