Ghost of the Tree
A One Act Play for Young Women
by Charles Robertson
Bottle Tree Productions: We have this play in our repertoire, and it is ready for performance. If you would like to hire us to perform for your event, please email us. We will be able to give you a quote on the cost.
What dark secrets does the past hold?
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Seven generations of mothers
Seven generations of daughters
In the shadow of an old tree grown twisted with tragedy
Dark and foreboding, it holds the key to their fates
Dark and foreboding their future awaits.
They need to find the key to the mystery before it's too late
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Sample
Here I sit in my backyard, in the shade of my tree, my big old oak tree.
Here I write stories,
stories about animals, about places, about places I have never been,
about dreams, about this tree.
We have this big hole in my back yard.
I don’t know why. I don’t know why it’s here.
I get stoned sometimes and sit in the hole, hide in the hole,
and watch the children playing in my tree fort.
I love children. They are so innocent.
They have the whole world ahead of them.
I am going to have a hundred of them,
a hundred children just like that big oak,
hundreds of little saplings
that will grow up strong and pure with respect for all races, all people,
and I pray my child is stronger than me.
Characters
a homeless girl,
a coked-up real estate agent,
a hippie child of the sixties,
a desperate housewife of the fifties,
a bisexual artist of the twenties,
a young woman who suffered a head injury
and an 1800's English mail order bride
A journey back in time, back to the beginning
Winner of sixteen awards at The Sears Drama Festival, including four outstanding production awards.
Winner of The Domino Theatre One Act Festival
Outstanding Performance at The London Fringe Festival
Nominated for best touring show of 2006 in London Ontario
Ghost of the TreeIn support of International Women's Week: We Don't Stop! |
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International Women's Week: We Don't Stop!Over the past one hundred years, we have not stopped contributing artistically, economically, politically, and socially in our communities. March 8 is International Women's Day (IWD), the highlight of International Women's Week (IWW). Each year at this time, we celebrate progress toward equality for women and their full participation; reflect on current challenges and consider future steps in achieving equality for all women, in all aspects of their lives. Bottle Tree Productions and the Wellington Street Theatre are proud to support this event with a free showing of Ghost of the Tree, Charles Robertson's award-winning play about seven generations of women trapped in a doomed family tree. Starring Hannah Smith (Mrs. Lovett in Bottle Tree Productions' Sweeney Todd) and Megan Ready-Walters(Joanna in Sweeney Todd) This play has already captured a number of awards across Ontario, and played at the Ontario Housing Conference (Homelessness) and at a National Conference on Gender Violence. |
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