Votes for Women (and Other Lies)
Empty Box Theatre Company presents our new work-in-progress Votes for Women (and Other Lies), a devised comedy about the women's suffrage movement in Toronto.
Not your average historical comedy, the show features juijitsu, a food fight, fake moustaches, interactive bits, musical numbers and fascinating historical insights into the world of Toronto feminists in 1914. Join us for a meeting of the Canadian suffrage association- tea will be provided.
Performances will take place at the Fringe creation lab studios (720 Bathurst, 4th floor) on May 7th at 8pm, May 8th at 8pm, May 13th at 8pm and May 14th at 2pm (PWYC) and 8pm.
To reflect Canada's current gender wage gap, tickets are $15 for “white guys”, and $11.02 for everyone else. They are available online at brownpapertickets.com (starting April 18th) or at the door. (A limited number will be reserved at the door).
ACTOR/CREATORS:
Deanna Choi
Katie Coseni
Rachelle Lauzon
Rachel Romanoski
Angela Sun
STAGE MANAGER
Jarrod Clegg
DIRECTOR
Keavy Lynch
COLLABORATORS
Lisa Sciannella
Victoria Urquhart
Follow us on twitter and instagram with the hashtag #BecauseIts1914
Or check out our production blog:
suffragettestoronto.wordpr
Or company website
emptyboxtheatrecompany.com
“The earth shakes beneath the tread of common sense shoes. The rustling and crackling of paper sounds like distant fire of skirmishers. From the four winds comes the low hum of incipient oratory like the buzz of angry bees or the first muttering of a storm. The suffragettes are coming!”
– Toronto Daily Star, Jan 9th 1909.