What a Young Wife Ought to Know
Schedule
Fri, 24 Mar, 2023 at 08:00 pm to Sat, 01 Apr, 2023 at 09:30 pm
Location
Performance Works | Vancouver, BC
Excavation Theatre presents Hannah Moscovitch's What a Young Wife Ought to Know - an unflinching look at love, sex, and fertility.About this Event
What a Young Wife Ought to Know By Hannah Moscovitch
"JUST DON’T LIE DOWN AND NO CHILD WILL COME."
It’s Ottawa in the 1920s, pre-legalized birth control. Sophie, a young working-class girl, falls madly in love with and marries a stable-hand named Jonny. After two difficult childbirths, doctors tell Sophie she shouldn’t have any more children, but don’t tell her how to prevent it. When Sophie inevitably becomes pregnant again, she faces a grim dilemma.
In an unflinching look at love, sex, and fertility, and inspired by real stories of mothers during the Canadian birth-control movement of the early twentieth century, one of Canada’s most celebrated playwrights vividly recreates a couple’s struggles with reproduction.
Performance Works, Granville Island
March 24 – April 1 2023
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*Allergy Warning: Hay
*TW: sexual content, domestic violence, abortion, miscarriage
ACCESSIBILITY
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CAST
SOPHIE: Bronwyn Henderson
JONNY: Michael Briganti
ALMA: Charlotte Wright
CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: Jessica Anne Nelson
STAGE MANAGER: Gabriella Hu
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR/LIGHTING DESIGNER: Victoria Bell
SET DESIGNER: Kimira Reddy
SOUND DESIGNER: Jack Goodison
COSTUME DESIGNER/INTIMACY DIRECTOR: Michelle Thorne
FIGHT DIRECTOR: Mike Kovac
ACCENT COACH: Adam Henderson
ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM
PRODUCERS: Jessica Anne Nelson & Bronwyn Henderson
MARKETING: supported by Events Plus Management
PHOTOGRAPHER: Matt Reznek Creative
Where is it happening?
Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, CanadaCAD 30.00
