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Under an English Heaven
Cat's stage play,Under an English Heaven, based on the life and works of Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) was workshopped by students in Acadia University’s theatre arts program; William Lang, who bears a strong resemblance to Brooke, read the lead role. The play isn’t just about the short life of the poet; it attacks the tendency to romanticize war, and using that as a recruiting tactic.
Afterlife
We were all mesmerized by the Miracle on the Hudson when a plane came down safely in the NYC river and everyone lived. When Swissair 111 ditched in the Atlantic ten years ago, Cat began to wonder what a survivor of such an accident would feel and suffer after the fact, and she started making notes; those have now become a one-act play.
I Only Know I Won't Be Here
These were the last words Cat's beloved friend and colleague, the late actor/writer/director Leon Pownall, said to her when she commented, "Well, at least we know you'll be in good company on the other side." After Leon died, Cat developed that concept into a two-act stage play that brings a character created in Leon's image to an eternal set of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet where all the players are dead actors, former rivals and former lovers.
Ghosth
A feature film, this comedy tells the story of two families, one more open-minded than the other, both of whom had gay sons. When the more uptight couple purchases a house haunted by the ghost of a gay interior decorator, all hell break loose and narrow-mindedness go up in, yes, a "poof" of smoke.
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