Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood,The Edible Woman traces the journey of Marian, a young woman in mid-60's Toronto, as she finds her consumer world slipping out of focus. Compounding Marian's confusion is a fiance who suddenly seems less than ideal, a newly-pregnant roommate, an outraged landlady and a strangely attractive graduate student.
Keywords: Margaret Atwood, feminism, dark comedy, Toronto
Year Printed: 2002
First Produced: 2000 at the Festival of New Works, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Running TIme: 120 minutes
Acts: 2
Male Cast: 3
Female Cast: 3