The Outside Inn
(co-written with Sharon Bajer)
The Outside Inn is a heartwarming and hilarious story about Lily, a newly divorced mother recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and her trans adult child, Patrick, who returns home to save money for top surgery. Confined to an airstream camper in the middle of nowhere, both Lily and Patrick embark on parallel mastectomy journeys that force them to confront their fractured relationship. Through nonstop humor and inevitable messiness, The Outside Inn is a delightfully awkward and moving play about two beings struggling to understand each other… while stuck in a vintage camper in the middle of the woods.
Premiered in 2022 at Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre
Director - Annie Valentina
Dramaturg - Brian Drader
Stage Manager - Stephanie MacDonald
Apprentice Stage Manager - Alexa Kirste
Set Designer - Wesley Babcock
Assistant Set Designer - Ryan Wilcox
Lighting Designer - Ingrid Risk
Sound Designer & Composer - Dasha Plett
Lily - Sharon Bajer
Patrick - Elio Zarrillo
Produced in 2024 at Prairie Theatre Exchange
Director - Annie Valentina
Stage Manager - Zahra Larche
Assistant Stage Manager - Katie Schmidt
Sound Designer & Composer - Dasha Plett
Set & Associate Lighting Designer - Wesley Babcock
Production Manager - Wayne Buss
Props Master - Elana Honcharuk
Head of Wardrobe - Brenda McLean
Head of Lights & Sound - Cari Simpson
Head Carpenter - Steve Vande Vyvere
Carpenter - Robbie Playter
Lily - Sharon Bajer
Patrick - Elio Zarrillo
Developed with the support of the Manitoba Association of Playwrights, Canada Council for the Arts and Manitoba Arts Council.
(Photos by Leif Norman)
