runner-up for BEST THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE by The Coast (2002)  written by: Janet Feindel directed by: Michelle MacIntyre assistant director: Howard Beye Cast: Club Owner and Emcee - andre labelle davey Pink Champagne - Michelle MacIntyre Luv - Nadine Jackson Petal Rose - Cora Clark Georgia Scott - Sarah Riley "A Particular Class of Women was written by Feindel after a celebrated 1985 court case in Ontario where a stripper was raped at knifepoint but Mr. Presiding Judge didn't pay much attention to the crime because as he pointed out the woman/victim 'was from a particular class of women whose profession it is to promote lust.' Feindel spent ten years as a stripper to write a composite of life in the skin trade, originally produced as a one-woman show." Frank Magazine - Atlantic Canada   unconventional drama in a site-specific locale. This time it's in Hell. Purple Octogon has transformed it into an erotic dance club. The production is brisk, engaging, and imaginative. Purple Octogon seems determined to push the accepted boundaries of drama. The patrons in the bar inhabit the show rather than passively watch. The young women immersed themselves totally in their roles. This is a strong and confident production that takes theatre to a place Halifax audiences rarely get to visit." - Ron Foley MacDonald The Halifax Daily News   The Dalhousie Gazette  "By peeling back the layers... of clothing and of emotion. Purple Octogon's A Particular Class of Women pushes the boundaries of our stereotypes about stripping and also about ourselves." - Erin Goodman |
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