Between the Sheets (play)
| Between the Sheets | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Jordi Mand |
| Characters | Teresa Marion |
| Date premiered | September 18, 2012 |
| Place premiered | Tarragon Theatre Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | A mother of a student approaches the teacher with several personal complaints. |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | Teresa's Third Grade Classroom[1] - Present |
Between the Sheets is a one-act play written by Jordi Mand. It received its first full production with Nightwood Theatre in Toronto in 2012, and it has also been produced by The Basement Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand in 2013 [2] and Pi Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 2014.[3]
The play deals with both special-needs children and sexual affairs, and includes drama and occasional suspense.
The script was released in print in 2014 by the Playwrights Canada Press.[4]
Characters
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Teresa | Alex's young third grade teacher. She is in an affair with Alex's father, Curtis. Since Marion is often away at her work, Teresa gets to know Alex very well and realizes that he may be suffering from serious ADD. |
| Marion | Alex's mother and Curtis's wife. Marion is a business woman, and therefore spends little time with her husband and son. After finding out that Teresa and Curtis are having an affair, she shows up unexpectedly at Teresa's parent-teacher interviews. |
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Alex | Marion and Curtis's seven-year-old son and Teresa's student. Due to spending more time with Curtis because of their affair, Teresa begins to think that Alex has serious ADD. |
| Curtis | Marion's husband who is having an affair with Teresa. |
Casts
| Character | Original Toronto cast (2012) | Original Auckland cast (2013) | Original Vancouver cast (2014) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teresa | Christine Horne | Beth Allen | Caitriona Murphy |
| Marion | Susan Coyne | Jennifer Ward-Lealand | Stephanie Moroz |
References
- ^ Cushman, Robert. Theatre review: Between the Sheets is Ibsen, Mamet & Strindberg all in one Archived May 31, 2014, at archive.today nationalpost.com, September 28, 2012
- ^ "What's On: Between the Sheets". Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
- ^ Pi Theatre: Between the Sheets Archived May 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Between the Sheets (print)". Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
External links
- Between the Sheets at the Playwrights Guild of Canada
- The Globe and Mail review, September 18, 2012
- The Globe and Mail review, September 25, 2012
- The National Post review, September 28, 2012
- The New Zealand Herald review, November 16, 2013
- The New Zealand Herald review, November 21, 2013
- The Georgia Straight review, March 11, 2014
- Vancity Buzz review