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MERCY KILLING OR MURDER: THE TRACY LATIMER STORY
Winner of the 2005 Moondance Columbine Playwriting Award SYNOPSIS Mercy Killing or Murder: The Tracy Latimer Story examines the right to life issues that surfaced when Canadian, Robert Latimer, killed his disabled daughter and nobody seemed to want to put him in jail for it. DEDICATION Mercy Killing or Murder... is dedicated to the memory of Donald James Norman, Oct. 8, 1952 - Dec 12, 2003. He had co-created and performed in two artist-community collaboration productions with Stage Left, was an active participant in our ActiveArts drama classes, and represented the local disability community on our Board of Directors. Drama was Donald’s latest passion, and he was thrilled to have been part of creating and performing Mercy Killing or Murder: the Tracy Latimer Story. CO-CREATION CAST Lee Davis, co-creator and lead performer: Person with a Disability, Jury Member James Doyle, co-creator and lead performer: Person with a Disability, Jury Member Jerry Gliwinski, co-creator and lead performer: Person with a Disability, Jury Member Donald Norman, co-creator and lead performer: Person with a Disability, Jury Member Jamie Popoff, co-creator and lead performer: Robert Latimer, General Public Jenny Repond, co-creator and lead performer: Laura Latimer, General Public, Thinking Person Tia Srivastava, co-creator and lead performer: Vulnerable, Young Girl with a Disability SUPPORTING CAST Rodney Atkinson: Boyfriend of Vulnerable, Young Girl with a Disability Bonnie Blassetti: Popcorn Seller, Nurse, Support Staff, Reporter, Coroner, General Public, Thinking Person, Witness Shari Lahka-Evin: Tracy Latimer Laurel Oneill: Crowd, Narrator, Support Worker, Judge, General Public, Thinking Person, Gossiper, Game Show Host Stafford Perry: Narrator, Husband, Lawyer, RCMP, General Public, Thinking Person, Gossiper Shandra Pritchard: Girlfriend of Vulnerable, Young Girl with a Disability Heather Plewes: Support Worker to Jerry Gliwinski CREDITS Written by: Michele Decottignies Co-created with: Lee Davis, Gerry Gliwinki, James Doyle and Donald Norman With dramaturgical support from: Nancy Nassef, Jamie Popoff, and Jennifer Repond And information pulled directly from: Trial transcripts, media coverage, and the research of Ruth Ens and Judy Lawrence. Directed by: Michele Decottignies Stage Managed by: Shandra Pritchard Ruby Dawn Eustaquio Shelly Hering Heather Plewes (support worker to artists with developmental disabilities) Lighting Design by: Cimmeron Meyer Video and Sound by: Justin Machnik, Uplift Media Set by: Robert Pritchard and Charles Decottignies Produced and Presented by: Stage Left Productions Co-Presented by: One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre Funded by: Canada Council for the Arts Alberta Foundation for the Arts Supported by: The Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta, Anterra Properties, Nucleus Information Systems, and The University of Calgary’s Departments of Drama, Education, and Disability Studies. |
