Play Readings

At the Dart Gallery

She Said/He Said

Anne-Marie Woods

Aug 21 @ 6 pm

The Mother Club

Juanita Peters

Aug 22 @ 6 pm

The Sword of Jhansi

Sharada K. Eswar

Aug 23 @ 6 pm

Anne-Marie Woods is a member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada and her new play She Said/He Said takes a dramatic, comedic and painful look at black male/female relationships from the woman’s perspective. Using music, monologues, scenes, spoken word, and song, this show examines different scenarios and perspectives of painful experiences and asks the question, can black men and women actually come together? Woods’ aspirations for the script is that it will encourage what she views as a much needed conversation between men and women. The experiences in the script are relatable by all who have experienced love or heartache, no matter what their location or cultural background.

An original play by director Juanita Peters, The Mother Club is produced by San Family Productions in association with Onelight Theatre. It is a story of danger, courage, and love, about a family of women who are midwives and farmers in rural Nova Scotia in the 1930s and are forced to deal with a rape in the family. Juanita Peters is a maritime writer/actor/playwright whose career has spanned 30 years.

The Sword of Jhansi is the dramatization of the story of the relentless, ravishing, and India’s most celebrated warrior queen Rani Lakhshmi Bai and her mutiny against the the British Empire—in particular against Lord Dalhousie, son of George Ramsay, Governor of Nova Scotia. Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi was not only an embodiment of valour and nationalism but the icon of empowerment of women and the celebration of the girl child. Today, 155 years after her death, she still stands for woman power and courage. Set against the mileu of warfare, it is the story of 22-year old Rani Lakshmi Bai who dies a hero, a martyr for the cause of freedom.