b'TOWN HALL 1873It seems so long ago that we welcomed our audiences into the Town Hall to join us on a journey. So when wePhoto of the cast of Love, Loss and What I Wore voguing!selected our first fully staged piece since the pandemic(Of course the play speaks about Madonna!) Back row from left to right are: Brenda DeJong, Amy Caughlin,closures we were sure to pick one to delight, amuse andLara Stokes. Front row from left to right are: Annette Stokes-Harris, touch our audiences in a heartwarming, laugh out loudJoanne Norman, Carolyn Goffexperience.Theres no better way to welcome everyone back to theI feel like every rehearsal ends up with us sharing our own stage than with this intimate piece of theatre featuring astories with each other. Someones character has a speech that collection of stories scripted by Nora and Delia Ephron.resonates and we all end up talking about an embarrassing ward-Love,Loss&WhatIWore isafunnyandcompellingrobe malfunction or what our style in high school said about us. play of monologues and ensemble pieces about women,I think the play will be like that for everyone - the audience will clothes and memory covering all the important subjectssee themselves in these stories. Theyll go out for drinks after themothers, prom dresses, mothers, buying bras, mothers,show and talk about their first bra. It will be great!hating purses and why we only wear black. Based on the- Amy Caughlinbestselling book by Ilene Beckerman. From our Director, Helen Coughlin:Here is what some of the actors have to say about this piece: Every character has a story filled with joyous, heartwarming, I have had many pieces of clothing throughout my life thatand endearing memories.I am sentimental about, mostly because of the memories theyOften the memories stir up recollections about our own jour-bring up for me, but the ones that mean most are the pieces Ineys from childhood through middle-age. Sometimes we laugh; have that were my Moms. I think many of us can relate to put- sometimes we cry, as we recall our prom dates, favourite outfits, ting on a sweater our mom once wore, feeling her around us andfriends, husbands, sisters, and mothers, in good times and in bad. remembering how much she taught us and how wonderful herAs we unravel the lives of our characters, we realize that we are love felt. all on this journey together, sharing much more than we had ever - Joanne Norman imagined.Celebrating our Second Year in BusinessThank you for your continuing support.180 Queen StreetDownTown Port Perry14FOCUS - OCTOBER 2022'