Heartlines is a new play by Sarah Waisvisz (Carleton English PhD, 2014, and Instructor, Department of English) based on the life, love, and radical work of artists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore.
Margo MacDonald and Maryse Fernandes are Claude Cahun (Lucy) and Marcel Moore (Suzanne) in Heartlines
Directed by Rebecca Benson (Instructor, Department of English)
With original music composed and performed by Scottie Irving
Lights, projection design, and stage management by Kat Wong
Props and set design by Andrea Steinwand
Costume design by Ludmylla Reis
A Calalou/RAFT Theatre Projects Production
3 shows only at Ottawa’s ARTS COURT THEATRE
Dates
Thursday Feb. 6 @7:00 PM
Saturday Feb. 8 @9:00 PM
Sunday Feb. 9 @1:00 PM + Talk Back
Tickets are on sale now through the undercurrents box office.
And before or after you see the show, visit the Ottawa Art Gallery’s exhibit on the artists and their work: Facing Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, on until Feb. 9th.
For more information or to learn how to invest in the production as a Patron, please email sarah.waisvisz@gmail.com
Heartlines has been developed with financial and/or professional support from GCTC, NAC English Theatre, TACTICS, The Shaw Festival, Cabaret Theatre, and the Ontario Arts Council.
Or Haneshamah presents:
ART and THEATRE, in CONVERSATION
Catch an exclusive conversation between Ottawa Art Gallery senior curator Michelle Gewurtz and playwright Sarah Waisvisz as they discuss the love, activism, and artistic practices of Lucy Schwob (1894-1954) and Suzanne Malherbe (1892-1972), French-Jewish artists whose artistic innovations, anti-Nazi propaganda during WW2, and queerness are often ignored. Better known by their noms de plume as Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, the two continue to inspire as models of commitment, passion, and justice. In a conversation moderated by OrH’s Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton, Gewurtz and Waisvisz will discuss how they themselves have been inspired by Cahun and Moore to pursue innovative work of their own—including Gewurtz’s new exhibit Facing Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore and Waisvisz’s new play, Heartlines, each on now at Ottawa’s Arts Court.
Art and Theatre, in Conversation: Featuring Michelle Gewurtz and Sarah Waisvisz
Thursday, January 30 at 7:30 p.m. *PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE!
Temple Israel, 1301 Prince of Wales Drive
Hosted by Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg of Temple Israel
Moderated by Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton of Or Haneshamah
To learn more about Cahun and Moore and their artistic achievements, come to Ottawa’s ArtsCourt this winter for the exhibit and the play.
Read more about Heartlines in the Ottawa Citizen’s Why so many in Ottawa are making art about a lesbian couple’s ‘outrageous bravery’.