Thursday May 9th Drowning Girls and Therac 25.
Showtimes: 4pm & 7pm. Both plays listed play at 4pm and 7pm. A short intermission will occur between each play.
Location: The Mini-Theatre
Admission is free.
Drowning Girls
by Beth Graham
Bessie, Alice and Margaret have two things in common: they are married to George Joseph Smith, and they are dead. Surfacing from the bathtubs they were drowned in, the three breathless brides gather evidence against their womanizing, murderous husband by reliving the shocking events leading up to their deaths. Reflecting on the misconceptions of love, married life, and the not-so-happily ever after, The Drowning Girls is both a breathtaking fantasia and a social critique, full of rich images, a myriad of characters, and lyrical language.
Therac 25
by Adam Pettle
The Therac-25 was a radiation therapy machine produced by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited in the mid 1980’s. The play Therac 25 stages a developing romance in the halls of a cancer treatment unit. The autobiographical scenario (Pettle received extensive treatment for thyroid cancer in the early 1990s) is handled with directness, honesty and gentle but relentless gallows humour.