
Keeper
- Publisher
- J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2016
- Subjects
- Canadian
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781990737435
- Publish Date
- Oct 2022
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Description
Keeper is a powerful, intriguing story about a connection between two women—the memory of which carries such weight in each of their pasts that the only means of self-preservation has been to try to shut it down. We witness an evening in the lives of Avalon and Constance—the former in her early 20s, the latter 16 years older—who have been bonded and blistered by death, doubt and distance. As the details of their shared history emerge, long-buried feelings and hidden truths rise to the surface. Stirring, humorous and resonant, Keeper is one part cat-and-mouse, and one part long lost love.
About the author
Tanisha Taitt is a writer/director/actor, producer and artist-educator. She has worked with YPT, Obsidian, NAC, Acting UpStage, Buddies In Bad Times, Nightwood, and is Director of the Peace Camp program at Children's Peace Theatre--an organization that teaches young people about creating a culture of peace through theatre. Also a singer and songsmith, she is a winner of the Canadian Music Publishers' Award for excellence in songwriting. Tanisha's other plays include Violent Be Violet, which received favourable reviews at the 2012 SummerWorks Festival and Admissions, a play for high schools. An ardent anti-VAW activist, Tanisha is a two-time YWCA Woman of Distinction nominee for her commitment to anti-violence and social justice. Keeper is her first published play.