Recent Events
Gailey Road was delighted with our  work-in-progress discussion about our new verbatim play Out at School  at the Canadian Association of Canadian Theatre (CATR) Conference on May 30, 2017.  ​Out at School is based on interviews with LGBTQ families about their experiences in Ontario Schools and is part of the LGBTQ Families Speak Out project (www.lgtbqfamiliesspeakout.ca).
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Past Events
​The Lesbian Lives Conference in Brighton, England February 24-25, 2017
Gailey Road travelled to Brighton, England to present a staged reading of Castor and Sylvie at the Lesbian Lives Conference.  The reading was enthusiastically received with an invitation to stage a full production of the play at The L Festival in England in July 2018 

Gailey Road's 10th Anniversary Party
January 22, 2017
We had a terrific celebration of Gailey Road's 10th anniversary with food, wine, beer, and, of course, birthday cake!  Founding Artistic Director Jocelyn Wickett was the MC of the event, and Pam Baer created a video celebrating 10 years of theatre by Gailey Road.  We also performed excerpts from our latest project Out at School, a verbatim play about the experiences of LGBTQ families at school written by Tara, Pam and Jenny.  The performance was layered by a stunning set visuals by Benjamin Lee Hicks (leehicks.weebly.com) and original music by singer songwriter Kate Reid (katereid.net).

 

LGBTQ Families Speak Out 2014-2020
An interview and performed ethnography research study on the experiences of LGBTQ families in Ontario schools. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada  from 2016-2019.

Past Performances
​2015

​Gailey Road proudly presented Castor and Sylvie at SummerWorks 2015, from August 8-16, 2015. 

Paris, France. 1980.  After the death of her life-long writing partner and friend Jean-Paul Sartre, feminist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir (Castor), author of The Second Sex, decides to adopt her mid-life companion Sylvie Le Bon as her daughter.  When Sylvie refuses to agree to the adoption, Beauvoir must persuade Sylvie to change her mind.   



  

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Cast and Artistic Team

Castor                                                    Mary Ellen MacLean
Sylvie                                                      Tina Sterling
Saxophonist                                          David Rubel

Playwright and Executive Producer   Tara Goldstein
Director                                                   Pam Baer

Production Designer                           Claire Cavanagh
Stage Manager                                     Simone Brodie
Graphic Designer                                 Lisa Rupchand
Artistic Associate                                  Jenny Salisbury
Producer                                               Margot Huycke
Assistant Producer/
Assistant Stage Manager                    Emma Smith

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Staged Reading of Castor and Sylvie, 2015

Staged Reading of Castor and Sylvie with Severn Thompson and Briony Glassco at the Festival of Original Theatre took place at the University of Toronto on February 7, 2015.




Click on the photo to see an excerpt.

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Staged Reading of La Casa de Harriet, 2014

In July 2014, Gailey Road brought La Casa de Harriet (Harriet’s House) to Bogotá, Colombia.  Tara Goldstein and the company produced

1. A performance of La Casa de Harriet (Harriet’s House) at La Festival Rosa hosted by Barraca Teatro in Bogotá, Colombia, Thursday July 24, 2014. 
2. A workshop about the experiences of adoptive same-sex families in schools using scenes from La Casa de Harriet for 80 teachers from the Bogotá District School Board, Friday July 25, 2014.  The workshop was hosted by IDEP (the Research Institute for Pedagogical and Educational Development which is part of the School Board) in Bogotá, Colombia.
3. Performance of La Casa de Harriet at the theatre at the Universidad Distrital Franciso José de Caldas in Bogotá, Colombia on Friday July 25, 2014.
4. Performance of La Casa de Harriet (Harriet’s House) for the Bogotá District School Board, hosted by IDEP Tuesday July 29, 2014. 

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Cast and Artistic Team

Harriet                                 Adelaida Corredor-Torres 
Luisa                                    Daisy Gelvez 
Ana                                      Paola Andrea Arcila Medina 
Claire                                   Mariana Gutquira 
Marty                                   Viriginia  Ariza
Anita                                    Claudia Plazas 

Playwright and Producer  Tara Goldstein
Director and translator     Jorge Arcila

Assistant Director              Claudia Muñoz

About Us

Founded in January 2007 by Toronto playwright 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.