“…There wasn’t some magical civil rights wizard! Somebody, somewhere fought for it!”
Paper Plaid Theatre presents WE FEW THEY MANY by Kat Edwards
A group of Toronto based activists come together during the G20 of 2010. As the events of the summit unfold, so do the personal lives of those involved. This is a story for those of us battling what it means to be young, to desire a future, a family without the foundation of a career or a plan. What it is to be of a media obsessed and politically apathetic generation. What it is to seek justice and change in the midst of a conservative chaos. Can these five activists make being political “cool” again? Can they change the views of those battling against them during the summit, or will the media win out once again? This story is for those of us that have dreams of a more progressive Canada as we slowly succumb to corporatism and rampant privatization.
No Time for Dreams – What if you met a Salesman who sold happiness?
No Time for Dreams began as an exploration of the pursuit of happiness. What happens when a salesman arrives at your door and offers to fulfill all of your wants and desires? What happens when you don’t know what you want? In a series of memories and imaginings the salesman sets his sights on Gwendolyn Dodd planning to complete her life by tying up the loose ends of those around her. Her best friend, lover, and the quiet travelling musician who share her home slowly leave, and when there is no one but her and the salesman she is left with what has and could have been. A harmonization of traditional and physically derived storytelling, No Time for Dreams creates a world of loneliness and joy in the same instance.
BANNEDin three countries, DESTROYED at U.S. and British customs, and considered SHOCKING by some of the greatest literary minds of its day…..
…The memoir of a west Texas schoolteacher written in 1925
“It is perfectly clear to me that life is not worth living, but it is also equally clear that life is worth talking about.” –E. Gertrude Beasley
