The Queer Bathroom Monologues
Libido Productions
Photos by Cassandra Silver
Play Reviews:
- Queer Bathroom Monologues ::: NOW Magazine
- Queer Bathroom Monologues (Libido Productions) 2011 Toronto Fringe Review ::: Mooney on Theatre
- Headscarf & the Angry Bitch leads queer crop at Toronto Fringe ::: Xtra!
Video clips:
- Queering Bathrooms: About the book ::: vimeo.com
- Queering Bathrooms: Sheila Cavanagh in coversation with Susan Stryker ::: vimeo.com
- Queering Bathrooms: Q and A ::: vimeo.com
Discussions of the Queer Bathroom Monologues:
- CBC.ca | Metro Morning | Wrong Bathroom? ::: CBC.ca radio interview
- You can listen to the phone-in on the CBC.ca | Ontario Today website, www.cbc.ca/ontariotoday or download a podcast by going to http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/index.html?region#ontariotoday
The Queer Bathroom Monologues is a performance ethnography about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans- experiences in Canada's public facilities written by Sheila Cavanagh. The stories open our eyes to the secret sex life of the bathroom and to the gendered cultural politics of the gendered rooms. You will never look at the toilet the same way after witnessing the tragic and passionate reenactments of life in the water-closet.
The show premiered at the Toronto Fringe Festival, July 6-17, 2011, and won the Audience Pick Award. Sheila Cavanagh has since received SSHRC funding to professionally stage the production at Buddies in Bad Times theatre in 2013-2014. The play is currently touring and can be adapted for LGBTQ positive space campaigns, networks, and organizations in higher education; for undergraduate and graduate classrooms; academic and arts-based festivals; for high school classrooms, Gay-Straight Alliances, teacher professional development and faculties of education.The Cast and Crew:
Playwright and Producer: Sheila Cavanagh;
Director: Megan Watson;
Dramaturge: Judith Rudakoff;
Actors: Hallie Burt; Tyson Li; and Chy Ryan Spain.
Bookings and Media Contact: Sheila@yorku.ca
