Mail Order Annie

By Carl Cashin and Directed by Joan Sonnenburg

Mail-Order Annie is the touching love story about a spunky young woman from Toronto and a recluse farmer from the Saskatchewan prairies. When Annie O’Ryan answers an ad for a mail-order bride, she finds her proposed husband, John Proctor, is not at all what she anticipated. The heart-warming story, which chronicles their unlikely meeting, decision to wed, and subsequent life on the prairie with all its joys, trials and tribulations, is filled with love, laughter, and occasionally tears.

Director’s Notes:
This play, written by Belleville playwright Carl Cashin, began as a one-act play about Annie O’Ryan’s meeting with John Proctor. It went on to win many awards, but left audiences dissatisfied. “What happens next?” people kept asking Cashin. So he wrote a full length play that completes their story. It has since gone on to be a multi-award winning play on its own, and the most produced amateur production in Canada.

Director’s Biography:
Joan Sonnenburg has been acting and directing for, well let's just say, close to half a century. Until 2006, she directed numerous plays for Theatre Night in Merrickville and won EODL awards for both acting and directing. Since moving to Perth in 2008, she has directed Dear Santa, Laura, and Harvey for Studio Theatre Productions.