In a Blue Moon

When Frankie’s dad dies, her mom, Ava, can’t afford to live in the city anymore. The only asset they’re left with is a farmhouse situated on twenty acres of land far outside of town. Ava decides to move there and start an Ayurveda clinic on the property, giving her precocious and grieving daughter a new start. One problem presents itself, though: a squatter who won’t leave. Will, professional photographer, long-estranged brother-in-law to Ava, and uncle to Frankie, lives rent-free on the farm and isn’t eager to give up his space. While mother and daughter face the challenges of starting over and grieving, they also need to figure out how to weave a new man into the picture. Soon, though, Frankie finds in Will someone to look up to and trust during her time of emotional upheaval, and Ava discovers a companion who pushes her to grow and helps her to discover her potential. In their journey the group thread together a new understanding of family, and a tender love story unfolds. In a Blue Moon combines dance, recollection, photography, and heartfelt emotion to examine three characters who each grieve very differently. Love, compassion, and companionship are discovered and shared as each member of the trio finds peace in their new reality, in their own way.

＂With strong writing and characters, In a Blue Moon is a complex, authentic story about three people learning how to live with each other after such a profound loss.＂
- Tessa Perkins, The Peak

Lucia Frangione: Lucia Frangione is the author of over 28 plays, several of them going on to international productions. Espresso has been produced three times in Vancouver, toured Western Canada, and last year premiered in London, England. It was translated and produced in Poland, twice, and was produced in Chicago last spring. Her play, Christmas on the Air, just closed in Boston, played in Chicago last year, and has seen several productions across Canada. Cariboo Magi won the Sydney Risk prize and has been produced across Canada and in the United States, most recently in Beverly, MA. Chickens was produced in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, this past summer, and has also played across Canada, the United States, and even got as far as New Zealand. Recent plays include: Off Leash (Fugue Theatre), Leave of Absence, and Holy Mo (Pacific Theatre), Maid for a Musket (St Lawrence Shakespeare Festival), FRESCO (BellaLuna Productions), Etienne - the pod-play (Neworld/Richmond Gateway), Paradise Garden (Arts Club), Wobbling Madonna (Solo Collective), MMM (Ruby Slippers), and JoyTide, SisterElla, Mistletoads (Chemainus Theatre). Currently she is commissioned to write Holy Mo: A Christmas Show! for Pacific Theatre and a stage adaptation of The Thin Man for Vertigo Theatre. Lucia is also an award-winning actress and has worked for theatres across Canada. She is a proud member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada, Playwrights Theatre Centre, and is honoured to be published by Talonbooks. She teaches playwriting at Langara college and Rosebud School of the Arts. She writes a story a day on her blog: luciafrangione.com. She lives in Vancouver with her husband and two children.