First Production. University of Toronto Hart House Drama Festival 2022.
Written by Maggie Tavares. Directed by Maggie Tavares.
Winner of the Audience Choice Award and Achievement in Set Design and Atmosphere Award of Merit. Festival adjudicated by Brian Postalian.
SYNOPSIS: On an unusually warm summer break in the early 1990s, Joan Francis is sent outside to garden her new home’s large courtyard for her quarrelling parents. In the garden, she meets a standoffish, mystery girl named Evelyn Barlowe. The two girls find themselves in a circumstantial friendship under the same night sky, and come to realize just how much they deserve each other’s company and love through sharing stories that are not yet their own to tell.
CAST:
Ava Azaria (JOAN)
Tammy Yu (EVELYN)
Aria De Castro (MARIA/CLEMENTINE)
Nezar El-Rayes (HUGO/JOSEPH)
CREW:
Samara Tower – Stage Manager
Avery McMillan – Lighting Designer
Gabriel Woo – Costume Design
Cass Iacovelli – Producer
Maggie Tavares – Set Design
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