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Leaving home is hard.
Returning home is harder.
 

Friendly Fire
by Kathleen Cleland Moyer

The premise

​A young widow left destitute by World War II returns to Canada. She and her young son have survived the bombings in London, but can they survive returning home? Friendly Fire is historical fiction loosely based on a true story. The draft script shows remarkable promise. It received an Honourable Mention in the 2009 Herman Voaden National playwriting competition through Queen's University. (See below for a list of winners and honourable mentions to see the good company that Friendly Fire enjoys!)

When will we see it?

Backyard Theatre is fundraising to further develop and workshop the script for Friendly Fire in 2020 and produce the play in 2021.   Stay tuned for a potential Summer/Fall 2020 staged reading of the script (in the Backyard venue in Kitchener) and in Dunnville, Ontario.

2009 National Voaden Playwriting Competition, Queen’s University

Winners 
First Place - David Egan for Tom’s a Cold
Second Place - Donna-Michelle St. Bernard for Gas Girls

Honourable Mentions
Kim’s Convenience by Ins Choi
Map of the West by Dave Deveau
Love Handles by Florence Gibson
Pu-erh by Norman Lup-Man Yeung
Sia by Matthew Wishart Mackenzie
Friendly Fire by Kathleen Cleland Moyer 
If We Were Birds by Erin Shields 
The competition was adjudicated by Sharon Pollock, two time Governor General award winning playwright.
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