Reviews for Sisters

The average rating for Sisters based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-08-29 00:00:00 Stephen Simmons I fell in love with this play. It ticks so many boxes for me. -it's relevant, it deals with residential schools in Canada and it is critical and unforgiving in its portrayal of them. -it is brilliantly written for the stage so that time and space bleed from one scene into the next. -it is an actor's piece with some great characterization and some unforgettable lines to deliver. -it is a director's piece in that it would require an extremely delicate director's hand to make the show flow properly. -It blends traditional themes such as love and hope and the promise of youth with heavier themes such as disillusionment and abuse of power and corruption of faith. -It is so cathartic. So incredibly, ecstatically cathartic. This is a brilliant script and I am making a vow to one day produce this somewhere. It's an important show about an important topic and it doesn't shy away from the ugliness of it all. 5/5

Review # 2 was written on 2015-07-13 00:00:00 Steve Britton I greatly admire Lill's courage in digging into the societal values of assimilation that allowed cultural genocide through Catholic convent-run Native residential schools. The plot plays out as the memories of a formerly idealistic young nun during a legal interrogation session after she burns down the school. We gradually see that the young nuns are being just as thoroughly indoctrinated (educated?) as the Native children. A very powerful portrayal of a shameful blotch in Canadian history. April 6,2017 On re-reading this play for Book Club and in preparation for seeing a production of it, I saw more closely how the construct of a "memory play" is like a collage, which is the way we experience memory bits daily. I also noticed the importance of sound effects to the overall impression - barking dogs, children singing, belt whipping. Lill starkly displays the personal trauma of Canada's brutal residential schools and her concern for this social issue is intense. We are left asking "How can Christian values become so twisted by bureaucrats?"… most of whom who have never answered for these political platforms.