The surprise visit of 30-something writer to her birthplace, Sydney Nova Scotia with her black biker-dyke lover. Terry's trip home after a 6 year absence ends with her official coming-out scene with her mother and aunt/grandmother. One of the first lesbian coming-out plays in Canada
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1988, Groundswell Festival, Toronto
2006
Playwrights Canada Press
0-88754-864-4
included in "Lesbian Plays, Coming of Age in Canada", edited by Rosalind Kerr
included in "Lesbian Plays, Coming of Age in Canada", edited by Rosalind Kerr
Realistic
Struggles with addiction, friendship, love, and the challenges of adulthood are at the center of the story. Jackie, a petty drug dealer, is just out of prison and trying to stay clean. He's also still in love with his coke-addicted childhood sweetheart, Veronica. Ralph D. is Jackie's too-smooth, slightly slippery sponsor. He's married to the bitter and disaffected Victoria, who has the hots for Jackie.
Realistic
A nuanced play about a retired police officer faced with eviction that uses dark comedy to confront questions of life and death. Walter "Pops" Washington is a retired New York City policeman. His wife has died and his son, "Junior", has just been released from jail. They live in a rent-controlled apartment on Riverside Drive in New York City. Junior's girlfriend, Lulu, and Oswaldo, a recovering addict, also spend time at the apartment. Walter has been pursuing a discrimination suit against the Police Department, because he was accidentally shot by another police officer.
