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      • Votes for Women 100
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      • The Abortion Monologues (2022)
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      • Stolen Sisters
      • Rainbow Tie Gala
      • Precariously Placed: Pandemic Monologues from the Edge
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PerSIStence Theatre in the news...

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  • "Courage in Vulnerability": Mount Pearl Deputy Mayor Speaks Publicly Following Life-Threatening Accident (VOCM, April 6th, 2024)
  • Nicole Kieley shares incredible road to recovery following tragic accident (NTV, Becky Daley, April 5th, 2024)
  • Persistence Theatre's 'Rainbow Tie Gala' - (CBC On The Go, Anthony Germain, November 15th, 2023)
  • Social Change Award: Regional Impact - (RBC, September 13th, 2023)
  • Artist of the Year: Persistence Theatre - (CBC On The Go, Anthony Germain, June 26th, 2023)
  • Persistence Theatre’s ‘The Nest’ creates affordable teaching space - (NTV, Amanda Mews, April 24, 2023)
  • N.L. grants $40,000 for project to erect statue of suffragette Armine Nutting Gosling in St. John's - (Saltwire, April 4, 2023) 
  • Know Your Place - (The Bond Papers (blog), March 13, 2023)
  • Work of Women’s Suffrage Movement in NL Still Felt Today: History Scholar - (VOCM, March 9, 2023)
  • Stolen Sisters: A Glimpse into the Disrupted Lives of Three Beothuk Women - (Rachel Gilbert, The Independent, August 24,, 2022)
  • One-person show in St. John's resurrects voices of Beothuk women - (Saltwire, Peter Jackson, August 15, 2022)
  • A voice and a vote: Armine Nutting Gosling 1st named woman statue in St. John's - (CBC, Sarah Antle, August 13, 2022)
  • Interview with Dr. Margot Duley about the Armine Nutting Gosling statue - (CBC Morning Show, August 11, 2022)
  • Statue of Newfoundland suffragette Armine Nutting Gosling to be built in Bannerman Park - (Saltwire, August 10, 2022)
  • Statue of Suffrage Leader Armine Nutting Gosling to be Erected in Bannerman Park - (VOCM, August 10, 2022)
  • Abortion Monologues Spark Dialogue About Bodies and Choice - (Abby Cole, The Independent, July 7, 2022)
  • ​REVIEW: Persistence Theatre reflects on Newfoundland’s feminist history in ‘The Mirror’ - (Saltwire, Wendy Rose, October 21, 2021)
  • Persistence Theatre in St John's tackles tough topics over tea - (Saltwire, Wendy Rose, May 5, 2021)
  • St John's theatre company to commemorate 100 years of women voting - (The Telegram, Rosie Mullaley, April 28, 2021)
  • Persistence Theatre Marks 100th Anniversary of Women's Right to Vote in NL with New Projects - (VOCM, April 27, 2021)
  • Theatre Company launches project to celebrate a century of women's right to vote in St John's - (CBC News NL, April 27, 2021)
  • Persistence Theatre marks centennial of first women winning right to vote in St John's - (NTV, Beth Penney, April 27, 2021)
  • Persistence Theatre Joins Forces with Broadway World - (NTV, Amanda Mews, February 9, 2021)
  • Proposal made for statue celebrating women’s suffrage - (NTV, Leila Beaudoin, July 23, 2020)
  • Centennial events will mark women’s suffrage in St. John’s- (The Telegram, Juanita Mercer, July 22, 2020)
  • Why are there so few statues of women in NL? - (CBC Radio On The Go, Ted Blades, June 22, 2020)
  • Theatre conference addresses #MeToo matters - (The Telegram, Andrew Robinson, February 6, 2020)
  • REVIEW: ‘The Haunting of Margaret Duley’ revives Newfoundland’s first female novelist of the 20th century - (The Telegram, J.M. Sullivan, September 28, 2019)
  • Decades after legalization, abortion stigma persists – 'Monologues' aims to change that - (The Telegram, Juanita Mercer, August 9, 2019)
  • In NL Premier, Play Explores Stigma Surrounding Abortion - (VOCM, August 9, 2019)
  • REVIEW: ‘Original’ explores what it means to be a woman - (The Telegram, J.M. Sullivan, November 29, 2018)
  • Pink Tie Gala in St. John's aims to employ women in theatre - (The Telegram, Juanita Mercer, October 1, 2018)
  • Nevertheless, they persisted: Feminist theatre company sets stage for new season - (CBC News, August 15, 2018)
  • Persistence Theatre Announces Year Two of Setting The Stage For Women - (VOCM Radio, August 14, 2018)
  • Persistence Theatre Company launches second season in St. John's - (The Telegram, Juanita Mercer, August 14, 2018)
  • REVIEW: Persistence Theatre Company persistent in female empowerment - (The Telegram, Wendy Rose, February 8, 2018)
  • REVIEW: ‘Offensive to Some’ should be seen by everyone - (The Telegram, Wendy Rose, December 8, 2017) 
  • Petrina Bromley to perform Friday in St. John’s - (The Telegram, Beth Penney, October 31, 2017)
  • REVIEW: Impeccable performances at ‘Isle of Demons’ - (The Telegram, Wendy Rose, September 30, 2017)
  • Launch of Persistence Theatre [video] - NTV News First Edition, Toni-Marie Wiseman, June 21, 2017)
  • New theatre company launches in St. John's - (The Telegram, June 19, 2017)

