About the Play:

Winner of the 2001 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play

I, Claudia is a full-length drama by Kristen Thomson. Awkward Claudia is a precocious, intelligent twelve-year old struggling to come to terms with with her parent's divorce and her impending leap into teendom. I, Claudia is a unique solo play that explores the emotional turbulence of interrupted family life, and does so with abundant humour.

I, Claudia is a touching and funny play about a girl on the cusp of adolescence. Claudia is an official pre-teen, still reeling from her parents' divorce. Her father is getting re-married, she has a science fair project due, and she is in the physical and emotional throes of puberty. Finding refuge in the basement of her school, Claudia discovers the pain at the centre of her brimming heart. It is up to some important adults in her life – her grandmother, her father's new girlfriend, the school custodian – to shed some light on her situation.

I, Claudia premiered in 2001 at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, winning awards for performance and writing. It was subsequently performed across Canada and received glowing reviews at the Edinburgh Festival. Particularly suitable for schools and play contests.

Cast: 1 female plays all of the roles, using masks to change character

What people say:

"Kristen Thomson is the real theatrical thing … she can rock her audience – she certainly rocked me – on a regular basis with lines and moments that are hilariously funny, totally unexpected and unimpeachably true." — National Post

"I, Claudia is blissfully funny and unexpectedly touching … a must see." — Toronto Star

About the Playwright:

Kristen Thomson is an award-winning Canadian actress and playwright. She is best known for her first play, the one-woman performance, I, Claudia, which she created through improvisation with mask and then presented at the Tarragon Theatre, Belfry Theatre, MTC, The Magnetic North Festival, The World Stage Festival and a tour of Hungary. A television movie adaptation was made of the play for which she won 2 Canadian Comedy Awards for performance and writing and a Gemini Award for best performance. A graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada, she is a member of Soulpepper Theatre Company in Toronto.