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Perfect Pie
''Perfect Pie'' is a play written by Judith Thompson, and first staged at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre in 2000, with Judith Thompson also directing. The assistant director for the original production was Caroline Azar. The original cast starred Nancy Palk (Patsy), Tara Rosling (Young Patsy), Sonja Smits (Francesca), and Liisa Repo-Martell (Marie - Francesca's original name). Music for the production was composed and performed by Bill Thompson. The story concerns the childhoods of Patsy and Marie and the impact it had on their later lives. Much of the dialogue is centered on their prom night when Marie was abused by more than one boy. The play deals with a number of complex themes, such as [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Thompson
Judith Clare Thompson, OC (born September 20, 1954) is a Canadian playwright who lives in Toronto, Ontario. She has twice been awarded the Governor General's Award for drama, and is the recipient of many other awards including the Order of Canada, the Walter Carsen Performing Arts Award, the Toronto Arts Award, The Epilepsy Ontario Award, The B'nai B'rith Award, the Dora, the Chalmers, the Susan Smith Blackburn Award (a global competition for the best play written by a woman in the English Language) and the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award, both for Palace of the End, which premiered at Canadian Stage, and has been produced all over the world in many languages. She has received honorary doctorates from Thorneloe University and, in Nov. 2016, Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Early years Thompson was born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of William Robert Thompson, a geneticist and the head of the Department of Psychology at Queen's University at Kingston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Willis Sweete
Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously as Barbara, Macedonian singer * Bárbara (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer Film and television * ''Barbara'' (1961 film), a West German film * ''Bárbara'' (film), a 1980 Argentine film * ''Barbara'' (1997 film), a Danish film directed by Nils Malmros, based on Jacobsen's novel * ''Barbara'' (2012 film), a German film * ''Barbara'' (2017 film), a French film * ''Barbara'' (TV series), a British sitcom Places * Barbara (Paris Métro), a metro station in Montrouge and Bagneux, France * Barbaria (region), or al-Barbara, an ancient region in Northeast Africa * Barbara, Arkansas, U.S. * Barbara, Gaza, a former Palestinian village near Gaza * Barbara, Marche, a town in Italy * Berbara, or al-Barbara, Lebanon * Berbara, Akkar D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom McCamus
Tom McCamus (born July 25, 1955Tom McCamus' bio at www.northernstars.ca) is a Canadian film and theatre actor. He is most widely known for his works on the television show '' Mutant X'' and drama film ''''. Life and career McCamus was born in , , Canada, and was brought up in |
Alison Pill
Alison Pill (born November 27, 1985) is a Canadian actress. A former child actress, Pill began her career at age 12, appearing in numerous films and television series. She transitioned to adult roles and her breakthrough came with the television series '' The Book of Daniel'' (2006). That same year, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'' (2006). Pill had prominent roles in the films ''Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen'' (2004), '' Plain Truth'' (2004), ''Milk'' (2008), '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' (2010), ''Midnight in Paris'' (2011), ''Hail, Caesar!'' (2016), ''Vice'' (2018), the television series ''In Treatment'' (2009), ''The Pillars of the Earth'' (2010), '' The Newsroom'' (2012–2014), '' American Horror Story: Cult'' (2017), '' Star Trek: Picard'' (20202022), ''Devs'' (2020), and '' Them'' (2021). Early life Pill was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her father, a professional en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel McAdams
Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978) is a Canadian actress. After graduating from a theatre degree program at York University in 2001, she worked in Canadian television and film productions, such as the drama film ''Perfect Pie'' (2002), for which she received a Genie Award nomination, the comedy film ''My Name Is Tanino'' (2002), and the comedy series ''Slings and Arrows'' (2003–2005), for which she won a Gemini Award. In 2002, she made her Hollywood film debut in the comedy ''The Hot Chick''. She rose to fame in 2004 with the comedy ''Mean Girls'' and the romantic drama ''The Notebook''. In 2005, she starred in the romantic comedy ''Wedding Crashers'', the psychological thriller '' Red Eye'', and the comedy-drama ''The Family Stone''. She was hailed by the media as Hollywood's new "it girl", and received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Rising Star. After a brief sabbatical, she returned to prominence in 2009 by appearing in the political thriller '' State of Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Williams (actress)
