A play about the power of family and love, about self-destruction and creation, Toronto, Mississippi is an exceptional story about Jhana, an exceptional young woman, written by one of Vancouver’s pre-eminent playwrights. Joan MacLeod’s first full-length play explores the complex relationships and dueling perceptions of a mildly autistic girl and her mother, a cheerfully morose poet, and the absentee husband/father who is an Elvis impersonator.More

Jhana’s dreams are improbable, inspiring and rock the lives of the others in this playwriting tour de force.Back