Mouthpiece
by Norah Sadava, Amy Nostbakkenliterary work· published 2013
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Mouthpiece is a 2015 Canadian feminist play by Norah Sadava and Amy Nostbakken of Quote Unquote Collective. Nostbakken and Sadava began working on the play in 2013. The play received dramaturgy from Orian Michaeli and features music composed by Nostbakken. The script was later published by Coach House Books in Canada with an introduction from Michele Landsberg. It has also been published by Oberon Press in the UK and Mitos Boyut in Turkey. It has been translated into Spanish, French, Romanian, Albanian and Turkish. Mouthpiece is a two-person play in which both actors play the same character, Cassandra. Cassandra is a writer who finds out her mother has just died and must deal with preparations for the funeral. She must write the eulogy but finds she has lost the ability to speak.
Adaptations (1)
Mouthpiece was adapted into a 2018 film.
Mouthpiece2018 · film · 91 min · dir. Patricia Rozema · IMDb ↗Based on a stage play of the same name by Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava, the story follows Cassandra, who is portrayed by the two women, expressing the opposing voices that exist inside the modern woman's head, during a 48-hour period as she tries to organize the affairs for her mother's funeral.
