Almost Live episode #192
Enjoy a play reading of Woman Against Gravity, with special guest playwright Olivia Etey!
Armed with her motto, “Suck life dry!” and her late husband’s parting words—“You have energy and only one life—so use it!”—Tessa takes a fearless leap into the unpredictable world of seniors’ online dating. With her best friend Patty as wingwoman, Tessa is on a mission to defy expectations and gravity itself, in a fierce pursuit of joy, connection, and living fully in the moment.
Can she find short-term companionship—or something deeper?
Woman Against Gravity was short-listed for the Lee Playwriting Award and has been developed through the rEvolver Festival, Western Gold Theatre’s Have a Senior’s Moment Festival (2024), TheatreOne’s Emerging Voices Program (2024), the Stage One Festival of New Canadian Works at Lunchbox Theatre (2021), and the Arts Club’s LEAP Program (2019).
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Guest Bio
Olivia Etey is a playwright, producer, and the creator of the Or Festival (www.orfestival.com). She graduated from UBC with a double major in Creative Writing and English Honours. Her produced plays include: Foreplay (2015), her musical: The Midnight Serenade (2015), Living on the Grid (2016), which debuted at the Vancouver FRINGE Festival as part of The Only Animal’s Generation Hot Series, The Hoarder (2017), and her juke-box Opera Forever Hold Your Peace (Opera Unbound, 2022). An excerpt of her bilingual play Emberré Váltam/I’ve Become Human Again, written in Hungarian and English was recently showcased in Rice & Beans Theatre’s DBLSK Program. She is honoured to be a part of this VocalEye Almost Live Event hosted by the incomparable Amy Amantea and she hopes you enjoy the play!
