What is the Problem.
Created & performed by Sarah Critchley, Lizzie Rochon & Amélie Tétrault		Tea Party Productions - Winnipeg, MB
V.19 - CCFM - Antoine Gaborieau Hall 
What is the Problem. is a powerful and thought-provoking play that explores the complexities of relationships, love and mental illness. Alice has been planning the perfect evening for her first-ever girlfriend, Catherine, to meet her childhood best friend, Maddie. What could go wrong?
This original new work is a journey through Alice's mind, touching on anxiety, self-doubt and the fear of being alone. Through humour and vulnerability, What is the Problem. reveals how insecurities and fears can challenge even the closest of bonds.


Cast:
Alice - Lizzie Rochon, Maddie - Sarah Critchley, Catherine - Amélie Tétrault

Director:
Taylor Gragory

 		Show Info:
45 minutes
Genre:
Play-Drama

Audience:
Parental Guidance

Mild Language, Violent Content, Mental illness

Thu July 18 6:00 PM
Fri July 19 7:30 PM
Sat July 20 6:00 PM
Sun July 21 9:15 PM
Tue July 23 7:45 PM
Wed July 24 9:15 PM
Thu July 25 6:00 PM
Fri July 26 7:30 PM
Sat July 27 9:15 PM
Sun July 28 5:00 PM

What is the Problem.

Tea Party Productions—CCFM – Antoine Gaborieau Hall

The cafe style lighting cascading from the ceiling of CCFM- Antoine Gaborieau Hall helps illuminate our journey down the rabbit hole of your first partner meeting your childhood best friend. As someone who has been very comfortable under the “Rainbow Umbrella”, it was promising to see these emerging performers explore the complexities of sapphic relationships, be them platonic or romantic.

Originally produced in French, this English adaptation from Tea Party Productions dares to be vulnerable and venture into difficult conversations when you just want everyone to “get along” in addition to adding mental illness as a factor.

This reviewer was glad they “weren’t too late” to catch this trio and I’ll be curiouser and curiouser to see what they put on next.

Stephanie Adamov

Tea Party Productions

What is the Problem.—CCFM – Antoine Gaborieau Hall

‘What is the Problem.’ is an anxiety-ridden mess of an evening, especially according to Alice, who is trying desperately to make it go perfectly. After all, couldn’t everything truly fall apart if her best friend and girlfriend don’t hit it off when they meet for the first time?

Through the wreckage of gut-wrenching voices and comedic relief, comes a story of three young people and the vulnerable truths they didn’t know they needed to learn.