SAMC Theatre

Show Info

The future of education is at stake! It’s 1896 and the women of Girton College are seeking the right to graduate from Cambridge. The students are faced daily with challenges and obstacles threatening to derail their quest for knowledge. First year Tess Moffat has a more difficult choice: pick love and an unfulfilled education, or fight for her place at school and commit to a lonely, difficult life. Times are changing but there’s hope for the twentieth-century.

This groundbreaking work by Jessica Swale, who notably directed the first play by a woman at Shakespeare’s Globe, earned her an Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright nomination in 2013.

Starring: Jack Derrenbacker, Lex Diersch, Leighton Hoffman, Cameron Lebold, Kiara McCarthy, Madalyn McMillan, Grace Moore, Sacha Mugisha, Berke Mutaf, Kerri Norris, Cath de la Rambelje, Aagaaz Sandhu, Seth Schouten, Carissa Tuininga, James Vandermeulen, Alex Walker, Sarah Grace Wiedenheft, Tahlia Wine
Director: Rebecca Martin
Set Designer: Cecilia Vadala
Costume Designer: Aeron Elcheshen
Lighting Designer: Keagan Elrick
Stage Manager: Rui Zi Lin
Assistant Stage Manager: Evie O’Brien

Content Advisory: Two scenes which depict smoking (unlit) and drinking, a short scene with violence, discussion of anatomy and women’s health in a historical context. Brief use of theatrical fog in two scenes. Scene that may be startling to those with sound sensitivities. For specifics on these show elements please email Kate.Woo@twu.ca

With four distinct theatrical productions, SAMC Theatre aims to stretch students while providing quality cultural experience and enlightening entertainment to audiences on campus and beyond.

SAMC Theatre also hosts 24 Hour Theatre, class recitals, and a late-night, bi-weekly improv comedy show called 11:07, alternate Friday nights at...you guessed it...11:07. Tickets are $3 and are available at the door.