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It is June 1981: the farm debt crisis. Pride Toronto's first parade. Everything is changing, including fifteen-year-old Esther, who runs away to the city to escape the family farm. With the help of a brash young hustler and a gay activist who shelters street kids, she confronts her conservative Christian parentsfarmers on the brink of financial ruinand begins to find her way home. Acclaimed playwright Leanna Brodie excels with this heart-warming coming-of-ageand coming-outdrama. Cast of two women and three men.
Leanna Brodie is an actor, writer, and translator whose plays include For Home and Country, The Vic, and Schoolhouse.
It is June 1981: the farm debt crisis. Pride Toronto's first parade. Everything is changing, including fifteen-year-old Esther, who runs away to the city to escape the family farm. With the help of a brash young hustler and a gay activist who shelters street kids, she confronts her conservative Christian parentsfarmers on the brink of financial ruinand begins to find her way home. Acclaimed playwright Leanna Brodie excels with this heart-warming coming-of-ageand coming-outdrama. Cast of two women and three men.
Leanna Brodie is an actor, writer, and translator whose plays include For Home and Country, The Vic, and Schoolhouse.
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