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.
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Castor and Sylvie at the L Fest in Llandudno, Wales, July 2018
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 Jenny Salisbury Performed by Mary Ellen MacLean and Lori Nancy Kalamanski Music performed by Kate Reid Set and Costume Design by Sim Suzer Produced by Gailey Road Productions Out at School at the L Fest in Llandudno, Wales, July 2018
Out at School is a verbatim theatre piece based on interviews conducted with Canadian LGBTQ families about their experiences in schools. To date, our team of artist researchers have completed 36 interviews with families living in four different cities in Ontario and the suburbs and rural communities that surround them. The interviews are available at www.lgbtqfamiliesspeakout.ca The piece contains eleven verbatim monologues, a set of visual images to accompany the monologues, and two original songs which draw on a number of themes embedded in the monologues. In each verbatim monologue, the words of the people who were interviewed have been transcribed, edited, arranged, and re-contextualized so they can be performed on stage. Written by Tara Goldstein, Pam Baer, Jenny Salisbury Directed by Jenny Salisbury Performed by Tara Goldstein benjamin lee hicks Margot Huycke Lori Nancy Kalamanski Mary Ellen MacLean Kate Reid Jenny Salisbury Visual images created by benjamin lee hicks Music performed by Kate Reid Stage Manager: Edil Ga'al Produced by Gailey Road Productions |
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