Definition

An Obsidian Theatre and Tarragon Theatre Co-Production

Ali is away from her family, trying to make peace with her past, while Martin struggles to find new meaning in his life back home.

Their daughter, Emerson, competes in her first spelling bee, determined to find her own voice against thunderous expectations.

Definition is a heartfelt journey of how we redefine ourselves when our dreams and expectations are compromised by life’s givings. Unfolding from a chance encounter at a library in 1999, this family’s present-day realities, and once-imagined futures seek new meaning. 

Through laughter, memory and a little bit of spice (…Girls), this single day at the end of the world will unravel the origins and transform the future of their family as they know it.

Illustration by Celeste Cole