The Millennial Malcontent
A hipster adaptation of Sir John Van Brugh’s Restoration Comedy, The Provok’d Wife.
Frank Cox-O'Connell and Amelia Sargisson, Set and Costume by Joanna Yu, Lighting by Jennifer Lennon, Projection by Haui Davis, Photo by Cylla Von Teidemann
Frank Cox-O'Connell and Alicia Richardson, Set and Costume by Joanna Yu, Lighting by Jennifer Lennon, Projection by Haui Davis, Photo by Cylla Von Teidemann
Rong Fu, Natasha Mumba, Frank Cox-O'Connell, Reza Sholeh, James Daly, Amelia Sargisson, Alicia Richardson and Liz Peterson, Set and Costume by Joanna Yu, Lighting by Jennifer Lennon, Projection by Haui Davis, Photo by Cylla Von Teidemann
Frank Cox-O'Connell and Amelia Sargisson, Set and Costume by Joanna Yu, Lighting by Jennifer Lennon, Projection by Haui Davis, Photo by Cylla Von Teidemann
“Happiness is a cheat. A name we’ve given to the absence of any other emotion, to the moments we’re free of fear or anger or sorrow, but that doesn’t make happiness real. In fact, it makes it nothing. It’s all bullshit anyway, so we might as well have a bit of fun.
Moxy is married and seething, fed up with the constraints of domesticity, and longing for some action. Meanwhile, her long-suffering husband Johnny has decided that enough is enough and contemplates having an affair with Faith, a secret admirer. Add to the mix a vain YouTube Star, his Québécoise cousin, a lesbian party girl, a PhD student and a music blogger and the stage is set for a raucous exploration of the social posing, sexual frankness and emotional minefield of the Millennial generation.
Restoration Comedy - 2 Act, 2hrs / Cast - 5w, 3m
Production History
Directed by Peter Hinton, The Millennial Malcontent was first produced at Tarragon Theatre under Artistic Director, Richard Rose.
Tarragon Theatre (Toronto) - February - April 2017
Reviews
“Shields puts in plenty of clever twists on her original source material; There’s lots of eye candy in this show.”
— Toronto Star
“The Millennial Malcontent dares to speak to its subject faithfully, and, to paraphrase Moxy, makes a compelling case for raising the standard of what we’re able to think of as a triumph.”
— The Theatre Reader
