What a Young Wife Ought to
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Moscovitch's signature pairing of the ugly and the comedic is at its best blend to date. Young Wife's comedy is clear though not always comfortable – we are often laughing at the very things that make our stomachs turn. – GLOBE & MAIL Ladies, Gentlemen NEED TO SEE THIS PLAY because it shows where we were, the developments that we made and where we need to go now. – BROADWAY WORLD With its focus on pregnancy and childbirth, is SHOCKING and necessary. – TORONTO STAR Candid and intelligent. –NOW MAGAZINE It's 1920s working-class Ottawa, and young wife and mother Sophie is the host of the evening. We know her deceased sister will speak to her. We know her stable-boy husband makes very little money. We know that Sophie does not want more children. |
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THE PLAYWRIGHT:Hannah Moscovitch is an acclaimed Canadian playwright. Her work for the stage includes Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, East of Berlin, The Russian Play, Little One, This is War, Infinity,and Bunny.Her plays have been widely produced across Canada, as well as in the United States, Britain, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Germany, Japan, and Australia. She has won multiple awards, including the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, the Toronto Critic’s Award for Best New Canadian Play, both the Scotsman Fringe First and the Herald Angel Awards at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Trillium Book Award (the only playwright to win in the award’s thirty-year history), and the prestigious international Windham-Campbell Prize administered by the Beinecke Library at Yale University. She is a playwright-in-residence at Tarragon Theatre in Toronto.
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THE DIRECTOR:Rosemary Doyle is the newly appointed Artistic Producer of Theatre Kingston. Rosemary returns to Kingston after an almost 30-year theatrical voyage which has lead her back home. A graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC, she has performed at Shaw, Mirvish, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Kingston Summer Festival, Domino, Theatre 5, KST, and is the founding Artistic Director of the Red Sandcastle Theatre, the first independent storefront Theatre in Toronto’s East End. Her theatre inspired the “Storefront Movement,” which saw the creation of such theatres as The Storefront Theatre, Coalmine, and The Attic. As a director Rosemary’s directing highlights include, David Ives All in the Timing, David Hare’s Amy’s View and Shirley Barrie’s Last production of Queen Marie.
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THE CAST:
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Anna Sudac, Performer Anna Sudac is a multifaceted performer based out of Kingston, Ontario. In addition to public readings with the Dan School and Thousand Islands Playhouse, Anna has performed original pieces in the Storefront and Kick & Push festivals, acted in productions at H’Art Centre and starred in the 2017 film LIVE in Kingston.As a writer/performer with SALON Theatre, Anna co-created three musicals which toured nationally, as well as In Sir John A’s Footsteps, with Tourism Kingston. As a member of Calliope Collective, she has written, directed and performed in three large-scale Solstice events over the past two years.She has appeared in the Toronto Fringe and Montreal Sketch Comedy Festivals, and has MC’d many events, including with Theatre Kingston. Jesse MacMillan, Performer Jesse acted in Judith Thompson’s play Hothouse for Theatre Kingston, and designed sound and composed music for five plays over the past two years. Most recently, Jesse appeared as Johnny Cash in the Thousand Islands Playhouse’s production of Million Dollar Quartet. Anna and Jesse co-produced and acted in LIVE in Kingston, a Kingston-filled romantic comedy/multi-venue concert film by local filmmaker Jay Middaugh, which premiered in early 2017 at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival. Alexandra Montagnese*, Performer Toronto-based actor, puppeteer, and theatre creator, Alexandra was most recently seen in her solo show Public Mischief, the hit of the 2018 Kingston Fringe. She is a founding member of the Arts Collective LaPlante in Montreal, a founding member of Jot & Tittle Puppetry Collective, (whose production My Silly Yum! won the Kingston Storefront Festival Pick of the Fest in 2016). Alexandra has acted, and preformed puppetry and mask in numerous indoor and outdoor settings including SummerWorks, Kick & Push, Rhubarb, and Fringe Festivals across Canada. Companies with whom she has worked include Infinitheatre, Shadowland, Young People’s Theatre, Thousand Islands Playhouse, and Theatre Direct. * CAEA |
THE DESIGNERS:
Andrea Robertson-Walker(Costume and Set Design) is a favourite of Theatre Kingston. You have seen her work in Armstrong’s War(Set & Costume), Hothouse (Costume), Shipwrecked (Set & Costume), Pippin(co-pro with Blue Canoe) (Set & Costume). She has busied herself from Ralph Roister Doister (Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex UK) to Private Lives, Death and The Maiden, The Importance of Being Earnest (Plosive Productions, Ottawa); and As You Like It; The Merchant of Venice; Measure for Measure; The Taming of the Shrew; Trouble on Dibble Street; All’s Well That Ends Well; Twelfth Night; The Two Gentlemen of Verona (set only) and The Tempest.(St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival, Prescott.) She has won numerous awards including thePrix Rideau Award for Outstanding Costume Design and the Set and Costume design for Twelfth Night– Prix Rideau for Outstanding Production of the Year.
Kristen LeBoeuf (Lighting Designer) is a graduate of Queen’s University’s Stage and Screen Program turned local theatre artist who currently works in Kingston and the surrounding areas as a freelance lighting designer, production manager, technical director, and general stage technician. She is very excited for the chance to lighting design for Theatre Kingston, especially for such an intriguing show. Past lighting design credits include Spring Awakening (Blue Canoe, 2017), Harmless Little Home (QSB, 2017).
STAGE MANAGEMENT:
SHELBY VANLUVEN (STAGE MANAGER) is excited to make their Theatre Kingston AND stage Management debut with this fantastic show! Most recent show credits include Mamma Mia (Lighting Designer), Legally Blonde (Technical Director), and Toronto Fringe’sDominion (Lighting Designer).
JULIA RAFTERY (ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER, SOUND DESIGN) is so happy and proud to join this talented team of artists for her Theatre Kingston debut. Some recent credits include: Dominion (Stage Manager, Toronto Fringe), BFFs (Stage Manager, Kingston Fringe), Cabaret (Production Manager, QMT), Better Than Dying Alone (Stage Manager, Kingston Fringe),and Avenue Q (Stage Manager, QMT).
JULIA RAFTERY (ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER, SOUND DESIGN) is so happy and proud to join this talented team of artists for her Theatre Kingston debut. Some recent credits include: Dominion (Stage Manager, Toronto Fringe), BFFs (Stage Manager, Kingston Fringe), Cabaret (Production Manager, QMT), Better Than Dying Alone (Stage Manager, Kingston Fringe),and Avenue Q (Stage Manager, QMT).
