Fall 2014 at Gailey Road

Hello Everyone:

I hope your fall has been productive and fun.  This fall Margot Huycke, Amanda Greer, Emma Smith and I set up a booth at Word on the Street at Queen's Park to promote Gailey Road's Season 4 of Women Writing Letters and sell our books from Season 1 and 2.  Although the day began in the pouring rain, by the time the festival actually opened up the sun was shining and we had a great time talking to folks who stopped by our booth and catching up with our letter writers who came by to sign the books we were selling.

On October 19, 2014, the fourth season of Women Writing Letters began with "A Letter to the Road I Didn't Take" which brought together four very different letter writers who shared intimate stories of the road not taken.  It was one of the most moving Women Writing Letters yet.

Looking forward to the new year, Season Four of Women Writing Letters will continue on January 18, 2015 with "A Letter to My Grandmother", and in February, a reading of my new play Sylvie and Castor about a moment in the lives of feminist Simone de Beauvoir and her companion Sylvie Le Bon will be staged as part of the Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT) at the University of Toronto.  The Festival's theme this year is Queer(ing) Performance.

Have a wonderful holiday season.  We hope to see you at one of our events in the new year!

All the best,

Tara

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).

   

Happy New Year and Winter and Spring Events at Gailey Road

Hello Everyone:

Happy New Year from Gailey Road!  I hope this year brings you all good health and much happiness and success.  I am delighted to share the  upcoming events at Gailey Road.  It's going to be an exciting winter and spring and we hope to see you at one of our events!

All the best,

Tara

Gailey Road Events-Winter and Spring 2014

January-March 2014

Sunday January 19, 2014 

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

A Letter to My Hometown

The second Women Writing Letters event of the season features:

Shirley Barrie, Playwright

Jen Cook, Singer/Voice Teacher

Jo Lampert, Writer

Diana Tso, Playwright

Tuesday February 4 and Tuesday March 4

Monthly meeting of Gailey Road’s Research-Informed Theatre Exchange (RiTE)

Room C-156, OISE, 5:00-7:00 pm

Gailey Road’s monthly Research-Informed Theatre Exchange (RiTE) provides research-informed theatre artists and academics an opportunity. to come together exchange ideas, discuss their work, and share best practice.

 April 2014

Tuesday April 8, 2014

Talk on Arts-Based Research by re-known arts-based research scholar Patricia Leavy

Room 11-164, OISE, 5:00-6:00 pm

Book Launch of Zero Tolerance and Other Plays: Disrupting Xenophobia, Racism and Homophobia in School by Tara Goldstein

@ Nexus, the 12^th Floor Lounge, OISE, 6:00-7:30 pm (refreshments)

At this special Research-Informed Theatre Exchange (RiTE) meeting, arts-based research scholar Patricia Leavy will present a public talk on arts-based research.  Patricia’s talk will be followed by the launch of Tara Goldstein’s new play anthology Zero Tolerance and Other Plays.  The book launch will feature a performance of scenes from the play Zero Tolerance by undergraduate students at the University of Toronto directed by Gailey Road’s Pam Snell.

Sunday April 13, 2014

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

A Letter to My 16-Year Old Self

and

Book Launch of Women Writing Letters-Season 2 edited by Tara Goldstein and Amanda Greer

The third Women Writing Letters event of the season features:

Gail Benick 

Christine Fischer Guy

Joanne Latimer 

José Sigouin  

Karine Silverwoman 

We will also launch the publication of Women Writing Letters-Season 2 featuring the letters written in our second season (2012-2013): A Letter to God; A Letter to My 12-Year Old Self; A Letter to My First Boss; A Letter to My Best Present Ever.   

May-June 2014

Tuesday May 6, 2014 and June 3, 2014

Monthly meeting of Gailey Road’s Research-Informed Theatre Exchange (RiTE)

Room C-156, OISE, 5:00-7:00 pm

Gailey Road’s monthly Research-Informed Theatre Exchange (RiTE) provides research-informed theatre artists and academics an opportunity. to come together exchange ideas, discuss their work, and share best practice.

Friday June 6, 2014

La Casa de Harriet (Harriet’s House) directed by Jorge Arcila

La Festival Rosa (The Pink Festival) @ Teatro Barraca

Bogotá, Colombia

Sunday June 22, 2014

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 is also an official Affiliated World Pride Festival and will feature men as well as women writing a letter to their Queer family: 

Katie Cook

Farzana Doctor

Karleen Pendleton

Mary Ellen MacLean

Anand Mahadevan

Brian Rigg

Suzanne Robertson