November 10-14, 17-21, 2008
The Shadow of Genius
School tour now booking!
Heritage Pavilion Stage is pleased to launch its 2008-2009 season
with a remounting of The Shadow of Genius in time for Remembrance Day
week.
The play is based on the true but little known story of Canadian
war hero Lieutenant Harry Rogers, an engineer working for Niagara Hydro. He
volunteered enthusiastically for service in World War I, and masterminded
one of the greatest mass escape attempts in the war. The experience
changed his view of international aggression forever. The play examines the
tragic saga of 3300 Canadian prisoners of war and the equally tragic story
of their German captors.
For curriculum resources to support production of The Shadow of Genius, click here.
February 9-13, 2009 in Lambton Kent area schools and February 17-20. 23-27 in Kawartha, Durham and York region schools
World Premiere of Freedom Belles!
Heritage Pavilion Stage is pleased to present the World
Premiere of Freedom Belles,
a new Canadian play about women's experience of the
Underground Railroad and a sequel to our previous play
And Freedom for All. The play is written and directed by
Heritage Pavilion Stage's Artistic Director Phil Oakley,
and actor, musician, director and playwright Beau Dixon, both
from Peterborough.
The Play:
Eliza and Amelia, two black household servants on a Louisiana plantation, are treated harshly by their white owners, John Phares and his wife. But their lives improve with the marriage of the Phares’ daughter Mary to the abolitionist school teacher William King. Mary defies her parents’ wishes by adopting her husband’s anti-slavery views, thereby earning Eliza and Amelia’s trust. With their help the two slave women learn of the Underground Railroad and begin their journey to freedom and a new life in the free black Canadian community of Buxton, Ontario.
To book a performance, or for more information, contact:
Greg Conchelos or Mary Conchelos, Co-Producers
Tel 705-876-9065
We hope you’ll join us!
Yours sincerely,
Greg and Mary Conchelos
Co-Producers.
