October 25-28, 2001 Mackenzie Theatre, Charlottetown Written by: Margaret Edson Director: Jeanne Henry, with Suzanne Jones Stage Manager: Wallena Higgins Producer: Gerry Gray Properties and Costumes: Graham Lea, Marion MacKinnon, UPEI School of Nursing Graphic Designer: Joy Tremblay Cast: Barbara Rhodenhizer, Joan Laidlaw, Stuart Smith, Kim Gillis, Joel Meggs, John Conway, Jennifer Campbell, Aldera Chisholm, Jeff Coll, Ralph Hudson
This Pulitzer-prize-winning play, later a movie starring Emma Thompson, features an uncompromising, detached English professor who must learn compassion through the ordeal of her own, ultimately unsuccessful, cancer treatment. As she is also the narrator of the play, this character (Barbara Rhodenhizer) never leaves the stage and has 80% of the lines. The final performance was followed by a panel discussion organized by the Cancer Society.
