The Attic, The Pearls and Three Fine Girls is a Canadian comedic play collectively written by Jennifer Brewin, Martha Ross, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Alisa Palmer, and Leah Cherniak. The title is sometimes stylized The Attic, The Pearls And 3 Fine Girls. The play premiered in 1995 at Theatre Centre West in Toronto, starring MacDonald, Ross, and Cherniak. Both the 1995 production and the revival in1997 were nominated for several Dora Mavor Moore Awards. In 2011, the creators of The Attic, The Pearls, and Three Fine Girls created and performed a sequel titled More Fine Girls.
Characters
Jojo Fine – a divorced English professor
Jayne Fine – a lesbian financier
Jelly Fine – an artist who loves boxes
In 1997, the same cast and crew revived the production at Buddies in Bad Times. In 1999, Thousand Islands Playhouse performed The Attic, The Pearls and Three Fine Girls.
More Fine Girls
In 2011, Palmer, MacDonald, Cherniak, Ross, and Brewin created a sequel to the original play, entitled More Fine Girls. More Fine Girls was supposed to star MacDonald, Cherniak, and Ross reprising their roles as the Fine sisters, but Cherniak dropped out of the play last-minute. Jelly was then played by Severn Thompson. More Fine Girls was performed at Tarragon Theatre and directed by Palmer with assistant direction from Jennifer Brewin.
Awards
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|rowspan="5"|1995
|rowspan="5"|Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Small Theatre)
|Outstanding Direction
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|Outstanding New Play or Musical
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|Outstanding Production
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|rowspan="2"|Female Performance
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|for Leah Cherniak
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|for Martha Ross
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|1996
|Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Awards
|N/A
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|for Leah Cherniak, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Martha Ross in association with Alisa Palmer and Jennifer Brewin
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| rowspan="4" |1997
| rowspan="4" |Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Mid-size Theatre)
|Set Design
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|for Dany Lyne
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|Lighting Design
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|for Andrea Lundy
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|Outstanding Production of a Play
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|Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Play
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|for Ann-Marie MacDonald
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