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À toi, pour toujours, ta Marie-Lou
Having become a western singer, Carmen returns to her family home, where her sister Manon is living, a young pious and single woman who is obsessed with the tragic death of their parents. Struggling over the need to live and to honour their memory, the two sisters confront each other with different versions of the past and the truth. Mixed in with their discussions are bitter scenes from their parents past. Under the same roof ten years earlier, Léopold and Marie-Lou’s merciless verbal sparring will seal the terrible fate of their loveless couple. Mixing the present with the past, this Quebecois classic, written by one of the province’s biggest icons, lets us see four versions of a singular drama, four faces of an era marked by religion, destitution and the unsaid.
Credits
Production: Théâtre la Seizième
Script: Michel Tremblay
Stage Direction: Craig Holzschuh
Cast: Siona Gareau Brennan, Joey Lespérance, France Perras and Julie Trépanier
Production Team: Jeremy Baxter, Mishelle Cuttler, Drew Facey, Cory Haas and Susan Miyagishima
English Translation: Bill Glassco and John Van Burek
Awards and nominations
– PRIX : Jessie Richardson Award, Outstanding Production (Théâtre la Seizième)
– PRIX : Jessie Richardson Award, Outstanding Direction (Craig Holzschuh)
– PRIX : Jessie Richardson Award, Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role (France Perras)
– PRIX : Jessie Richardson Award, Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role (Joey Lespérance)
– PRIX : Jessie Richardson Award, Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role (Julie Trépanier)
– PRIX : Jessie Richardson Award, Outstanding Set Design (Drew Facey)
– NOMINATION: Jessie Richardson Award, Outstanding Lighting Design : Jeremy Baxter
– NOMINATION: Jessie Richardson Award, Outstanding Costumes Design : Drew Face
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