Where the River Meets the Sea (2006)

Where the River Meets the Sea

By Patti Flather

March 2006

Jade and her mom Lu-Anne are finally home, back on the West Coast with a new high school, new store, new life. No more moving, running, hiding. But Lu-Anne has a beau for the first time in years. There’s a girl stranger poking round. Jade discovers a magical secret along a seemingly forgotten shorefront. Will coming home tear mother and daughter apart for good?

The prmiere of Where the River Meets the Sea was produced by Gwaandak Theatre and Nakai Theatre in 2006. Presentation House Theatre in North Vancouver, B.C. produced Where the River Meets the Sea, directed by Brenda Leadlay, in March 2009.

Winner of the Theatre B.C. Canadian National Playwriting Competition 2005.

Thank you for special permission from Russell Wallace for use of the late Flora Wallace’s recording of The Grandmothers’ Song.

CREDITS

Featuring Reneltta Bourque, Keriann Cardinal, Jamie Lee Shebelski*, Stephen Sparks*

Playwright | Patti Flather

Director | Michael Clark

Dramaturge/Co-Director | Vinetta Strombergs

Set Designer | David Skelton

Sound Designer | David DeLeary

Lighting Designer | Patrick Matheson

Costume Designer/Assistant Set Designer | Nicole Bauberger

Stage Manager | Skye Perry*