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What A Young Wife Ought to Know
by Hannah Moscovitch
Set in Ottawa in the 1920s, this story takes us into the lives and bedrooms of women nearly a century ago, repressed by lack of sexual education and freedom. A powerful play by Ottawa’s award-winning playwright Hannah Moscovitch.
Cast & Creative
Liisa Repo-Martell
Sophie
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Theatre credits include: What A Young Wife Ought to Know (2b Theatre), The Boy in the Moon (Crows Theatre), The Watershed and Seeds (Porte Parole), Other Desert Cities (The Citadel Theatre) Creditors (Coalmine Theatre), Happy Place, Uncle Vanya, Antigone, The Lesson, School for Wives, Top Girls (Soulpepper) Eternal Hydra (Crow’s Theatre) Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stratford Festival) King Lear (Stratford Festival).
David Patrick Flemming
Johnny
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David Patrick Flemming was born and raised in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia.
Theatre credits included: Red Like Fruit (Soulpepper); Trayf ( Harold Green Theatre); Red Like Fruit (2B theatre); The Runner (Human Cargo); Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Nights Dream (Canadian Stage); What a Young Wife Ought To Know (2B, GCTC, The Grand, Crow's Theatre); Bunny (Stratford Festival); A City (Necessary Angel); Orphans (Coal Mine Theatre); 2 seasons with Shakespeare in the Ruff and 3 seasons with Shakespeare by the Sea. OTHER: To Ruth Anne, Jennifer, Jaclyn and of course, Grace.
Hannah Moscovitch
Playwright
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Hannah Moscovitch is an acclaimed Canadian playwright and TV writer whose work for the stage has been widely produced across Canada and internationally. She has won numerous accolades for her playwriting, including the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize and the Governor General’s Award. Past writing for the stage includes: East of Berlin, This is War, Bunny, Sexual Misconduct of the Middles Classes, and Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story (co-created with Ben Caplan and Christian Barry). In television, Hannah is the Co-Creator, Executive Producer and Head Writer of Little Bird for Bell Media and Rezolution alongside Jennifer Podemski. Most recently, Hannah was Co-Executive Producer on Interview With The Vampire for AMC with Gran Via and Dwight Street Book Club producing.
Rebecca Parent
Alma
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Rebecca Parent (she/her) is a theatre maker from Epekwitk (Prince Edward Island). She is co-founder of PEI indie company Kitbag Theatre, and bilingual coordinator of Ontario-based social arts organization Sheatre. For the Watermark: six seasons in the acting company, including Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion, Marianna Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility, and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet; director of A Christmas Carol and The Drawer Boy. A Christmas Carol, The Drawer Boy (Watermark Theatre). Other acting credits: W in LUNGS (Kitbag); Anne Shirley in Anne & Gilbert (Guild PEI); Alma in What A Young Wife Ought to Know (2b theatre). Other directing credits: Loin du coeur (Sheatre); The Songs of Johnny and June, Tuesdays & Sundays, Final Wave (Kitbag Theatre).