Canadian Stage’s “1939”

The last residential school in Canada closed in 1996; I started first grade that September, with no clue at all that these schools existed. Like most young Canadians, I didn’t learn about the full extent of the atrocities perpetrated against Indigenous peoples until well into my adult life, and plays like Jani Lauzon and Kaitlin…

Keir Cutler’s “Civilized”

September 30th marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and so it was a perfect day to open Civilized at the Red Sandcastle Theatre. Sitting in a packed house with an audience predominantly donning orange shirts, you could tell that the performance was going to be special. Civilized certainly brings forward the Truth aspect…