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NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION AT THE 2009 JESSIE RICHARDSON THEATRE AWARDS! ON TOUR AGAIN FOR 2009-2010 with Green Thumb Theatre! "It is powerfully emotional, it makes all the right connections, it highlights the role of alcohol and other drug use and abuse, the role parents must play in supervising their children, even their teenagers, and the power of peer influence." "Out of all the Green Thumb Theatre presentations I have seen this was among the top for me." "Absolutely loved it, and from what I heard around school so did everyone else. It was refreshing that you weren’t trying to tiptoe around the real issues that definitely happen to people our age. Well done!" "...it was risque enough to make the students think but not so risque that it was over the top." Recommended Audience: Grades 8+ Themes:
Meghan was thrilled to receive a commission from Green Thumb theatre, a multiple award-winning theatre company in Vancouver, to create an adaptation of Dissolve for younger audiences. Out of this assignment, Blind Spot was born, a three character play for high school students of all ages, not only tackling the issue of drug facilitated sexual assault, but many more pressing issues facing the youth of today. Here's what Green Thumb theatre has to say: BLIND SPOT A new commission based on Meghan's popular one woman show, this new play explores the issue from both his and her perspectives. An astounding number of men and boys seem to think that drugs and alcohol are an acceptable way of "loosening up" women, that if a female is intoxicated she becomes "fair game." This production looks at the pressure that teens face to become sexually active. It asks both girls and boys to examine the responsibilities that they have to each other's well being and to think more deeply about the consequences of their actions.
For more information, or to book a performance of Blind Spot, please visit www.greenthumb.bc.ca. |