09/07/2026
On this Labour Day, we're proud to celebrate the real women whose courage inspired Kristen Da Silva's "Sisters of '78."
This summer, a few of the women who stood on that picket line forty-eight years ago came to Blyth’s Memorial Hall and watched their own story unfold on the Margaret Stephens Stage. Working women who were threatened, faced intimidation, who got arrested, or faced worse at the end of a police baton, who were laughed at, yelled at, all for wanting a safer workplace, a better wage, a clean bathroom and a boss who kept his hands to himself.
Folks laughed, folks cheered, a few folks needed a tissue. That doesn't happen by accident.
So to the real sisters of '78, to everybody who built this play, to everybody who bought a ticket and showed up — thank you.
"Sisters of '78" is heading to Theatre Aquarius in Hamilton, where it runs from Sep. 30 to Oct 18
Cast
Aiden Altow - Andrew (and others)
Shelayna Christante - Angie (and others)
Madison Hayes-Crook - Maeve
Cara Hunter - Margaret (and others)
Alyssa LeClair - Joyce (and others)
Geoffrey Pounsett - Glen (and others)
Kirstyn Russelle - Natalie (and others)
Shaina Silver-Baird - Laurie (and others)
Creative Team
Playwright - Kristen Da Silva
Director - Mary Francis Moore
Set & Costume Design - Sean Mulcahy
Lighting Design - Siobhan Sleath
Sound Design - Lyon Smith
Intimacy Director - David Chinchilla
Production Stage Manager - Sandy Plunkett
Assistant Stage Manager - Emma Marcy
Photo Credits: Sharon Grose, Lyon Smith
