Schoolhouse by Leanna Brodie

Schoolhouse by Leanna BrodieThe time: 1938. The place: S.S. #1 Jericho School, a one-room schoolhouse in a farming area just outside the fictional village of Bakers Creek. There, a delightful but unmanageable group of children finally meets its matchMelita Linton, an 18-year-old teacher fresh out of Normal School. But Miss Linton soon faces her own challenge in the form of Ewart, a menacing and mysterious juvenile delinquent sent to straighten out on a farm after doing time in Battenville Training School. The play chronicles Miss Lintons struggle to connect with a boy cut off from everyone, including himselfand to persuade a cautious and close-knit community to open its arms to this stranger in their midst.Full of warmth and poignant humour, Schoolhouse evokes a way of life shared by generations of rural North Americans, while exploring timeless themes of exclusion, of compassion, of damage, of hope. Schoolhouseby Leanna BrodieDirected by: Aaron JanStage Manager: Kelsey HowattLighting Design: Brandon GonalvesCostume & Scenic Design: Helen AndroliaProps Design: Kelsey HowattTechnical Director: Paul StaffordFight Director: M. John KennedySongs by Annika TupperProduction Photography: Dahlia KatzPoster Design: Hayden DiMarcoOriginal Music Composed byCole Cliche-MasonMoira DannIzzy Shannon