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Theatre
Presentation
Sarah's Daughters
Written by: J. Nisker
Starring:
Martha Zimmerman and Cellist, Alyssa Wright
Performed on the McManus Stage,
Grand Theatre, London, Ontario
DATE: Thursday May 14,
2009
TIME: 8:00 p.m.
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Sarah’s Daughters
is a play about the experience of a young Jewish woman whose mother and
grandmother died from breast cancer at a young age. It is a play about
the young woman’s family and her community. Sarah’s Daughters
explores the fear with which this woman lives: fear for herself, and
fear for her daughters. Sarah’s Daughters brings to the surface
ethical issues inherent to genetic testing for cancer genes and, indeed,
the genes of all adult-onset inherited conditions. The play initiates
with the audience a conversation and a compassionate appreciation of
inherited genetic risk. It is important that powerful genetic
knowledge, which infiltrates our lives, not be camouflaged by secrets
and lies that are born of fear. The secrecy that trapped previous
generations should surrender to the advances in medical knowledge that
can unlock opportunities for discourse, informed decisions, and
prevention and treatment. Sarah’s Daughters offers a vehicle
through which the love of a family bound by their heritage can soothe
the truth of such a terrible heritage-linked disease.
The playwright, J. Nisker, Professor of Obstetrics-Gynecology and
Oncology
and Coordinator of Health Ethics and Humanities,
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western
Ontario
will be available for audience discussion following the performance.
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