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Harriet's House 2010
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Hart House Theatre at the University of Toronto
Harriet’s Kitchen
Supinder Wraich* as Luisa
Jorie Morrow as Anita (left), and Joanne Latimer* as Harriet (right)

Synopsis

Cast and Artistic Team:

A contemporary drama of a mother and three daughters negotiating the challenges and politics of transnational adoption in a same-sex family. Harriet reluctantly gives 17-year old Luisa permission to return to the Catholic orphanage in Bogotá where she spent three years of her childhood.  But when she falls seriously ill, Harriet travels to Bogotá with her new partner Marty to bring Luisa home. Harriet’s House premiered at Hart House Theatre in Toronto on July 2, 2010 as part of the 30th Toronto Pride Festival and drew an audience of 450 over its three-performance run.
Harriet:                                   Joanne Latimer
Luisa:                                      Supinder Wraich
Ana:                                        Rebecca Applebaum
Clare:                                      Esteé Feldman
Marty:                                     Julie Burris
Anita:                                      Jorie Morrow


Playwright and Producer:  Tara Goldstein, 
Director:                                Jocelyn Wickett

Production Manager:         Gillian Lewis
Stage Manager:                   Tara Mohan

Graphic Designer:               Lisa Rupchand
Lighting Designer:               Wade Gamble
Assistant Producer:             Monica Nunes

Photography:                        Jake Goldstein
Production Designer:          Esther Kim
Sound Designer:                  Dan Parker


Harriet: Joanne Latimer
Luísa: Supinder Wraich*
Ana: Rebecca Applebaum*
Clare: Estée Feldman
Marty: Julie Burris
Anita: Jorie Morrow
*Joanne Latimer, Supinder Wraich, and Rebecca Applebaum appeared with the permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.

Scripts

The script for Harriet’s House can be found here
The Discussion Guide for Harriet’s House can be found here

Spanish Translations

The Spanish translation of Harriet’s House by Jorge Arcila can be found here
The Spanish translation of the Discussion Guide by Jorge Arcila can be found here

Staging Harriet's House

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In Staging Harriet’s House Tara Goldstein tells the story of how she wrote and staged her research-informed play Harriet’s House for Toronto’s 2010 Pride Festival. In telling her story, Tara provides a comprehensive guide to researching, writing, funding, producing and assessing research-informed theatre. The book contains the script that was used to stage the Pride production of Harriet’s House and a selected bibliography of writing on research-informed theatre.

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Digital Recording of Harriet's House

Scene 1: Home
Scene 2: Hola!
Scene 3: Out
Scene 4: Seder's For Family
Scene 5: Welcome Home
Scene 6: Real Mother
Scene 7: Moving
Scene 8: No Regrets
Scene 9: Bogota
Scene 10: Sisters
Scene 11: Reconciliation
Scene 12: Guardian
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