The Diviners: A play based on the novel by Margaret Laurence by Vern Thiessen with Yvette Nolan

Considered a masterpiece of Canadian literature, Margaret Laurence’s The Diviners is the compelling story of Morag Gunn, a woman who perseveres through challenge after challenge as she attempts to carve out an authentic life as a writer.

The play moves backward and forward through time, taking us to Morag’s impoverished childhood in rural Manitoba, her early struggles to establish herself as a female artist, and her present, as she works to finish a novel while navigating a thorny relationship with her teenage daughter, Pique. Inextricably bound with Morag’s Scottish settler story is the Metis story of Jules Tonnerre, her friend, lover, and Pique’s father.

Adapted for the stage by Vern Thiessen with Yvette Nolan, The Diviners illuminates issues of identity, class, and reconciliation.

Cast size: 12 actors
Casting notes: 4f/8m plus ensemble and fiddler