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CCLA/GCTC Lawyer Play 2024:
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Directed by Hugh Neilson
May 22nd, 23rd, 24th & 25th 2024
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) is an exuberant comedy and feminist revisioning of Shakespeare’s Othello and Romeo and Juliet. It takes us from a dusty office in Canada’s Queen’s University, into the fraught and furious worlds of two of Shakespeare’s best-known tragedies, and turns them upside-down.
Constance Ledbelly is the beleaguered “spinster” academic, and unlikely heroine who embarks on a quest for Shakespearean origins and, ultimately, her own identity. When she deciphers an ancient and neglected manuscript, Constance is propelled through a very modern rabbit hole and lands smack in the middle of the tragic turning points of each play in turn. Her attempts to save first Desdemona, then Juliet, from their harrowing fates, result in a wild unpredictable ride through comedy and near-tragedy, as mild-mannered Constance learns to love, sword-fight, dance Renaissance-style, and master a series of disguises…
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) a gender-bendy, big-hearted and crazily intelligent romp, where irony and anger sing in perfect harmony with innocence and poignancy.
“Clever, pointed and entertaining… This play is one of the wildest and wooliest feminist reappraisals that the theatre has seen, and one of the most intellectually ambitious.”- THE GLOBE AND MAIL
About the Preview Performance
Previews are public performances before the official opening to allow the director, design team, cast, and crew to make small adjustments to the show that weren't found during rehearsals before the gala performances.
What is the Lawyer Play?
The Lawyer Play is a major annual special event fundraiser that GCTC has been conducting for 24 years in partnership with the Carleton County Law Association. Each year, a volunteer cast of local lawyers and legal professionals take the stage in a show produced by GCTC. The event is a significant fundraiser for GCTC, and each year also supports a charity partner, chosen by the lawyers involved.
This year the fundraiser will also support QuickStart – Early Intervention for Autism. QuickStart assists children with autism in reaching their full potential by helping the children obtain early intervention, at the first signs of autism. QuickStart raises awareness and initiates programs to cut wait-times, build capacity, and promote improvements in early identification and intervention.
Showtimes
Preview Performance
Wed, May 22, 7:30pm (SOLD OUT)
Gala Nights
Thurs, May 23, 7:30pm
Fri, May 24, 7:30pm
Sat, May 25, 7:30pm
Ticket Prices
Preview: $50 (SOLD OUT)
Gala: $125
All Gala tickets purchased are eligible for a tax receipt. ($65 for early bird pricing, $75 for standard.)
Can't attend but want to support? Consider making a donation to the event.
Cast
Jennifer Bond - Constance for Act One
Amanda Montague-Reinholdt - Constance for Act Two
Tara Berish - Constance for Act Three
Andréa Baldy - Student and Lead of the Chorus
Axandre Lemours - Othello
Brett Hodgins - Mercutio
Carolyn Elliott-Magwood - Chorus Ensemble Member VI
Dahlia Shuhaibar - Chorus Ensemble Member V
Dan Moore - Iago
David Bannerman - Tybalt
Emily Crocco - Nurse
Geneviève Therrien - Chorus Ensemble Member - III
Hana Ahmad - Soldier and Chorus
Janice Payne - Ghost
Jonathan Constable - Romeo
Maggie MacDonald - Desdemona
Marcy Zlotnick - Chorus Ensemble Member I
Mitch Charness - Professor
Sarah Speevak - Ramona
Siobhan Morris - Juliet
Creative Team
Abigale Gagnon - Assistant Stage Manager
Alana Malanga - Stage Manager
Ali Berkok - Sound & Music Design
Diyah Sanwalka-Harris - Associate Costume Design
John Koensgen - Fight Direction
Kyle Ahluwalia - Lightning Design
Megan Piercey Monafu - Intimacy Direction
Stephanie Dahmer Brett - Set & Props Design
Vanessa Imeson - Costume Design
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