It is 1939 and a near-perfect world for Jennie ... a home of her own, a loving husband, a prosperous farm, electric light, planned indoor plumbing, a radio and a new hat .... until her entire world begins to fall apart....
Jennie's Story, by award winning Canadian playwright Betty Lambert, opened last night (Oct. 12) at the Phoenix Theatre for a two week run through Oct. 28. Set on the Prairies in 1938, the play recounts the story of a young woman whose life was tragically affected by the Alberta Sterilization Legislation that was not repealed until 1971.
Guest director of Jennie's Story is Linda Moore, currently artistic director of the Neptune Theatre in Halifax, and formerly a freelance director throughout Canada. She has been invited to bring the Neptune production of Jest in Time Meet Becket to the North American Beckett Festival at UVic next May.
Costume design is by Debra Hanson, one of Canada's foremost designers and head of design at the Stratford Festival from 1989 to 1994. She has accepted the position of faculty designer with the UVic Theatre School for the fall term.
Featured in the cast are Marlise Schweitzer in the title role of Jennie McGrane, Peter Balkwill as Harry McGrane, Charles Stuart Ross as Father Edward Fabrizeau, Jennifer Casssady as Edna Delevault and Michelle Monteil as Molly Dorval.
Faculty designer Allan Stichbury is set and lighting designer and sound is by Mike Hesler.
Dinner theatre reservations for Jennie's Story are each Tuesday of the run, Oct. 17 and Oct. 24. Ticket information and reservations are available by calling the Phoenix Box Office at 721-8000.
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