Jail Baby
- Publisher
- J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2013
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781897289860
- Publish Date
- Apr 2013
- List Price
- $15.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781990737374
- Publish Date
- Jul 2022
- List Price
- $9.99
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Description
In this powerful new play based on work with incarcerated women, hilarious parody is interspersed with the harsh reality of the cycle of incarceration.
About the author
Hope McIntyre is an award-winning playwright and director. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Winnipeg Department of Theatre and Film. Her training includes a BFA in performance from the University of Saskatchewan and an MFA in directing from the University of Victoria. She was the founding Artistic Director of Sarasvàti Productions, a company dedicated to social change that she helmed for 22 years. During this tenure she developed multiple new theatrical works, produced an annual festival, worked as a dramaturg for emerging playwrights, and developed community-based play creation methods. Since leaving the company in 2020 she has returned to her own work as a playwright. She has received the YWCA Women of Distinction Award, the Bra D’Or, and the Women Helping Women Award for her work supporting female playwrights. She is also a former President of the Playwrights Guild of Canada.