April 22 - May 25 , 2008

By Michel Tremblay
Translated by John Van Burek & Bill Glassco
Directed by Sarah Garton Stanley

Starring in alphabetical order
Catherine Fitch
Alain Goulem
Anthousa Harris
Holly O'Brien

Set & Costume Designer Brian Smith
Lighting Design: Luc Prairie
Assistant Director: Jonathan Seinan
Stage Manager: Merissa Tordjman
Apprentice Stage Manager: Katharine Childs

First staged at Montreal’s Théâtre Quat’Sous in 1971, Forever Yours, Marie-Lou, is one of the great Michel Tremblay plays never before staged in English in Montreal.

Set in the early 1970’s when The Main (St. Laurent Blvd.) was electric with an exotic nightlife frequented by a Quebec population at an historical crossroads, this potent play strikes at the heart of an unforgettable, dysfunctional Québecois family. Carmen, a country singer returns home to convince Manon, her sister, to end years of mourning the death of their parents. Past and present intermingle as the two daughters struggle to reconcile their visions of the past, while the parents, Marie-Lou and Léopold, enact the events leading up to their meeting with powers beyond their control.

“A tragedy, written in fierce dialogue, decrying loneliness, poverty, ignorance and fear of the unknown, it portrays a society at a crossroads, torn between apathetic self-pity and the lucidity that precedes a taking charge of one’s destiny."
- Marie Labrecque, Voir, September 5, 1996.