Don’t Talk to Me Like I’m Your Wife (2016)
Produced by
Presented by
The SummerWorks Performance Festival
Playwright: Andrea Scott
Director: Andrew Lamb
Venue
The Theatre Centre – Franco Boni Theatre
Run
August 4th, 2016 – August 14th, 2016
Synopsis
On October 15, 1917, famed femme fatale and exotic dancer Mata Hari was shot at dawn for spying. Is it possible that a woman’s sexual prowess caused the deaths of 50,000 Frenchmen, or is it more believable that a woman with sexual agency could be seen as a threat? Don’t Talk to Me Like I’m Your Wife looks back at a time when women were to be seen and not heard. Before the Suffragette movement and during the Great War, two women in Saint Lazare Prison – one Dutch and the other Afro-French – commiserate and fight over who deserves to be seen. Over 100 years later, the argument continues between a feminist male history professor and his student on the relevance of feminism, identity, and historical revisionism searching for heroes. When is slut shaming okay? Can a woman today disavow herself of feminism? And is it alright to get married and not put a ring on it? Sometimes you have to look back in order to move forward. (summerworks.ca)
Cast
| David Christo | Professor Chris Locke |
| Lisa Karen Cox | Héléne Thibadault / Karen Sinclair |
| Jeff Lillico | French Guard / Soldier |
| Kimwun Perehinec | Mata Hari |
| Paula Wing | Sister Leonide |
Creative Team
| Andrea Scott | Playwright |
| Andrew Lamb | Director |
| Michelle Ramsay | Lighting Designer |
| Verne Good | Sound Designer |
| Melanie McNeill | Costume Designer |
| Melanie McNeill | Set Designer |
Production
| Farnoosh Talebpour | Stage Manager |
| Klaus Kampert | Program Cover Photo |
