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Written and performed by Brooke Johnson

Directed by Allyson McMackon

 In 1985, while she was a student at the  National Theatre School in Montreal, Brooke Johnson became friends with Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

It had been a year and a half since he'd stepped down as Prime Minister, and now he was walking to work, putting cereal bowls on cartoon placemats, washing dishes and making peanut-butter on toast. He was no longer doing pirouettes behind the Queen but sometimes he was hanging around with Brooke, sliding down ice-covered staircases on Mount Royal.

Through reminiscences, journal entries and correspondence, Brooke brings to life the story of a remarkable friendship.

At once vital and charming; poignant and very funny, Trudeau Stories is about friendship and loss...and about who the heck we think we are.

“…like turning the pages of a live snapshot album … a maximum of craft but a minimum of artifice… it’s delightful.”  - National Post

“Mesmerizing … fascinating stuff!” «««« - North County Radio, USA

Written and performed by Melody A. Johnson

Musical Arrangements by Alison Porter

Directed by Rick Roberts and Aaron Willis

The year is 1953. Desperate to escape the chicory-pulling, stall-cleaning, hay-baling drudgery of life in RR#2 Caledonia, Peggy Ann Douglas has a plan. Following in the footsteps of starlets Debbie Reynolds and Lee Meriwether, Peggy Ann will simply become a movie star - and she will start her journey to the top by winning the local pageant. Can she sing, twirl and pivot her way into the judges’ hearts, or will shaky nerves and a “Puritanical Work Ethic” sabotage her efforts? Brimming with love, comedy, and a staggering work ethic of its own, Miss Caledonia is a delightful exploration of optimism and reality down on the farm. Dora and Canadian Comedy Award winner Melody A. Johnson, along with the delightful accompaniment of Alison Porter on fiddle, will have you in the palm of her hand on her quest for the tiara in Miss Caledonia.

Miss Caledonia - which is being hailed as 'the female version' of the popular Wingfield series - was a hit at Toronto’s 2010 SummerWorks festival.

“Melody A. Johnson proves, once again, she is the kook supreme of the Canadian stage…I truly would pay money to see Johnson read the phone book…” – The Toronto Star

“Johnson’s characters are as moving as they are funny …” – NOW Magazine  ««««