GUILT (a love story) is a deep dive into a complex, uncomfortable, and highly human feeling - a state of being that most of us, especially parents, wrestle with inelegantly.
GUILT begins by focusing on Flacks’ odyssey: the perspective of a self-sacrificing Jewish mother instigating family dissolution. Flacks stands in the eye of an explosion in which she is the bomb. Guilt is pesky. You can try to drown it with wine, push it down deep or wrestle it to the ground, but still it lingers. Guilt is the party guest who refuses to leave. Part stand-up, part confessional, Guilt takes us on a roller coaster ride through infidelity, divorce, forgiveness and love.
This laugh-out-loud comedy by Diane Flacks combines her comic prowess, keen intelligence and fierce honesty. She has spent her career wowing audiences, so pack your bags, we’re going on a guilt trip!
Keywords: guilt, comedy, motherhood, jewish, grief, solo-show, divorce, middle-age, mid-life-crisis, feminist
Produced by Centaur Theatre, March 2024 and Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, April 2024
Genre: Dark Comedy, Drama
Run time: 73 minutes
Content notes: Contains strong language.
Suitable for students 16+
Cast size: 1 actor
Female roles: 1
"Freud, a yoga teacher and tequila: ‘Guilt (A Love Story)’ is a compelling solo show populated with a vivid chorus of characters."
- Glenn Sumi, Toronto Star
"Diane Flacks’ Guilt: A Love Story is a confessional solo show about divorce that could easily go viral."
- J. Kelly Nestruck, The Globe and Mail
Read Diane Flacks' Q&A about this play with Frontmezzjunkies HERE.