The Grade 12 Plays – A Collection of Eight Modern Canadian Works from our Graduating Students in the Drama Department
Showtimes: Both plays listed play at 4pm and 7pm. A short intermission will occur between each play.
Location: The Mini-Theatre
Admission is free.
The Pessimist
by Morwyn Brebner
Brebner places us in a farmhouse somewhere in Ontario where a dying theatre director Marcus has decided to stage a play at a nearby garbage dump. His wife Suzanne is happily having an affair with the live-in playwright until Marcus brings home a buxom local teenager to be the star. Meanwhile, an inexperienced political candidate keeps dropping by and the insomniac Suzanne keeps seeing mysterious things in the dark.
The Dream of the Burning Boy
by David West Read
Since the sudden death of his favorite student, high-school teacher Larry Morrow has been falling asleep at his desk and dreaming. The school’s guidance counselor is hanging inspirational posters designed to help everyone “process their emotions.” The student’s sister and friends—more agitated and hormonal than usual—find little solace in Dante’s Inferno.