I LOST MY HUSBAND

By Catherine Léger | Translated by Leanna Brodie
Ruby Slippers Theatre presents

Directed by Diane Brown

Featuring Pedro Chamale, Meghan Gardiner*, Chirag Naik* and Leslie Dos Remedios*

Evelyn loses her husband in a bar bet. The thing is, she’s not entirely sure she wants him back. A smart, feisty comedy about the important things in life: love, freedom, karaoke… and never letting frozen yogurt stand in the way of your dreams.

*The participation of these Artists are arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance Opera Theatre Policy.

About the playwright

Catherine Léger

Catherine Léger (born 1980) is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter from Quebec.  A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, she won the Prix Gratien-Gélinas in 2006 for her theatrical play Voiture américaine. Her subsequent plays have included Opium_37 (2010), Princesses (2011), J’ai perdu mon mari (2015), Filles en liberté (2017)[3] and Baby-sitter (2017).

She wrote for the television series Au secours de Béatrice, Marche à l’ombre and Les invisibles, and wrote the screenplays for the films The Little Queen (La petite reine) and Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun). She won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 for Slut in a Good Way.

About the translator

Leanna Brodie

Leanna Brodie is an actor, playwright, and translator whose passions include lifting up the stories and voices of women, and championing a new generation of French-Canadian playwrights by transmitting their extraordinary theatrical visions into the English language. Her original plays The Vic, For Home and Country, The Book of Esther, and Schoolhouse (Talon Books) have been performed across Canada. Her translations include Christian Bégin’s After Me and Why Are You Crying?; Louise Bombardier’s My Mother Dog; Annie Brocoli’s Stardust; Rébecca Déraspe’s You Are Happy, I Am William, and Gametes; Amélie Dumoulin’s Violette; Sébastien Harrisson’s From Alaska and Two-Part Inventions; Catherine Léger’s Opium_37 and I Lost My Husband!; David Paquet’s Wildfire and The Shoe; Olivier Sylvestre’s The Paradise Arms; Philippe Soldevila’s Tales of the Moon; Larry Tremblay’s Panda Panda; and multiple plays by Hélène Ducharme of Théâtre Motus, whose acclaimed, Dora Award-winning Baobab continues to tour China and the Americas after more than 600 performances. www.leannabrodie.com

About guest company

Ruby Slippers Theatre

Multi award-winning Ruby Slippers Theatre has had a fantastic 2014/15 season that includes the critically acclaimed productions of The Duchess a.k.a. Wallis Simpson, After Me (Après Moi) and The List. Other recent hits: Communion, A Beautiful View and Hotel Bethlehem. RST produces, creates and presents provocative text-based theatre from the vanguard of the English and French Canadian canon. Our work illuminates diverse perspectives and social issues, inspiring independent critical thought and communion.

Ruby Slippers Theatre’s legacy includes 3 national tours and 8 full-length original works. Over the last 10 years alone they have garnered 31 Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nominations including twice for Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Production, and 12 Awards. Diane Brown is the Artistic Director.