The Drowning Girls and Comrades Format: Paperback

The Drowning Girls reflects on the misconceptions of love, married life, and the not-so-happily ever after. Comrades brings to life the story of a seven-year imprisonment and explores the struggles and agonies of two men, tried not for what they did, but for who they were.

Beth Graham is a playwright, actor, and dramaturg. She was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, grew up in Cochrane, Alberta, and now lives in Edmonton with her partner Patrick and their two senior dogs, Lily and Oscar. In 2015, Beth’s play The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Some of her other plays and collaborations include Pretty Goblins, Weasel, and The Drowning Girls (co-writer). Beth is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA acting program.

Charlie Tomlinson is a teacher/director/actor who lives in St John's, Newfoundland. He is the former artistic director of c2c theatre. He has worked at theatres from Newfoundland to the Yukon and has taught in Ontario, Alberta, and Newfoundland.

Daniela Vlaskalic is an actor and playwright who lives and works in Canada. Since graduating from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting, she has worked in numerous theatres across the country. Daniela began collaborating with Beth Graham and Charlie Tomlinson in 1999 with The Drowning Girls and continued collaborating with Beth on several plays, including Comrades, The Last Train (winner of the 2003 Alberta Playwrights Network Playwriting Competition), and Mules. They also shared the role of artist-in-residence at Catalyst Theatre in 2006. Daniela currently lives in Toronto.