| Between the Sheets | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Jordi Mand |
| Characters | Teresa Marion |
| Date premiered | September 18, 2012 |
| Place premiered | Tarragon Theatre Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | A mother of a student approaches the teacher with several personal complaints. |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | Teresa's Third Grade Classroom [1] - Present |
Between the Sheets is a one-act play written by Jordi Mand. It received its first full production with Nightwood Theatre in Toronto in 2012, and it has also been produced by The Basement Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand in 2013 [2] and Pi Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 2014. [3]
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The play deals with both special-needs children and sexual affairs, and includes drama and occasional suspense.
The script was released in print in 2014 by the Playwrights Canada Press. [4]
Playwrights Canada Press is a Canadian publishing house founded in 1984 by the Playwrights Guild of Canada. It was incorporated in 2000 as an independent company.
