What a Young Wife Ought to Know

What a Young Wife Ought to Know

by Hannah Moscovitch

November 15– December 2, 2018

An affirming and affecting production - Colin Maclean, gigcity.ca
What a Young Wife Ought to Know

What a Young Wife Ought to Know
by Hannah Moscovitch

Inspired by true stories of young women during the birth control movement in the early 20th century, this unflinching love story follows a young working class woman in Ottawa. In a time where information on sexual health is withheld from her, Sophie is forced to exist in a society that refuses to acknowledge her as a person with desire, lust, and passion.

What a Young Wife Ought to Know is loosely inspired by Dear Dr. Stopes: Sex in the 1920s, a compilation of the letters sent to the British birth control advocate, Dr. Marie Stopes, as well as by another book of similar letters published in 1915, titled Maternity: Letters From Working Women edited by Margaret Llewelyn Davies. There are phrases and turns of phrase lifted directly from the letters in the text.

Featuring: Merran Carr-Wiggin, Bobbi Goddard & Cole Humeny
Director: Marianne Copithorne
Set & Costume Designer: Tessa Stamp
Lighting Designer: Scott Peters
Composer/Sound Design: Darrin Hagen
Stage Manager: Betty Hushlak

Photo by Ryan Parker Photography

TALK-BACK NIGHT
Supported by CBC

Thursday Novembe 29, 2018

Following the performance
9:20pm FREE OF CHARGE

Join CBC Radio Active host Adrienne Pan with Merran Carr-Wiggin, Cole Humeny, Bobbi Goddard, Marianne Copithorne and special guests as they take you behind the curtain and explore the complex themes of What A Young Wife Ought to Know.

 


November 15– December 2, 2018

Times
Previews November 13–14, 2018
Opening November 15

Tuesday - Saturday @ 8pm
Sundays @ 2pm
No Shows Monday
2 for 1 on November 20 & 27

Talk-back Night
November 29

1hr 15min No Intermission Runtime
A CANDID PORTRAIT OF SEX, LOVE, AND WOMANHOOD
REVIEW: SARA CLEMENTS, VUE WEEKLY
A LOVE STORY AND A CAUTIONARY TALE
REVIEW: LIZ NICHOLLS, 12THNIGHT.CA
HANNAH MOSCOVITCH BIRTH CONTROL DRAMA A WRENCHING REALITY SHOW
REVIEW: COLIN MACLEAN, GIGCITY.CA
CANADIAN DRAMA DISTILLS WOMEN’S STORIES OF CONTRACEPTION IN THE 1920S
REVIEW: NINA LEGESSE, THE GATEWAY 
DESPERATE LESSONS IN WHAT A YOUNG WIFE OUGHT TO KNOW
REVIEW: JENNA MARYNOWSKI, AFTERTHEHOUSELIGHTS.COM
DEATHS AND LIVES, A HUNDRED YEARS AGO
REVIEW: LOUISE MALLORY, EPHEMERAL PLEASURES
VISCERAL PRODUCTION OF WHAT A YOUNG WIFE OUGHT TO KNOW DEBUTS AT THE ROXY ON GATEWAY
PREVIEW: LIANE FAULDER, EDMONTON JOURNAL
WHAT A YOUNG WIFE OUGHT TO KNOW SHOWS HOW FAR FAMILY PLANNING HAS COME
PREVIEW: CHELSEA NOVAK, VUE WEEKLY
A 20S LOVE STORY WITH MODERN REVERB OPENS THEATRE NETWORK’S SEASON
PREVIEW: LIZ NICHOLLS, 12THNIGHT.CA
A 1920 BIRTH CONTROL EDUCATION IN WHAT A YOUNG WIFE OUGHT TO KNOW
PREVIEW: JENNA MARYNOWSKI, AFTERTHEHOUSELIGHTS.COM
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
PHOTO CREDIT: IAN JACKSON
FEATURING: MERRAN CARR-WIGGIN, BOBBI GODDARD & COLE HUMENY
PRE-PRODUCTION PHOTOS
PHOTO CREDIT: RYAN PARKER
FEATURING: MERRAN CARR-WIGGIN & COLE HUMENY