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in Sweden impresses Zimmerman the .
most, and allows the country such a Working
high rate of employed mothers. |
Watch your own job spring to life on

A comprehensive day care system stage when the Douglas College

provides funding for state run day theatre department presents Working,
care centres, plus family drop-in a musical play based on the book by
centres and open nurseries. Studs Terkel and adapted by Stephen

Schwartz and Nina Faso.
This day care is offered at $90 per
month, per child, approximately one |This exciting, and often humourous
third of similar programs in Canada. |look at the life of the modern wor-
king person portrays the struggle,
"Now isn't that a little bit differ- |the effort and the sometime successes
ent?" ‘Zimmerman asks. through a series of vignettes set in
one working day.
This has helped to solve the single
parent problem and allow more women (Dorothy Jones, the college's theatre
to enter the work force. While aboutjinstructor who is directing the play,

 

60 per cent of single mothers in says Working is a presentation of the

Canada collect welfare, in Sweden way people feel about their jobs.

this number is closer to five per

cent. With an innovative and functional
stage, which slowly grows as the play

"Anyone can say they're trying to progresses, Working looks in ona

bring equality to men and women, but cast of 26 typically honest workers.
in Sweden they're doing something

about it", Zimmerman said. Delores, the waitress, played by |
Heather Sparrow, sings the praises of,
"Canada has done some marvelous her job in "It's an Art". Sparrow

 

things in the past, such as pensions,also plays a dancer in another of the
family allowances and medicare, but pumbers choreographed by Susan
these programs are not completely McLelland.
adequate for the 1980's."

"We'll have a variety of dance and
"What happens to our single mothers movement in this production of

eet ey ae a oe

who want to become independent and Working", says Jones. "Tt will teall
get off welfare?" she asks. "At how how well our students can orate
least in Sweden they've addressed speeches, do mime, and sing both as
this problem." i. and in a chorus.”

Zimmerman is now trying to bring her Susan Hubbard, last year's Japanese

concerns to the public. Recently sheyirl in the Douglas College Production

has begun lecturing at UBC and will of Teahouse of the August Moon, gives |

soon be sponsoring a conference at s a wonderfully realistic look at

Douglas College. he role of a housewife in her solo
iece, "I'm just a Housewife".

The conference, Women, Work and the

Family will be held at the College on! Tying the whole work together is

Saturday, November 24 and will fea- !main singer and guitar player Bruce

ture the noted Canadian author June |McMillan, whose strong voice and

Callwood. charmingly professional musicianship
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