Winner of the 2017 Centre du Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui's People's Choice Dramatic Author of the Year
Winner of the 2019 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards Outstanding Original Script
With spark and spunk, these two dark yet absurdly charming comedies offer a kaleidoscopic perspective of those who are destined to go down a lonely path and those who choose to share the weight of others' journeys.
In Wildfire, three odd triplets, two misfits, and one misunderstood woman are all burning with solitude and desire. Through an exploration of heredity and fate, these seemingly ordinary characters choose to struggle against their isolation in extraordinary yet relatable ways.
In The Shoe, a weary mother, her perplexing son, their shy dentist, and his cocktail-sipping receptionist find themselves drawn together to face problems too daunting to deal with alone. From meltdowns to moments of tenderness, each of them are called on to find reserves of strength and empathy they never knew they had.
About the Author: David Paquet is a graduate in playwriting from the National Theatre School of Canada (2006) and lives in Montreal. His plays Porc-épic; 2h14; Appels entrants illimités; Les Grands-mères mortes (co-authored with Karine Sauvé); Le Brasier; Histoires à plumes et à poils (co-authored with Érika Tremblay Roy and Marie-Hélène Larose-Truchon); Le Soulier; Chansons pour le musée (co-authored with Karine Sauvé); Le Poids des fourmis; and Papiers mâchés and Le Voilier (manifeste du fragile), two one-man shows of stand-up poetry he performs himself, have gathered international praise and been produced in more than twelve countries all over North America and Europe. They have cumulatively won the Governor General's Literary Award, the Michel-Tremblay Award, the Sony-Labou-Tansi Award (twice), the Young Audiences Quebec Critic's Choice Award (twice) and the Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui Audience's Choice Award.
Leanna Brodie is a playwright and actor who grew up unilingual in a small Ontario village and now translates some of the most acclaimed Québécois and Canadian playwrights of our time. Her most recent work includes Rébecca Déraspe's I Am William (Stratford Festival, Théâtre le Clou) and You Are Happy (GCTC, Red Theater Chicago); Catherine Léger's I Lost My Husband! (Gateway Theatre/Ruby Slippers Theatre, Persephone Theatre); and Mohsen El Gharbi's Omi Mouna (Impact Festival, Infinithéâtre). For information on upcoming projects with David Paquet, Rébecca Déraspe, Fanny Britt, Philippe Soldevila, Olivier Sylvestre, Sébastien Harrisson, Angela Konrad, Anaïs Pellin, and others, visit leannabrodie.com.
