Kate Parr is smart, confident, and passionate: a rising star in a world of intense competition. But her obligatory marriage to Henry is rife with the threat of violence and the lure of deceit; her secret liaisons with Thom, her husband’s former brother-in-law, could send her to an early grave; and her devotion to the education and equal rights of Henry’s daughters is putting an even bigger strain on her marriage. Does Kate risk her life to gain authority in both her relationship and her political career? Which love will she be led to if she follows her heart? And what kind of future is there for her children if she makes a crucial mistake?
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2015, Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario
2015
Playwrights Canada Press
9781770914100
Part 1 of the Queenmaker Trilogy
Part 1 of the Queenmaker Trilogy
Stylized
A guide to mourning and healing for women of colour, written after the playwright and her daughter left an abusive relationship. As a group of women share their stories around a campfire, they pray for each other and give as much strength as their bodies will allow.
Stylized
A charismatic ex-suffragette in her 60s, runs a school for secretaries, aided by her zealous 30-ish teacher-lover. When she bumps into a childhood friend and learns that she and her sisters are living in poverty, all are invited into the school for secretaries, even though the older sisters are deliciously inept at the keys, and the younger is more interested in sexual revolution than a career in business. Enter an ex-doctor in his 30s about to embark on a life of leisure, and suddenly everyone erupts into discoveries, contradictions and epiphanies.
