#Madeline Blais Dahlem

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The Art of French Cooking is a Celebration Spectacle of the Absurd, Surreal and Female Empowerment

The Art of French of Cooking is 25th St Theatre’s latest offering, after the company has delved back into original productions starting with Fruitcake in 2019.

​The production runs from May 2-12 2024. It plays at the Emrys Jones Theatre which is located at the John Mitchell building also the home of the Drama Department at The University of Saskatchewan.

​Written by playwright, Madeline Blais-Dahlem and directed by Anita Smith. The production stars Sarah Bergbusch, Tim Bratton, Marley Duckett, Bobbi Lee Jones, Elizabeth Nepjuk and Danova Dickson as Boobel Understudy for the dates of May 9-11th 2024.

This extraordinary piece of theatre is Alice in Wonderland with steroids, estrogen, adult content and confidently oozing with female empowerment and sexuality that knows how to have fun without forgetting the points it makes.

The feat of this particular presentation is the onslaught of genres, themes, puns, sexual innuendo and both female empowerment and sexuality presented with such confidence behind the backdrop of a fantastical world, its indescribable.

While art is subjective, this play and production is a new genre that needs a portmanteau to encapsulate of its contents. It also is uniquely visual, mixing physical movement and comedy in a kaleidoscope that only asks the audience to have fun, enjoy the ride and maybe not to forget about the subtext, messaging themes that are just as important.

​Every member of this production, starting with Blais-Dahlem’s wonderful, evocative, ambitious script to the director, the cast and each member of the crew should all be recognized for bringing a work of art to life and creating the unimaginable.

At the risk of speaking too soon, this has the potential of being ingrained in the pantheon of great theatre works that maybe could also be studied decades later with the same importance that we’ve given male playwrights.

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The Art of French Cooking offers a Surreal, Absurd, Female Empowerment Tale Twenty Five Years in the Making

25th Street Theatre’s latest production, The Art of French Cooking is written by playwright, Madeline Blais-Dahlem and directed by 25th St Theatre’s artistic director, Anita Smith.

The production runs from May 2-12 2024 at the Emrys Jones Theatre, located at the John Mitchell Building at the University of Saskatchewan.

​It stars Sarah Bergbusch, Tim Bratton, Marley Duckett, Bobbi Lee Jones, Elizabeth Nepjuk and Danova Duckett as Boobel Understudy on the dates from May 9-11th.

​The play has been an undertaking of twenty five years from inception to be a fully formed play ready for the stage.