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Tara Goldstein
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Current Arts-Based Research: The Experiences of LGBTQ Families in Ontario Schools
I am currently working on six-year research study about the experiences of LGBTQ families on Ontario Schools (2014-2020), which has been funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada for three years (2016-2019). My research team and I are gathering video interviews with LGBTQ families across Ontario and sharing their experiences on our website: lgbtqfamiliesspeakout.ca
We are also creating a verbatim theatre performance based on the interviews called Out at School.
We excited to present early findings of our research and a work-in-progress discussion of Out at School at the Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE) and the Canadian Association of Canadian Theatre (CATR) conferences in May 2017.
I am currently working on six-year research study about the experiences of LGBTQ families on Ontario Schools (2014-2020), which has been funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada for three years (2016-2019). My research team and I are gathering video interviews with LGBTQ families across Ontario and sharing their experiences on our website: lgbtqfamiliesspeakout.ca
We are also creating a verbatim theatre performance based on the interviews called Out at School.
We excited to present early findings of our research and a work-in-progress discussion of Out at School at the Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE) and the Canadian Association of Canadian Theatre (CATR) conferences in May 2017.
Recent Performances
Castor and Sylvie
“Commitment is an act, not a word”.
Jean-Paul Sartre 1971
Paris, France. 1980. After the death of her life-long writing partner and friend Jean-Paul Sartre, feminist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir (Castor), author of The Second Sex, decides to adopt her mid-life companion Sylvie Le Bon as her daughter. When Sylvie refuses to agree to the adoption, Beauvoir must persuade Sylvie to change her mind.
Informed by biographies of Beauvoir and interviews with Le Bon, the play imagines and interprets this one moment in the women’s 26-year relationship and stages other important moments in the family life they created together long before such a family was recognized legally anywhere in the world.
Written by Tara Goldstein
Directed by Pamela Baer
Performed by Mary Ellen MacLean and Tina Sterling
Set and Costume Design by Claire Cavanagh
Staged Managed by Simone Brodie
Produced by Gailey Road Productions
Executive Producer: Tara Goldstein
Producer: Margot Huycke
Assistant Producer: Emma Smith
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Castor and Sylvie
“Commitment is an act, not a word”.
Jean-Paul Sartre 1971
Paris, France. 1980. After the death of her life-long writing partner and friend Jean-Paul Sartre, feminist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir (Castor), author of The Second Sex, decides to adopt her mid-life companion Sylvie Le Bon as her daughter. When Sylvie refuses to agree to the adoption, Beauvoir must persuade Sylvie to change her mind.
Informed by biographies of Beauvoir and interviews with Le Bon, the play imagines and interprets this one moment in the women’s 26-year relationship and stages other important moments in the family life they created together long before such a family was recognized legally anywhere in the world.
Written by Tara Goldstein
Directed by Pamela Baer
Performed by Mary Ellen MacLean and Tina Sterling
Set and Costume Design by Claire Cavanagh
Staged Managed by Simone Brodie
Produced by Gailey Road Productions
Executive Producer: Tara Goldstein
Producer: Margot Huycke
Assistant Producer: Emma Smith
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