Play applauds feminists-The Trutch Street Women

The Victoria theatre company has announced a new initiative, The New Play Series, which features a brand new play each spring by a local playwright. The inaugural play will be The Trutch Street Women by Ellen Arrand (pictured) debuting Wednesday, June 20.

The Trutch Street Women follows the passion and camaraderie of the feminist movement in the early 1970s, focusing on a group of young single mothers.

The play premieres with a half-price ($6) preview show on Wednesday, June 20 at 8 p.m. Then the production runs Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. until July 7, with no show Friday, June 22.

There will be a “Pay-what-you-can” show on Wednesday, June 27 and a Saturday afternoon matinee on July 7 at 2 p.m.

LINK: Gold Stream Gazette
LINK: Theatre BC