From the Writer's Room ...

Very pleased that Barry Cook, Andrew Sabiston and myself have completed a second draft of our play ‘Sixteen Saturdays’. Thanks too for the suggestions we received from some of our colleagues.

Even more exciting was that Michael Shamata – AD of the Belfry Theatre in Victoria, BC –recently hosted a development workshop, with our friend and renowned director Glynis Leyshon leading. We can’t thank Michael and Glynis enough.

Thanks as well to the Belfry’s Valerie Houle for producing, and the workshop’s exceptional cast – Tony Adams, Elijah Bell, Amanda Lisman, RJ Peters, Barbara Poggemiller, David Radford and Celine Stubel – for giving our words life and offering us their insightful reactions to the characters they played.

And, as a special treat, actress Margaret Martin – who is represented in a big way in the play – attended with her son and daughter.

Andrew was able to attend the workshop, while Barry and I Zoomed in from clear across the country!

We’re eager to incorporate what we learned from this workshop into a third draft and see what lies ahead!