WAITING TIME
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​ A play about a woman waiting for a liver transplant.

WAITING TIME spotlights a significant medical and social issue that many people are facing today: the need for a new body part and the dearth of organ donors. The global organ trade is an uncomfortable subject. But it’s not just money that is running this horror show; it’s also love of life. Francis and Jesse face a conflict that questions their beliefs. My hope for this play is that it entertains while it softens peoples’ perceptions. Not every malady can be resolved as easily as this one. All that is needed are donors.
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Two sisters are spending the winter at their childhood country home. Francis needs a liver transplant and her sister Jesse joins her to be a caregiver. Time slows as they wait for the hospital call that will decide life or death. They talk about their memories, their dreams and the option of the organ trade.

Francis was once a successful songwriter/performer. She is single, narcissistic and charismatic. Her wasting beauty and loss of strength have unnerved her. She is afraid but hides that with a rough bravado.
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Jesse is married with older kids, a University professor approaching retirement. She is more socially and politically conscious than Francis with a wry sense of humour. Waiting for the miracle of a new life for her sister, Jesse realizes she has the time and the choice to tweak the retirement model, to pluck forgotten dreams out of the long ago.



Playwright & Director

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Anna Dupuis Zuckerman lives in the Laurentian Mountains, north of Montreal. She is a City Councillor and head of the environment committee.
 
In 2013, her book, Estérel, the history of a small town was published by Textes et Contextes. Inspired by the local archives, she is presently Vice-President of the Ste Marguerite-Estérel Historical Society  and writes the English content for their website.

Anna has also written content and articles on the environment, parenting, macrobiotics, health and spirituality for a variety of websites and print publications. 

 
For the last four years, Anna has focused on writing scripts for theatre and was a contributing playwright to the Montreal show Picturesque: Voices from Beaver Hall
, produced at McGill University in November 2015 and at Dawson College Dome Theatre in October, 2018.

Cast

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Pia Shandel has been a staple of the Vancouver news and entertainment industry for decades.  Her early theatrical career led to television stints hosting the Vancouver Show in the 70s, and hard hitting ’Talk With Attitude’  radio in the 90’s.  ‘Waiting Time’ marks a welcome return to live theatre.
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