Beyond the Stage
HISTORICAL DRAMA
Bluebirds
by Vern Thiessen
Sunday, November 19th, 2:00 PM
Peterborough Theatre Guild, Mainstage
France 1918
Nurses Christy, Maggie and Babs have crossed oceans to care for wounded Canadian soldiers in the Great War. Despite the terrible injuries they must deal with, they manage to stay hopeful as the dangers at the front grow closer to their hospital. As they become accustomed to their duties and patients, they reveal personal details of their lives and share their stories through letters to loved ones.
COMEDY
Opening Night
by Norm Foster
Sunday, January 21st, 2:00 PM
Peterborough Theatre Guild, Mainstage
Madcap antics start as Jack and Ruth Tisdale celebrate their 25th anniversary with an evening at the Theatre. It's a dream come true for Ruth and an imposition for Jack who would rather be at home watching the World Series. However, after the events both on and off the stage that fateful night, their lives and the lives of all involved are irreparably altered.
DRAMA
Trying
by Joanna McClelland Glass
Sunday, February 25th, 2:00 PM
Peterborough Theatre Guild, Mainstage
This play depicts the final year in the life of Francis Biddle, US Attorney General under FDR and Chief Judge at the Nuremberg trials. His final years are seen through the eyes of his 25 year old assistant, Sarah Shor. She is the latest and coincidentally the last in a long and unsuccessful line of personal secretaries, all of whom have disappointed Biddle in some way. Much of the story revolves around issues of aging and the breakdown of communication over divisions of age and class.
comedy
Shorthanded
By Michael Grant
Sunday, March 24th, 2:00 PM
Peterborough Theatre Guild, Mainstage
This is a comedy about lost dreams and second chances, communities and loyalties, and team playing. It explores the trials and tribulations of middle aged men's lives and most importantly, their friendships. It examines to what ends we would go for our friends and the pursuit of their dreams.
HISTORICAL DRAMA
Silent Sky
By Lauren Gunderson
Sunday, April 21st, 2:00 PM
Peterborough Theatre Guild, Mainstage
Henrietta Leavitt, begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900's. She is not allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead she joins a group of women "computers" charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in "girl hours" and has no time for women's probing theories. In her free time, Henrietta attempts to measure the light and distance of stars, but she must also take the measure of her life on Earth, trying to balance her dedication to science with family obligations and the possibility of love.
CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN COMEDY
Surrender, Dorothy
by Liz Best
Sunday, May 26th, 2:00 PM
Peterborough Theatre Guild, Mainstage
Online dating has been around for a while but it isn't something most of us over 50 would ever consider, right? Until Ally, in her 50's, meets someone-online! She insists on sharing her joy and online experience with four seasoned friends. What follows is a hilarious, rueful, touching examination of the murky, ambush laden search for connections, even love, as played out on the net. Snappy dialogue, penetrating insights as five clever women support each other in taking risks and learning to live again , even when their hearts are broken.