What a Young Wife Ought to Know at Performance Works

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It's Ottawa in the 1920s, pre-legalized birth control. When Sophie, a young working-class girl, becomes pregnant again after two difficult childbirths, she faces a grim dilemma. In an unflinching look at love, sex, class, and fertility, one of Canada’s most celebrated playwrights vividly recreates a couple’s struggles with reproduction.

TW: sexual content, domestic violence, abortion, miscarriage