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St. John’s is home to a rich, diverse, and vibrant urban Indigenous community. Located on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Beothuk, the lands and waters in and around the City have traditionally served as a gathering place for the Mi’kmaq. The broader region of Newfoundland and Labrador continues to be home to diverse Indigenous Peoples, including First Nations, Inuit, and Métis. We honour and pay respect to the past, present, and future caretakers of these territories.

We also must acknowledge the labour theft extracted from people of African descent, used to build European wealth and economies globally, and in the Canadian nation state, including Newfoundland and Labrador’s shipbuilding and cod fishery industries, through the violence of trans-Atlantic enslavement.

We thank both First Light and the office of the Vice-Provost of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism at Memorial University for crafting and sharing these words that provide us with important perspectives.

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  • The Armine Nutting Gosling Statue in Bannerman Park
  • About Us
    • About
    • Staff & Governance >
      • Board Bios
    • In The News
  • Donate
    • Join the Ceiling Breakers Circle
    • Donate to PerSIStence
    • Persistence Supporters
  • Past Projects
    • 2017-2018 >
      • Isle of Demons (Sept 2017)
      • Pink Tie Gala (2017)
      • Offensive to Some (Dec 2017)
      • Women Playing Hamlet (Feb 2018)
      • Isle of Demons (April 2018)
      • Play Workshops
    • 2018-2019 >
      • Pink Tie Gala (2018)
      • Original (Nov 2018)
      • Offensive to Some (Jan 2019)
    • 2019-2020 >
      • The Abortion Monologues (2019)
      • Pink Tie Gala (2019)
      • The Haunting of Margaret Duley >
        • Teacher's Guide
        • Workshops with Edward Daranyi
      • Working with Respect Conference
    • 2020-2021 >
      • Original (2021) >
        • Programme
      • Offensive to Some (2021) >
        • Programme
      • What Hangs in the Balance (2021)
      • I AM A GENIUS DOES ANYONE HERE KNOW ME? (2021)
    • 2021-2022 >
      • Votes for Women 100
      • Pink Tie Gala (2021)
    • 2022-2023 >
      • The Abortion Monologues (2022)
      • 2022 Pink Tie Gala
    • 2023-2024 >
      • Stolen Sisters
      • Rainbow Tie Gala
      • Precariously Placed: Pandemic Monologues from the Edge
    • 2024-2025 >
      • Today I...
      • Year of the Arts Women's Play Festival >
        • Reviews & Recaps
        • Opening Night
        • Night Two
        • Night Three
        • Night Four
        • Night Five
        • Night Six
        • Night Seven
        • Night Eight
        • Night Nine
        • Night Ten
        • Night Eleven
        • Closing Night
      • Goodbye Glass Ceiling - An Election Night Celebration
      • 8th Annual Pink Tie Gala >
        • Pink Tie Gala Programme
    • 2025-2026 >
      • Raise Her Up - The Gosling Statue >
        • Raise Her Up: June 18
        • Project Newsletter Apr 2024
        • Armine Nutting Gosling Statue project updates
        • Donate to #RaiseHerUp
        • Purchase Statue Miniature
  • Blog
  • Contact & Location