
Paradise
by Patti FlatherContributors
Patti Flather, author
Patti Flather is the co-founder of Gwaandak Theatre, which develops and shares Indigenous and Northern stories for the stage. Some of her other plays include Sixty Below, West Edmonton Mall, Where the River Meets the Sea, and Street Signs (formerly The Soul Menders). Her fiction has appeared in literary publications including Prairie Fire, dANDelion, Room of One’s Own, and Nashwaak Review. Patti is a recipient of the Yukon Arts Builder Award and a past winner of Theatre BC’s national playwriting competition. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and is a writer, dramaturge, director, educator, and screenwriter. Patti grew up in North Vancouver, but now lives in Whitehorse.
Reviews
- “Paradise" is a powerful play that talks about some important issues while giving no easy answers. - Zeb Berryman, The Evening Star Link to review
- This incredible body of work is as complex as it is poetic . . . Flather’s work brilliantly constructs a narrative in which we hear at the same time echoes of John Milton’s powerful Paradise Lost and Joni Mitchell’s popular ‘Big Yellow Taxi. - Carolina Miranda, Feminine Harbor Link to review
- “Paradise" is as beautiful as it is unsettling, linking stories of peaches, snakes, dogs, limericks, and ordinary people under stress. - Ric Knowles, Professor of Theatre Studies, University of Guelph
Rights Holder

Rights Holder: Playwrights Canada Press
email: info@playwrightscanada.com
website: www.playwrightscanada.com
rights available: World, excl. North America
Additional Information
number of pages: 112
publication date: 04/25/2017
Original language of pub: English
Materials Available: finished book