Events at Gailey Road Summer 2014

Hello Everyone:

I am delighted to report on the June and July events at Gailey Road.  It was an exciting spring and summer.

All the best,

Tara

Gailey Road Events-Summer 2014

June 2014

Sunday June 22, 2014

2:30-4:00

Women Writing Letters Fundraiser @ Nexus, the 12^th Floor Lounge, OISE

A Letter to My Queer Family:  A World Pride Affiliated Event

The last Women Writing Letters event of the season and a celebration of Toronto’s World Pride Festival with letter writers:

Karleen Jimenz Pendleton 

Katie Cook 

Brian Rigg  

 

Mary Ellen MacLean 

Farzana Doctor   

Anand Mahadevan

As always, there will be lots of doorprizes and cake and socializing after the event.

Tuesday June 24, 2014

5:00-7:00 pm

Screening of Harriet’s House @ Media Commons Theatre, Robarts Library, U of Toronto

Gailey Road’s celebration of World Pride continued with a free screening of Harriet’s House, a research-informed theatre piece about growing up in a transnationally adopted LGBTQ family  , 

July 2014

In July 2014, Gailey Road brought La Casa de Harriet (Harriet’s House) to Bogotá, Colombia.  The company provided a

1. Performance of La Casa de Harriet (Harriet’s House) at La Festival Rosa

    hosted by Barraca Teatro in Bogotá, Colombia, Thursday July 24, 2014,

    7:30-9:00 pm (25 spectators).

2.  Workshop about the experiences of adoptive same-sex families in

     schools using scenes from La Casa de Harriet for 80 teachers from the

     Bogotá District School Board, Friday July 25, 2014, 8:00-12:00 pm.  The

     workshop was hosted by IDEP (the Research Institute for Pedagogical

     and Educational Development which is part of the School Board) in

     Bogotá, Colombia.

3.  Performance of La Casa de Harriet at the theatre at 

     the Universidad Distrital Franciso José de Caldas in Bogotá, Colombia, hosted by Gailey

     Road Productions Friday July 25, 2014, 7:30-9:00 pm (150 spectators).

4.  Performance of La Casa de Harriet (Harriet’s House) 

Bogotá District School Board, hosted by IDEP Tuesday July 29, 2014, 5:00-6:30 pm.  This performance was presented after my return to Toronto (80 spectators).