April 11 – May 11, 2023
Extraspace Theatre
Written by: Chelsea Woolley
Directed by: Mike Payette
Run Time: – minutes
“Why shouldn’t a dream be just as much a truth? A fantasy be just as deep a reality?”
After twenty-five years estranged, Cecelia and her father, Jules, are attempting reconciliation. Unable to communicate past shames and shortcomings, the pair become dependent on increasingly dramatic fairy tales to explain away their pain.
Paint Me this House of Love is a rhythmic, yearning, experimentation of language, exploring the threads that stitch together our shared family narratives, and asks how we communicate, “I Love You”, when the words alone are not enough.
Showtimes
Wednesday
Apr 26
8:00 pm
Thursday
Apr 27
8:00 pm
Friday
Apr 28
1:00 pm
Saturday
Apr 29
2:30 pm
8:00 pm
Sunday
Apr 30
2:30 pm
Wednesday
May 3
1:00 pm
8:00pm
Thursday
May 4
8:00 pm
Friday
May 5
8:00 pm
Saturday
May 6
2:30 pm
8:00 pm
Sunday
May 7
2:30 pm
Tuesday
May 9
8:00pm
Wednesday
May 10
8:00 pm
Thursday
May 11
8:00 pm
Mike Payette
Director
Chelsea Woolley
Playwright
Carolyn Fe
Assistant Director
Ken MacDonald
Set Design
Julia Surich
Costume Design
Tim Rodrigues
Lighting Design
John Gzowski
Sound Design
Anya Perry
TMU Sound Mentee
Emilie Aubin
Stage Manager
Hazel Moore
Apprentice Stage Manager
Madeline Borg
Queen’s Leadership Production Shadow
Jessica B. Hill
Cecilia
Tanja Jacobs
Rhondi
Jeremiah Sparks
Jules
Playwright Chelsea Woolley and performer Jessica B. Hill speak about Paint Me This House of Love.
Tarragon Talks – Paint Me This House of Love
About the Playwright
Chelsea Woolley
Chelsea Woolley is a Toronto-Albertan playwright. Her work has garnered national and international attention including: a Dutch translation of Enormity, Girl, and the Earthquake in Her Lungs, presented in Belgium at the Shakespeare is Dead Festival; The Mountain, produced in Ann-Arbor, Michigan; and These Peaceable Kingdoms featured at the Kennedy Centre in Washington D.C.. She is the creator of the Mixed-Arts Performance Partnership Program connecting young artists living in precarity with professional artist mentorship, and is the Head of Drama with the Canadian Children’s Opera Company. Chelsea is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada’s Playwriting Program.