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4th Line Theatre, Ontario, canada >>>

2002

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ISBN : 0-88922-508-7

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history: pageant play: comedy with music (mostly a cappella), 135 min

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1+

7+

3-5 children. Total : 11 or as many as desired

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Synopsis: For Home and Country is a story of the sustaining power of women's friendships; and of the history of the Women's Institutes, which began as "the rural women's university" and became a powerful force for social and personal change. It's a celebration of an amazing piece of women's history, told with all the songs and pageantry of popular theatre: it's also an intimate tale of Judy, a jaded urban feminist, and Lorna, a strong-minded country woman, as they struggle to understand each other. Above all, it's tremendous fun.

Blyth Festival

2006

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Talon Books, Vancouver, BC

2007

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Play/Drama

4-5

5-6

May include 7 children

Notes: Perfect for either a small troupe of versatile character actors or a large group of adults and children, it can be done with various kinds of casting and various amounts of doubling. For example, 9 adult actors of whom 8 double as children, or 7 children who play the students alongside 3-6 adult actors. 22 speaking roles in all.

Synopsis: The time: 1938. The place: S.S. #1 Jericho School, a one-room schoolhouse in a farming area just outside the fictional village of Baker's Creek. The story: a delightful but unmanageable group of children finally meets its match -- Melita Linton, an 18-year-old teacher fresh out of Normal School. But Miss Linton soon faces an even bigger challenge, in the form of Ewart, a menacing and mysterious juvenile delinquent sent to "straighten out" on a farm after doing time in Battenville Training School. The play chronicles Miss Linton's struggle to connect with a boy who has shut down from everyone, including himself -- and to persuade their cautious, conservative, and close-knit community to open its arms to the troubled young man in their midst. With a clear-eyed and unsentimental gaze, Schoolhouse explores timeless themes of rejection, of compassion, of damage, of hope. At the same time, with genuine warmth and irrepressible humour, it brilliantly evokes a way of life shared by generations of rural people. The result is a rich and winning tale that has enchanted sold-out audiences in numerous productions. The play culminates in an unforgettable version of that most beloved of one-room school institutions: the annual Christmas concert.

Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto >>>

2000

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Talon Books, Vancouver, BC

2002

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Play/Drama

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8

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Synopsis: Eight women. Sex. Fate. race. Power. And the nature of cruelty. Multiple stories are united by a search party for a missing woman, as victims and victimisers collide in unexpected ways. Warning: black humour abounds