I’m contributing to a book of essays about prolific playwright/ director Sky Gilbert. Sky is also the founder of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, the largest queer theatre in North America.

I had the pleasure of working with Sky when he wrote a play for me to act in called Ladylike. It was workdshopped by Hammer Theatre in 2007 in Hamilton and produced at the Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival in the summer of 2008.

My essay is called Acting Ladylike or 10 Things I Learned About Being a Lady From Sky Gilbert.

The book is being published by Guernica Press. It is edited by David Bateman.

“[Wes] Berger, as Cadieux’s brother, also has experience playing sex/gender diversity onstage. His presence in Nina Arsenault’s virtuoso performance Ladylike, another Gilbert script, brought a smouldering sensuality to a small but crucial role.” (Xtra! Magazine, Apr 08, 2010)

Wes and I worked on Ladylike together in the summer of 2008 for the Toronto Fringe Festival. This article is about a new Sky Gilbert play he is working on, Reconciliation, which opens on Thursday at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.

To check out the whole article about Reconciliation which stars Wes copy and paste this address:

http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Theatre_preview_Reconciliation-8470.aspx