Description
My Pregnant Brother by Freestanding Productions
Playwright and Performer: Johanna Nutter
Director & Dramaturg: Jeremy Taylor
In the summer of 2008, Thomas Beatie, “the World's First Pregnant Man,” gave birth to a baby girl. When the story broke, it went around the world in less than twenty-four hours. The funny thing is, two years before anyone had ever heard of Thomas Beatie, my brother became a pregnant man... and the only one who knew was me. I'm going to tell you that story.
Praise
“Johanna Nutter is a gem! I consider myself very fortunate to have been in the audience today. This is a wonderful play that will touch your heart.”
— Helen Pergantis, The Gazette (Montreal)
“Astonishing … a beautiful story related with magic nuances and brilliant simplicity. It is theatre at its most elemental.”
—Anna Fuerstenberg, Rover Arts (Montreal)
“Even better the second time around … this show deserves to be seen across the country—and the continent.”
—Pat Donnelly, The Gazette (Montreal)
“Storytelling at its finest. Theatre at its finest. Empathy, love and growth; Montréal's finest.”
— Mathieu Murphy-Perron, Tableau d’Hôte Theatre Company (Montreal)
Credits & Company Information
My Pregnant Brother is the result of a collaboration between writer-performer Johanna Nutter and director-dramaturg Jeremy Taylor. The show has appeared at the Montreal Fringe Festival (June 2009), the Centaur Theatre’s Wildside Festival (January 2010), the Victoria Playhouse in Prince Edward Island (July-August 2010), and the GCTC’s inaugural undercurrents festival (January 2011). My Pregnant Brother won best play at the 2009 Montreal Fringe and was later awarded the 2010 Montreal English Critics Circle Award for Best Text.
Playwright and performer Johanna Nutter had her first role at the age of two in her father's NFB film, Loose Associations. She is the founder and acting president of The Freestanding Room, a co-operative venue in Montreal committed to telling stories simply, intimately, and authentically. My Pregnant Brother is her first play.
Director and dramaturg Jeremy Taylor is a graduate of the National Theatre School’s playwriting program and is the founding artistic director of the award-winning Two-Wheeler Productions. He works as a writer and director in Montreal.
