When celebrated writer Peg Dunlop returns to Wayford to care for her ailing mother she soon discovers the people in her hometown community don't appreciate the stories she writes, stories that seem to reveal secrets and truths about their own lives. If Truth Be Told echoes the cases of censorship in the late 1970s, when Christian groups and concerned parents attempted to ban books by Alice Munro (Lives of Girls and Women) and Margaret Laurence (The Diviners) from being taught in Ontario high schools. If Truth Be Told, which premiered at Blyth in the summer of 2016, is about the power of words, both spoken and written: how are stories told, what words do we use to fight for what we believe in, and how do we coexist when we have opposing views?

Beverley Cooper is a writer, actor and teacher. She has written for TV, film and extensively for CBC radio drama, twice being nominated for Writers' Guild of Canada Awards. Her plays include Thin Ice (co-written with Banuta Rubess, Chalmers/Dora Award, Theatre Direct plus numerous other productions), The Eyes of Heaven (Blyth Festival), The Woman in White (adapted from the novel by Wilkie Collins, Theatre Aquarius),The Lonely Diner: Al Capone in Euphemia Township, (Blyth Festival) and Janet Wilson Meets the Queen (nominated for a Prix Rideaux award 2016, GCTC). Innocence Lost: A Play about Steven Truscott (Blyth, Centaur, National Arts Centre) was a finalist for a Governor General's Literary Award and was on the Globe and Mail Bestsellers List, a first for a Canadian playwright. Beverley holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph and trained as an actor at Studio 58. She has performed in TV, film and in theatres across Canada. Beverley lives in Toronto.

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