The Pandemic Plays

2002

SUMMERWORKS, TORONTO (PLAY 2)

2001

DEVELOPED AS A RADIO SHORT PLAY THROUGH CBC'S NEW VOICES (PLAY 3)

1999

A STAGED READING AT THEATRE PASSE MURAILLE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE LAIDLAW FOUNDATION (PLAYS 1 AND 2)

*Script available at the Toronto Fringe Festival Play library

Three love stories which defy the odds of survival. A trilogy of plays designed to be performed in repertory, using the same actors to play different characters.

play 1

THE BURNING WOMAN

DIRECTED BY

Sanjay Talwar

ASST.DIRECTOR/STAGE MANAGER BY

Kimberly Radmacher

PERFORMED BY

Jason Charters & Victoria Goring

DRAMATURGY BY

Sanjay Talwar

During the flu pandemic of 1918-1919, over 25 million perished worldwide. An estranged brother and sister sort through the belongings of their recently deceased grandparents, uncovering a bittersweet love story The emotional impact of the flu pandemic echoes through the generations.

play 2

SHORTNESS OF BREATH

DIRECTED BY

Janet-Laine Green

ASST.DIRECTOR/STAGE MANAGER BY

Daniel Minsky

PERFORMED BY

Conrad Bergschneider, Greg Morris, Victoria Goring, Katherine Warren.

ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSED & PERFORMED BY

Archie Hughes

The future: Allergens have made it impossible for mankind to go outdoors, except in state-of-the-art suits which enable a courageous few to postpone the inevitable. Norman wakes into this poisoned world. Frustrated by the holes in his memory and desperate to cling to the brightness of his past, Norman, and this decaying civilization, desperately struggle to regain their breath.

play 3

ABSENCE OF WEIGHT

The present: A majority say they would prefer a good night's sleep over sex. Joy and Francis have become unmoored, unable to recapture the weight of their relationship. Joy becomes uncontrollably insomniac, while Francis is addicted to his slumbering world. They are finally brought back to each other when they connect their metaphorical dream world to their waking reality.