It’s Ottawa in the 1920s, pre-legalized birth control. Sophie, a young working-class girl, falls madly in love with and marries a stable hand named Jonny. After two difficult childbirths, doctors tell Sophie she shouldn’t have any more children but don’t tell her how to prevent it. When Sophie inevitably becomes pregnant again, she faces a grim dilemma.
Inspired by real stories of mothers during the Canadian birth-control movement of the early twentieth century, one of Canada’s most celebrated playwrights vividly recreates a couple’s struggles with reproduction.
