WINDFALL: The Story of Viola MacMillan
(First Workshop)
Play reading part of The Disruptors Play Reading Series
September 30th, 2022 at The Campbell House Museum
STARRING
Chick Reid* as VIOLA MACMILLAN
with
Genna Giampaolo as CHRISTINA MCCALL
Vince Deiulis as MAN
CREATIVE TEAM
Director: Ryan G. Hinds*
Playwrights: Genna Giampaolo and Vince Deiulis
*Chick Reid and Ryan G. Hinds were engaged under
special permission with Canadian Actors’ Equity Association
SYNOPSIS (Running Time: approx. 75 minutes)
January 1968: 64-year old mining magnate and entrepreneur, Viola MacMillan is found guilty and sentenced to prison. Her crime?
Being a successful woman in a male-dominated industry.
In Windfall, Viola transports the audience to the height of her success and relives an important interview with a young Maclean's journalist, Christina McCall - all the while grappling with her new reality during the first hours at Toronto's Don Jail.
WINDFALL IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS FOR GD ENTERTAINMENT. Second workshops and/or productions will be announced in future.