With Dignity: The Story of Casey House

About With Dignity: The Story of Casey House

At the height of the AIDS crisis a group of Torontonians took action and built Casey House - to give compassion a home. Playwright Nick Green (Casey & Diana) talks to generations of staff, clients and volunteers at Canada’s First AIDS Hospice. With Dignity tells the story of how it came to be, who visited it (a Princess), and what it’s doing now. From Soulpepper, with the support of Casey House. Hosted by Nick Green. Written and produced by Pippa Johnstone. Original music by Nathan Howe.

Publisher

Soulpepper Theatre Company

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Apr 2015

Latest episode

15 Jan 2024

Latest episodes

85 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Jan 2024

   Part 1: Casey and June

   At the height of the AIDS crisis, journalist, activist, and mother June Callwood saw that something had to be done. She took her immense energy and impressive network, and pulled together a team of volunteers. The result? A home where people with AIDS could die with dignity: Casey House. Hosted by Nick Green. Written and produced by Pippa Johnstone. Original music by Nathan Howe. In this episode, we hear from Bree Fitzgerald, Nancy Roe-Lucier, Guy Bethell, Linda Rapson, Jim Donovan, Michael Oscars, and the cast of DQ ’87.

2. 

   15 Jan 2024

   Part 4: June to Now

   Casey House founder and secular saint June Callwood passes away. With massive shoes to fill, the new team is tasked with moving the immense history and legacy to a new building. Hosted by Nick Green. Written and produced by Pippa Johnstone. In this episode, we hear from Linda Rapson, Jim Donovan, Bree Fitzgerald, Guy Bethell, Joanne Simons.

3. 

   15 Jan 2024

   Part 2: The People

   They had the team. They had the house. Now they just had one thing left to do: open a hospice for people with AIDS, something that had never been done before in Canada. Hosted by Nick Green. Written and produced by Pippa Johnstone. In this episode, we hear from Nancy Roe-Lucier, Linda Rapson, Jim Donovan, Michael Oscars, and the cast of DQ ’88.

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