RedWit Theatre addresses the stigma behind mental health with an original, lighthearted play, Living with Olivia Cadence Donovan, from January 14th-25th at the Tankhouse Theatre in the Young Centre for Performing Arts located in the Distillery District in Toronto, ON.

After two sold-out runs of the first act at the New York Theatre Festival and Alumnae Studio Space, the much-anticipated play is back on the Toronto Stage with a brand-new second act. Written and produced by Allison Shea Reed, an NYU Tisch graduate and experienced playwright, the play details the experience of a young woman struggling with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in her twenties: it is a play about not just surviving but living with OCD.

RedWit Theatre is a Canadian theatre company committed to producing theatre addressing themes and issues pervasive in North American Culture that regularly go unspoken or are considered taboo. Living with Olivia Cadence Donovan is a play that strives to bring theatre to the audience in an educational, frank portrayal in hopes of creating honest and respectful dialogue while simultaneously creating allies for communities that are stigmatized and inadequately portrayed in the entertainment industry.

Living with Olivia Cadence Donovan is directed by Sean O’Brien, the director of the 2018 critically-acclaimed Toronto premiere of Hamlet(s) (Skipping Stones Theatre). The production features Gabriella Circosta (The Cenotaph project, Theatre by the Bay) as Olivia; Tristan Claxton (Hamlet(s), Skipping Stones Theatre) as Rowan; Conor Ling (The Seat Next to the King, Minmar Gaslight Productions) as Graham, and the playwright Allison Shea Reed (In the Next Room, RedWit Theatre) as Emily. The creative team consists of Designer Olivia Cassidy Stupka (Lighting Design: Living with Olivia Cadence Donovan, RedWit Theatre; In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play); RedWit Theatre) and Producer Allison Shea Reed (Artistic Director & Founder, RedWit Theatre).