The Beaver Club comes to the stage of Port Stanley Festival Theatre by Port Stanley Festival Theatre Port Stanley Festival Theatre is excited to present the World Premiere of The Beaver Club by up-and-coming playwright, Barb Scheffler. The show runs for a three-week engagement, August 2nd to 19th, directed by Simon Joynes, Port Stanley Festival Theatre Artistic Director. A disparate group of four unbelievable women embark on a riotous cross-country road trip taking them from Toronto to Newfoundland. The members of The Beaver Club band together to find strength in numbers as they tackle the world and find a happy ending in Dildo, Newfoundland! This play is filled with skinny dipping, scrapbooking, shared secrets, new beginnings, lost loves and new loves. When asked what her inspiration for the play was, Barb explains: “At the start of the pandemic, I was invited to participate in a Zoom read-through of a script about four older women, all American stereotypes. You know, one was from the Deep South, one had a Brooklyn accent, etc. And I thought to myself, why are we doing an American play? We have Canadian stereotypes too! So I set out to write a comedy that drew on regional characters we have here in Canada. And because I had been touring Canada performing in Menopause the Musical , I decided to send my characters on a road trip, drawing on some of the funny experiences I had had travelling with a bunch of women.” A kind of buddy-movie/road-trip sort of story, also described as a ‘love letter to Canada’; the women go on a journey, and the journey changes all of them in some way. Touring this country
Barb Scheffler, writer of The Beaver Club debuting at the Port Stanley Festival Theatre
BACK COVER 9.8675”w x 6”h BACK COVER 9.8675”w x 6”h Barb came up with the title almost before she had the story -- just knowing she wanted to write a story about a group of older women that should start off with them forming some sort of club. The Beaver Club just came to her as the perfect title because it’s a little bit salacious but also very Canadian! Barb really wanted to write a play about older women that didn’t just draw on cliches. Even though they are stereotypes, each woman in The Beaver Club has a rich inner life and a complex history. She wants the audience to laugh, cry, and ultimately fall in love with these characters. “I think that older women have so many fascinating stories to tell, and my goal as a playwright is to amplify those voices.” PROOF DATE: Jan 19, 2023 PROOF DATE: Jan 19, 2023 PROOF #: TROSUN-0223-FEB-LON-02 TROSUN-0223-FEB-LON-02 JAN FEB MAR PROOF DATE: Jan 19, 2023 APR MAY JUN OCT NOV DEC MAILING MONTH OC NO DE MAILING MONT JUL AUG SEP Template updated JANUARY 2023 BACK COVER 9.8675”w x 6”h PROOF # TROSUN-0223-FEB-LON-02 JAN FEB MAR was an absolute delight for Barb and she tried to incorporate all the places she saw. “If I ever get to do a sequel, I will send the ladies west!” she exclaims. APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP MAILING MO Template updated JANU PROOF #: JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP Template updated JANUARY 2
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