Comments for abby paige.writer.actor

Comment on Bywords by Joseph Hickey

Joseph Hickey — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:24:57 +0000

Read “American in Ottawa” in Bywords — apt!

Comment on Voices of Venus by Amy Kitchell-Leighty

Amy Kitchell-Leighty — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:39:05 +0000

Best of luck, Abby! I wish I could be there to hear you read!

Comment on “After The Mountain” by Abby Paige

Abby Paige — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:35:58 +0000

Unfortunately I don’t have the inside scoop on how to get copies of the book. From what I understand, only 125 were printed. Perhaps the Concordia English Department would have some since they hosted the book launch?

Comment on “After The Mountain” by Pearl

Pearl — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:40:00 +0000

Cool. I saw that call. Do you have extra copies of the chapbook?

Comment on Bywords by Pearl

Pearl — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:38:42 +0000

Awesome poems, Abby. Glad to have you in town.

Comment on A Blue Ribbon by Amy Kitchell-Leighty

Amy Kitchell-Leighty — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:54:59 +0000

Congratulations, Dear Friend!

Comment on Piecework: When We Were French by Dell Waterhouse

Dell Waterhouse — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 14:49:04 +0000

Dear Abby,
I am diappointed to realize that I have missed the chance to see your performance of this amazing piece for a second time. I saw you perform Piecework: When We Were French last year at Lost Nation Theater and I was so amazed and delighted by the array of characters/personalities that you were able to help your audience envision. I don’t know of any French-Canadian heritage in my own family, but I found these charaacters and their stories deeply moving. I would like to encourage you to continue to offer this piece to audiences, and I would love to be on an e-mail list, if you have one, to be informed of future perfomances.

Comment on Piecework: When We Were French by Louise Amyot

Louise Amyot — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:11:03 +0000

My husband and I very much enjoyed the presentation in Turners Falls, MA on January 30, 2010. We hope that Abby will perform it also in Manchester and Rochester, NH, Woonsocket, RI and Lowell, MA as all of these communities have strong French-Canadian roots and a history of mills which attracted them.
The play reminded us of growing up in Manchester where there were many French-speaking parishes, with bi-lingual schools, and where French was spoken in most of the stores our mothers frequented.
I think there are many connections that might be interested in this play. I’d like to suggest the Association Canado Americaine and the Ste. Marie’s Credit Union Museum as starting points in Manchester.
Abby might also enjoy Fred Pellerin’s CD “Silence” and, especially, the single “Mommy”, by Marc Gelinas and Gilles Richer. This song is about a child asking his mother why his name changed from the French to English and his confusion and sense of loss over it.
This play expressed that loss well. I hope many people will see it. Thank you, Abby. Very nice work.

Comment on Piecework: When We Were French by Theresa Duguay

Theresa Duguay — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:19:43 +0000

I had the privilege of seeing this show at the St. Johnsbury School last evening. Abby is a talented performer who adroitly captures the experiences of French-Canadian immigrants and their descendents. I grew up in St. Johnsbury when it had a close-knit French Catholic community with a church, schools, and a hospital. Though French was not spoken in my home, it was spoken in the homes of some of my friends. My mother was non-French speaking, so the language was lost in my generation. Still I remember hearing my father speaking French to people throughout his life, and I heard many stories of both my memere’s life and my fathers. All that we have left–as Abby said–is the meat pie and a French name. Her show made me homesick for a time and a people who have almost completely died out. Thank you, Abby, for doing this show.

Comment on Upcoming “Piecework” Performances by Kit and Connie

Kit and Connie — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:21:26 +0000

We missed one of your shows in Burlington by a day and vow to get to one, like maybe, hopefully, Turner’s Falls in Jan. hope to see you soon,
Kit Patten and Connie Wilson