In 1887, in the basement of the St. Lawrence Market, one of Canada’s largest, sits an all-female prison. Days before it floods, we meet the women of Toronto who for better or worse will have to come together to survive. Inspired by true accounts.
Characters:
MARY, petty thief, Mississauga
IRISH MARY, 8 months pregnant, Irish
IRYNA, farm housewife, hysterical, Ukrainian
SOPHIA, murderer, Black
VICTORIA, prisoner with multiple sclerosis
JENNIE, Iryna’s daughter
Other women prisoners
GUARD
SAMUEL, Iryna’s son
FRED, Iryna’s husband
Offstage Voice 1
Offstage Voice 2
Resources:
The Flood (and Other Misadventures of the Female Prisoners of the St. Lawrence Market) is available through Playwrights Canada Press.
Courtesy of the PCLN