Barbara Williams (born 1953) is a Canadian-American actress. Williams has starred in the 1984 Paramount film '' Thief of Hearts'', the 1988 film '' Watchers'' and the 1992 film '' Oh, What a Night''. She garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 21st Genie Awards for ''Love Come Down''. Early life Williams was born in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, the daughter of Simone and Jack Williams, a tugboat skipper and logger. She is the widow of social and political activist Tom Hayden Thomas Emmet Hayden (December 11, 1939October 23, 2016) was an American social and political activist, author, and politician. Hayden was best known for his role as an anti-war, civil rights, and intellectual activist in the 1960s, authoring th .... Filmography Film Television References External links * 1953 births Living people Actresses from British Columbia People from Vancouver Island 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Crewson
Wendy Jane Crewson (born May 9, 1956) is a Canadian actress and producer. She began her career appearing on Canadian television, before her breakthrough role in 1991 dramatic film '' The Doctor''. Crewson has appeared in many Hollywood films, including '' The Good Son'' (1993), ''The Santa Clause'' (1994) and its sequels ''The Santa Clause 2'' (2002) and '' The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause'' (2006), as well as '' Air Force One'' (1997), ''Bicentennial Man'' (1999), ''What Lies Beneath'' (2000), ''The 6th Day'' (2000), '' The Covenant'' (2006) and ''Eight Below'' (2006). She also starred in a number of independent movies, such as ''Better Than Chocolate'' (1999), '' Suddenly Naked'' (2001), ''Perfect Pie'' (2002), ''Away from Her'' (2006), ''Into the Forest'' (2015) and ''Room'' (2015). Crewson has won six Gemini Awards, two Canadian Screen Awards and ACTRA Award for her performances on television. She played leading roles in a number of television films, include playing Joan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfect Pie (film)
''Perfect Pie'' is a 2002 Canadian film directed by Barbara Willis Sweete from a script by Judith Thompson. The screenplay was based on Thompson's play of the same name and stars Wendy Crewson, Barbara Williams, Alison Pill, and Rachel McAdams. The film concerns the friendship of childhood best friends Patsy Willets and Marie Beck who reunite after a separation of 30 years. The film premiered at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival. Summary Famed opera singer Francesca Prine, born Marie Beck, ( Barbara Williams) receives an invitation to return to her hometown of Marmora, Ontario and sing in a charity concert from her former best friend Patsy Willets (Wendy Crewson). The two friends have not seen each other in thirty years after a train accident injured them both. In flashbacks we see Marie and Patsy's friendship evolve. As a child Marie is bullied but is nevertheless befriended by Patsy who frequently invites her to her home. Patsy notices that Marie is poor and is n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Azar
Caroline Azar is a director and playwright. She was the lead singer, keyboardist and co-lyricist/composer of the band Fifth Column. Career The all-women punk band Fifth Column began in the mid-1980s in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band self-released two albums, '' To Sir With Hate'' and ''All-Time Queen Of The World''. Azar has acted in a number of stage productions, including ''The Molly Murders'' by Anthony Furey, for which she was selected "Outstanding Performer" by '' Now Magazine''. She worked as directorial assistant for the Judith Thompson productions of ''Perfect Pie'', ''Habitat'', ''Capture Me'' and ''Body and Soul'', story editor, and dramaturg for other writers, Azar has also written several plays, including ''Satan's Mistress'', ''The Surreal Detective vs John Nothing'' and ''Man-O-Rexic''. ''Man-O-Rexic'' featured songs written by Azar and recorded with Fifth Column alumni G. B. Jones and Beverly Breckenridge along with Joel Gibb of The Hidden Cameras. In 2012, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playwrights Canada Press
Playwrights Canada Press is a Canadian publishing house founded in 1984 by the Playwrights Guild of Canada. It was incorporated in 2000 as an independent company. Notable books *''The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God'', Djanet Sears (2003) *''Almighty Voice and His Wife'', Daniel David Moses (1991) *''Annie Mae's Movement'', Yvette Nolan (1998) *''The Crackwalker'', Judith Thompson (1980) *''The December Man (L'homme de décembre)'', Colleen Murphy (2007) *''Drag Queens on Trial'', Sky Gilbert (1994) *''The Drawer Boy'', Michael Healey (1999) *'' I, Claudia'', Kristen Thomson (2001) *''The Last Wife'', Kate Hennig (2015) *''Lilies'', Michel Marc Bouchard, trans. Linda Gaboriau (1990) *'' Lion in the Streets'', Judith Thompson (1992) *''Maggie and Pierre'', Linda Griffiths (1980) *''Mary's Wedding'', Stephen Massicotte (2002) *''The Melville Boys'', Norm Foster (1984) *''The Monument'', Colleen Wagner (1996) *'' Palace of the End'', Judith Thompson (2007) *'' Scorch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person who is incapable of giving valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, has an intellectual disability, or is below the legal age of consent. The term ''rape'' is sometimes used interchangeably with the term ''sexual assault.'' The rate of reporting, prosecuting and convicting for rape varies between jurisdictions. Internationally, the incidence of rapes recorded by the police during 2008 ranged, per 100,000 people, from 0.2 in Azerbaijan to 92.9 in Botswana with 6.3 in Lithuania as the median. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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