The Making of St. Jerome

By (author): Marie Beath Badian

When Jason De Jesus discovers his younger brother Jerome was the victim of a senseless shooting, his world is filled with questions surrounding Jerome’s death. Was his brother a threat or a casualty of racial profiling? Was he an innocent bystander or someone other than his family’s shining star? Internalizing his survivor’s guilt while reflecting on their strained relationship, Jason’s quest for truth and justice is tainted as he discovers there are no simple answers.

Inspired by the shooting of a Filipino Canadian teenager by a police officer in Toronto, The Making of St. Jerome is a poignant look at the aftermath of an untimely death, the media’s role in the truth, and one family’s attempt to reconcile a haunting reality.

AUTHOR

Marie Beath Badian

Marie Beath Badian is an award-winning Filipinx Canadian playwright based in T’Karonto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).

Her plays include Prairie Nurse (The Blyth Festival), The Waltz (Factory Theatre), The Best Friend Blanket Fort Show (Young People’s Theatre), The Making of St. Jerome (Next Stage Theatre Festival), Mind Over Matter (Convergence Theatre), and Novena (UnoFestival Victoria). She is the recipient of the 2022 Playwrights Guild of Canada Drama Award for her play Common: A Trilogy.

Marie Beath is a two-time alumnus of the Banff Playwrights Lab. She has developed work in the playwright units of Cahoots Theatre Company, Tarragon Theatre, Soulpepper Playwrights Circle, and Factory Theatre. She was the playwright-in-residence at fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company, Project:Humanity, and the Blyth Festival.

www.mariebeath.com


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“[…] a perceptive script by Marie Beath Badian, which doesn’t seek to point fingers but rather tries to deconstruct a complex and highly charged event through the eyes of society, the mass media and the individuals affected.”


“[The Making of St. Jerome] offers a nuanced and contemplative study of an all too common and culturally divisive occurrence.”


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Dimensions:

88 Pages
8.39in * 5.35in * .27in
130.00gr
.29lb

Published:

February 13, 2017

ISBN:

9781770917385

Book Subjects:

DRAMA / Women Authors

Language:

eng

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