Playwright - Lisa Randall
Director - Christina Collins
Actors from left to right: Tricia Williams, Jasmine Sawant, Maria Syrgiannis, Catherine Speiran, Lisa Randall
Reviews for The Sorauren Book Club
“The Sorauren Book Club is a real crowd-pleaser”. “Lisa Randall's heartfelt, funny and relatable ensemble drama performed by women over 50 could have another life onstage or even TV” Glenn Sumi, NOW MAGAZINE, Toronto https://nowtoronto.com/culture/fringe-review-the-sorauren-book-club-is-a-real-crowd-pleaser
“I loved everything about The Sorauren Book Club, part of the Toronto Fringe. The age and diversity of the female cast, the script, the choice of the novel, it was all perfect. Highly recommended” - Sam Mooney, Toronto.
“The Sorauren Book Club was everything I hope middle-age might be: gossips, secrets, cake, wine, friends and redemption” - Marie-Eve Melley INTERMISSION MAGAZINE, Toronto
“The show brings together a group of unlikely friends, united in their invisibility and unafraid of confronting their differences. Hopeful, yet realistic. A must see.” -INTERMISSION MAGAZINE, Toronto
“'The Sorauren Book Club' amplifies a voice not always heard on stages outside of “Steel Magnolias”: That of the aging woman. Lisa Randall’s engaging play ... marries humor with food for thought, are ordinary concerns: whether a friendship will be repaired and the book club will go on. But Randall makes both worth caring about with distinct and appealing characterizations that are more than one-dimensional. Love, friendship, motherhood, religion: It’s all dished and entertainingly so." - Matt J. Palm - The Orlando Sentinel
"Faith, food and friendship come into serio-comic conflict when an exiled member of the titular kaffeeklatsch makes her unexpected return, just in time for a contentious conversation about Colm Tóibín’s controversial novel The Testament of Mary. Old hurts quickly hurl to the surface as the fivesome hash over their tangled interpersonal pasts, blackmailing and backstabbing each other like a geriatric Game of Thrones, before they finally come together and kumbaya. Heather Cherron makes a potent impact as Portia, the provocative prodigal participant, while Priya (Jasmine Sawant) gets to deliver many of the cleverest quips However, the entire cast all deliver well-seasoned performances. The spiritual and social issues it raises have some cross-generational appeal." – Seth Kubersky, Orlando Weekly
“The Sorauren Book Club is a real crowd-pleaser”. “Lisa Randall's heartfelt, funny and relatable ensemble drama performed by women over 50 could have another life onstage or even TV” Glenn Sumi, NOW MAGAZINE, Toronto https://nowtoronto.com/culture/fringe-review-the-sorauren-book-club-is-a-real-crowd-pleaser
“I loved everything about The Sorauren Book Club, part of the Toronto Fringe. The age and diversity of the female cast, the script, the choice of the novel, it was all perfect. Highly recommended” - Sam Mooney, Toronto.
“The Sorauren Book Club was everything I hope middle-age might be: gossips, secrets, cake, wine, friends and redemption” - Marie-Eve Melley INTERMISSION MAGAZINE, Toronto
“The show brings together a group of unlikely friends, united in their invisibility and unafraid of confronting their differences. Hopeful, yet realistic. A must see.” -INTERMISSION MAGAZINE, Toronto
“'The Sorauren Book Club' amplifies a voice not always heard on stages outside of “Steel Magnolias”: That of the aging woman. Lisa Randall’s engaging play ... marries humor with food for thought, are ordinary concerns: whether a friendship will be repaired and the book club will go on. But Randall makes both worth caring about with distinct and appealing characterizations that are more than one-dimensional. Love, friendship, motherhood, religion: It’s all dished and entertainingly so." - Matt J. Palm - The Orlando Sentinel
"Faith, food and friendship come into serio-comic conflict when an exiled member of the titular kaffeeklatsch makes her unexpected return, just in time for a contentious conversation about Colm Tóibín’s controversial novel The Testament of Mary. Old hurts quickly hurl to the surface as the fivesome hash over their tangled interpersonal pasts, blackmailing and backstabbing each other like a geriatric Game of Thrones, before they finally come together and kumbaya. Heather Cherron makes a potent impact as Portia, the provocative prodigal participant, while Priya (Jasmine Sawant) gets to deliver many of the cleverest quips However, the entire cast all deliver well-seasoned performances. The spiritual and social issues it raises have some cross-generational appeal." – Seth Kubersky, Orlando Weekly
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