Recent Performances
Castor and Sylvie and Out at School
Nuit Rose, June 16, 2018
The L Fest in Llandudno, Wales, July 13-15, 2018
Gailey Road was delighted to participate in two festivals this summer.
Out at School was performed at Toronto's Nuit Rose in June 2018.
Castor and Sylvie and Out at School were performed at The L Fest in Llandudno, Wales, in July 2018.
Cast and Artistic Teams
Castor and Sylvie
Set between 1960 and 1986, Castor and Sylvie is a story about the love and friendship between French philosopher, writer and feminist Simone de Beauvoir (Castor) and her mid-life companion Sylvie Le Bon. While many people know about Simone de Beauvoir and her relationship with French existentialist Jean-PaulSartre, fewer know about her relationship with Le Bon. To legalize their relationship in 1980 Beauvoir was required to adopt Le Bon as her daughter. Castor and Sylvie explores this moment in their lives, a moment that took place thirty-three years before same-sex marriage was legalized in France.
Castor Mary Ellen MacLean
Sylvie Lori Nancy Kalamanski
Playwright Tara Goldstein
Director Jenny Salisbury
Designer Sim Suzer
Illustrations benjamin lee hicks
Music Kate Reid
Stage Manager Edil Ga'al
Castor Mary Ellen MacLean
Sylvie Lori Nancy Kalamanski
Playwright Tara Goldstein
Director Jenny Salisbury
Designer Sim Suzer
Illustrations benjamin lee hicks
Music Kate Reid
Stage Manager Edil Ga'al
Out at school
Out at School, is a verbatim theatre piece of about 40 minutes which is based on interviews with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) families about their experiences in Ontario elementary and secondary schools. The piece contains 11 monologues, each of which is accompanied by a visual image created by artist benjamin lee hicks. The monologues are performed by 7 different characters/performers. The performance includes two original songs “Pushing the Envelope” and "Let Love Be the Way" created by musician and songwriter Kate Reid from her engagement with the interviews and monologues.
Written and performed by the LGBTQ Families Speak Out Research Team
Tara Goldstein
Pam Baer
benjamin lee hicks
Kate Reid
Jenny Salisbury
With additional performances from
Margot Huycke
Mary Ellen MacLean
Lori Nancy Kalamanski
Director
Jenny Salisbury
Stage Manager
Edil Ga'al
Written and performed by the LGBTQ Families Speak Out Research Team
Tara Goldstein
Pam Baer
benjamin lee hicks
Kate Reid
Jenny Salisbury
With additional performances from
Margot Huycke
Mary Ellen MacLean
Lori Nancy Kalamanski
Director
Jenny Salisbury
Stage Manager
Edil Ga'al
About Us
Founded in January 2007 by Toronto playwright and artistic director Tara Goldstein, Gailey Road produces research-informed theatre on social and political issues that impact on us all. Our plays have been read, performed and discussed with a wide variety of audiences in high schools, universities, and conferences, the Toronto Fringe Festival, the Queer West Festival, the Toronto Pride Festival, La Festival Rosa in Bogotá, Colombia, and the Toronto SummerWorks Festival. In the fall of 2011, Gailey Road produced its first Women Writing Letters literary performance event. Women Writing Letters completed its fourth season in April 2015. In January 2017, Gailey Road celebrated its 10th anniversary. In the past 11 years, Gailey Road has worked with over 60 writers and 40 theatre artists.
