HOMECHILD

March 12–April 12, 2009 | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage

By Joan MacLeod
Director Jane Heyman

A touching tale of memory and the endurance of love, Homechild highlights a little-known period in Canadian history and its reverberations through several generations.

Playwright Joan MacLeod has won numerous awards, including the Governor General's Award for Drama, two Chalmers’ Canadian Play Awards, the Jessie Richardson Award, Betty Mitchell Award, and Dora Mavor Moore Award. Her works have been translated into eight languages.

Praise for Joan MacLeod’s The Shape of a Girl:

“Sober and gripping” —The New York Times

“So powerful and real, it leaves you thinking about it long after the last line is spoken…brilliant, inspiring work” —Calgary Sun

“A stunning example of theatre’s singular power to interpret life’s tragedies so they have context and meaning” —Times Colonist