The National Arts Centre, Vita Brevis Arts, Canadian Stage, Neptune Theatre, Grand Theatre production of

FALL ON YOUR KNEES

Adaptation for the Stage by Hannah Moscovitch and Alisa Palmer  

Co-created and Written by Hannah Moscovitch 

Co-created and Directed by Alisa Palmer 

Production Dramaturgy by Mel Hague

Based on the Novel by Ann-Marie MacDonald

Lead Donors - Margaret Fountain, C.M., DFA (H) & David Fountain, C.M.

Developed with support from the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund. 

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

Produced with the support of the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council.

February 10 - March 5, 2023

Written by the internationally acclaimed Canadian writer Ann-Marie MacDonald, and adapted for the stage by award winning Nova Scotian playwright Hannah Moscovitch, Fall on Your Knees is a sweeping novel that chronicles three generations of Cape Breton’s Piper family. The story moves from the battlefields of the First World War to the emerging jazz scene in Harlem, NY, and into the lives of four unforgettable sisters. This adaptation for the stage spans multiple musical genres and generations, unfolding amid the collision and melding of identities – cultural, class, racial, sexual and gender – at the birth of the modern era.