Synopses & Reviews
Two plays by award-winning playwright Joan MacLeod. Little Sister was first performed at Theatre Direct in Toronto in 1994 and won the Chalmers Canadian Play Award, Theatre for Young Audiences in 1995. The Hope Slide was first performed at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto in 1992 and won the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award in 1993.
Synopsis
One of these plays uses natural disaster as a metaphor for the AIDS crisis; the other tackles issues of self-image.
About the Author
Joan MacLeod Multiple Betty Mitchell, Chalmers, Dora and Governor Generals Award-winning author Joan MacLeod grew up in North Vancouver.
Now an internationally celebrated star of the world of the theatre, MacLeod developed her finely honed playwriting skills during seven seasons as playwright-in-residence at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, and turned her hand to opera with her libretto for The Secret Garden, which won a Dora Award.
In 1991, her play Amigos Blue Guitar won the Governor Generals Drama Award.