Unity (1918)

Playwright: Kevin Kerr
Director: Barbara Kelly
Students: Third Studio, Year Two Group Two

In 1918, a small town in Saskatchewan is blindsided by the Spanish flu just as residents await the return of their men from WWI. Kerr’s play tells a story of loss and courage through the lives of young women clinging to hope despite the virus invading the fabric of their lives – a horror more deadly than the war itself. The charming townsfolk are driven to embrace life and fling themselves into their passions, tempering their grief with grit and faith. An intensely human and darkly comic saga that provides a glimpse into a forgotten moment in Canadian history.

Times

Performance Dates: Wednesday March 1st to Saturday March 4th
8:00 p.m.

Cast

Claudia-Nicole Benko – Rose
Bénédicte Mbaididje – Sissy
Marco Carreiro – Hart
Joey Crête – Michael
Marie-Rachelle D’Amour – Sunna
Christopher De Varennes – Michael
Abby Griffin – Doris / Chaperone
Melodie Irving – Mary
Jeffrey James – Hart
Phoebe Major Mewse – Beatrice
Castelina Massuda – Sissy
Isabella Robert – Beatrice
Ilie Stefanesa – Stan / Man 1