Clad in mid-century lingerie reminiscent of architecture as much as erotica, Dempsey recounts the mysteries, discomforts and delights found in the taboo subject of childhood sexuality. These stories tell tales of growing up lesbian: the allure of sleepovers; the frisson of “unmentionables” in the Eaton’s catalogue; the uncertain world from ages five to fifteen, marked by equal parts wonder and confusion. -- artist website
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Part I first performed: March 1994, Le Lion D’Or, Montréal, Québec Part II first performed: October 1994, Rumours bar, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2006
Playwrights Canada Press
9780887548642
(Out of Print) Included in Lesbian Plays, Coming of Age in Canada, ed. Rosalind Kerr; Artist website http://www.shawnadempseyandlorrimillan.net/#/highlands/.
(Out of Print) Included in Lesbian Plays, Coming of Age in Canada, ed. Rosalind Kerr; Artist website http://www.shawnadempseyandlorrimillan.net/#/highlands/.
Stylized
As lines between characters and actors – as well as observers and observed – blur, a dizzying series of vignettes builds to a climactic moment in which performance and reality collide, highlighting the absurdity of anti-Blackness in our society. Through facilitation and dialogue we must decide how to cope, resist and move forward.
Realistic
A classic revenge tale about two sisters that blends tragedy, typography, the Spaghetti Western, hip-hop and Afropunk.
