Inspired by the playwright's experience as a refugee from Colombia in the 1980's, Lizardboy unravels the story of a family stained by the vibrancy and tragedy of that chaotic world.
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Solo show with monologue potential
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2011, Summerworks, Toronto
2013
Playwrights Canada
978-1-77091-147-5
included in Fronteras Vivientes, 8 Latino/a Canadian Plays, edited by Natalie Alvarez
included in Fronteras Vivientes, 8 Latino/a Canadian Plays, edited by Natalie Alvarez
Realistic
As Lucy Chu reflects on her first year as an immigrant in Canada in 1969, she explores the convergence of lives when, amidst post-World War II tensions, her Chinese family moves in next door to, Mr. Yamamoto, a Japanese-Canadian man who was interned during the war. As Mr. Yamamoto gets closer to each member of the Chu family, he helps them navigate the waters of assimilation while also forcing them to deal with their own prejudices.
Stylized
Exploring the different ways of being a woman in our society – specifically, a young lesbian woman – writer/director Corrina Hodgson juggles time, place, characters and alternate realities in marvelously theatrical fashion. At the center of the story is troubled, imaginative teenager Ginny, dealing with a prom-obsessed gal pal with whom she’s fooled around , a demanding mother, a manipulative lesbian lawyer and a psychologist with problems of his own. -Summerworks '04
