Groundswell Festival: Day 2

November 19, 2024

Doors 6:30pm // Event Starts 7pm

$12 + fees

Join Nightwood Theatre in celebrating creation, conversation, and community at the 39th annual Groundswell Festival! From November 18-20, hear brand new works from Nightwood’s Write From The Hip playwright’s unit, led by Interim Program Director Keshia Palm and Program Associate Jan Alicia Jennings.  

Tonight, hear an exclusive reading of Hilary Smith's Involuntary Parenthood:

Involuntary Parenthood by Hilary Smith

Danika is a single woman in her late thirties who lives far away from her family and feels increasingly isolated from her peers. Then she gets pregnant by a guy she doesn't know well. When she decides to keep the baby, he refuses to let her choices affect his. She brings him a co-parenting agreement, he responds by suing her. This story is based on the 2017 Ontario Court of Appeal case, PP v DD.

• Playwright: Hilary Smith (IG: @hilarymfsmith)
• Director: Bryn Kennedy (IG: @brynkennedy)
• Danika Petrusich: Alice Snaden (IG: @alicefromwindsor)
• Pete Diaz: Johnathan Sousa (IG: @jsous29)
• Will McMahon: Karl Ang (IG: @karls.photons)
• Kaitlyn Brock / Voicemail / Susannah: Sochi Fried
• Ludmilla / Judge / Hank: Nancy Palk
• Melanie / Wanda Lee / Court Clerk / Ally / Podcaster: Mercedes Isaza Clunie (IG: @mechemonkey)
  
  
• Curtain Raisers: Srutika Sabu (IG: @chandrakari), Laurel Marie Munro (IG: @laurelmariemunro)

Content Warnings:

Sexually explicit scenes, profanity/mature language

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