A staged play-reading series focusing on plays and playwrights whose works reflect Canada’s cultural diversity.

Saturday, March 31, 2007, 7:30 pm.
La Balustrade, Monument-National, 1182 St Laurent Blvd

“Goodness” by playwright Michael Redhill, director: Emma Tibaldo
This play, about a man with Alzheimer's on trial for war crimes, focuses on genocide, memory and morality in todayís world. Goodness explores the pressing question of why good people carry out most horrible acts.

Sunday, April 1, 2007, 2:30 pm
La Balustrade, Monument-National, 1182 St Laurent Blvd

“Burning In” by playwright: Natalie Meisner, director: Sarah Stanley
This is a story of a Canadian war correspondent who becomes a household name when her picture holding a thirteen year old Lebanese boy whose parents have just been killed by tracer bombs, is displayed in the media.

Other stage-readings to be announced