Jail Baby

By Hope McIntyre

In this powerful new play based on work with incarcerated women, hilarious parody is interspersed with the harsh reality of the cycle of incarceration.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scirocco Drama
• Release date: Jul 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9781990737374

Hope McIntyre

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.

Book preview

Cover: Jail Baby, written by Hope McIntyre and Cairn Moore, published under Scirocco Drama, by J. Gordon Shillingford, shows a sketch of a woman's face with her black tresses loosely falling around her jawline.

JAIL BABY

JAIL

BABY

Hope McIntyre and Cairn Moore

Jail Baby

first published 2013 by

Scirocco Drama

An imprint of J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing Inc.

© 2013 Hope McIntyre and Cairn Moore

Scirocco Drama Editor: Glenda MacFarlane

Cover artwork by Catherine McKenzie

Cover design by Terry Gallagher/Doowah Design Inc.

Printed and bound in Canada on 100% post-consumer recycled paper.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Manitoba Arts Council and The Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, for any reason, by any means, without the permission of the publisher. This play is fully protected under the copyright laws of Canada and all other countries of the Copyright Union and is subject to royalty. Changes to the text are expressly forbidden without written consent of the author. Rights to produce, film, record in whole or in part, in any medium or in any language, by any group amateur or professional, are retained by the author.

Production inquiries should be addressed to:

Sarasvàti Productions

242 Cathedral Avenue

Winnipeg, MB R2W 0X3

204-586-2236

[e-mail]

www.sarasvati.ca

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

McIntyre, Hope, 1973-

Jail baby / Hope McIntyre, Cairn Moore.

A play.

ISBN 978-1-897289-86-0

I. Moore, Cairn A., 1963- II. Title.

PS8575.I645J35 2013        C812’.6       C2013-902094-2

J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing

P.O. Box 86, RPO Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg, MB Canada R3M 3S3

To all the women who shared their stories.

Contents

Acknowledgements

About the Authors

Production History

Cast List

Foreword

Act I

Cover

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

About the Authors

Production History

Cast List

Foreword

Act I

Guide

Cover

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

About the Authors

Production History

Cast List

Foreword

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Acknowledgements

This project is the culmination of three years of work in partnership with the Elizabeth Fry Society of Manitoba, which included workshops with incarcerated women facilitated by Nan Fewchuk, Marsha Knight, Hope McIntyre and Cairn Moore. A special thank you is extended to the staff at the various correctional institutions where workshops occurred and particularly to all the amazing women who participated and shared their stories.

The development and production of Jail Baby was made possible by the Winnipeg Arts Council, the Winnipeg Foundation, the Manitoba Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. Aside from the current cast there were many artists who participated in earlier readings of the play. The playwrights would like to particularly thank artists who were involved in the previous workshops: Tracy Penner, Kelci Stephenson, Michael Lawrenchuk, Krista Jackson, Dorothy Carroll, Steven Ratzlaff and Daria Puttaert.

Cairn Moore would like to thank the amazing women in her life who inspire her on a daily basis: Rebecca Brask, Cathy Carey, Ginny Collins, Nan Fewchuk, Demetra Hajidiacos, Kelly Hunt, Hope McIntyre, Janet McLeod, Marlene Meaden, Jane Runner, Char Thompson, Heather Scerbo, Mia Torchia and the incredible Alison McLean. She would also like to thank her editor-on-demand John Lu, her husband Jeff Freedman, her daughter Cyra and her son Tamir. Thank you David Moore for the awesome writing genes. And last but certainly not least, many thanks to the entire Moore/Freedman Clan who not only provide plenty of writing material, but make the craft of playwriting a possibility.

A black and white photograph of the author Hope McIntyre. She is dressed in a black shirt.A black and white photograph of the author Cairn A. Moore. She is dressed in a white frilly top.

Hope McIntyre

Originally from Saskatoon, Hope McIntyre has a BFA in performance and an MFA in directing. Hope is in her 13th year as Artistic Director of Sarasvàti Productions. Her