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    Once Upon a Rocking Chair: A Play in Two Acts

    April 29, 2017 /

    A Métis family, the De La Roche women have an annual summer Georgian Bay tradition. Three retired sisters and their three grown daughters spend a week at the cottage drinking wine, reminiscing, and making plans for the future. But this summer is different. Deep-rooted secrets are revealed as the annual festivities become ones that nobody will ever forget. It is a play about family, relationships, work, aging, life, and the validity of ‘happily-ever-after.’

    The script is available at the Canadian Play Outlet. It is also in the Pledge Project database.

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Hello, I'm Jessica! (she/her)

Métis writer/educator with roots in the Georgian Bay Métis Community. Poet Laureate of Cobourg, Ontario. Principal of Indigenous Education for KPRDSB.

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A perfect summer’s evening by the water. A perfect summer’s evening by the water.
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