A woman sits in a Brussels café, telling delicate tales of love. She insists on the minute and most intimate details: the beating heart, the sweaty palms, the skin that shivers to the touch. Little by little, through her portraits, she reveals what it is that drives her to tell stories and lets us in on the strange secret, shared with her one day by a young man in a coffee shop.
Élisa’s Skin was performed in Vancouver and on tour including at the National Arts Centre as part of The Magnetic North Theatre Festival in 2005.
Starring: Marie Stillin
With (at different times): Jean-Michel LeGal and Todd Thompson
Director: Del Surjik
Assistant Director: Tammy Isaacson
Stage Manager: David Kerr
Set Design: David Roberts
Lighting Design: Del Surjik
Costume Design: Barbara Clayden
Original Musical Composition and Sound Design: Patrick Pennefather
Jessie Richardson Award Nominations For:
Outstanding Performance by Marie Stillin
Outstanding Production
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“Québécoise playwright Carol Fréchette’s Elisa’s Skin is a gem of a play.”
“Marie Stillin, who takes the role of Élisa, plays this text like the richly intelligent score it is.”
“As Élisa, Marie Stillin … holds us completely in her thrall. … It’s a performance that makes you hold your breath, afraid to move.”
“Montréal playwright Carole Fréchette’s one-woman show about love, loneliness and the dangers of aging gets a first rate airing in Pi Theatre’s production.”