Jennifer Lines & Craig Erickson. Photo David Cooper

Forget About Tomorrow

By Jill Daum 

With songs by John Mann

A NEW PLAY ABOUT MOVING FORWARD

When Jane’s husband Tom is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, they face a difficult journey ahead. Will love and humour be enough to brace their family for the future? Can Jane reconcile her dreams with today’s reality? Or will she grow to doubt her loyalty to the man who will ultimately forget her name? From one member of the award-winning Mom’s the Word Collective, this is a story of hope and change.

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"Forget About Tomorrow is an experience you’ll remember for a long time...There’s tremendous joy on the page, even in the heaviest moments, and Daum has a gift for deliciously wicked quips, which helps make Forget About Tomorrow an exquisite balancing act of comedy and tragedy, reality and fiction."

The Georgia StraightAndrea Warner
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"...a smart, sad and super-funny story about acceptance and love. Trust me, you will leave the theatre feeling better."

Vancouver SunDana Gee
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"Forget About Tomorrow is a play about real people in a real-life situation. It is unexpected, moving, and also very funny."

Michael ShamataArtistic Director, The Belfry Theatre

Production Details

3 Male

3 Female

Running time: 2 hours and 15 minutes, including one intermission

By Jill Daum

February 8, 2011

PAST EVENT: Forget About Tomorrow – Gabriola Players (Gabriola Island, BC) September 21-23, 2018

January 7, 2011

PAST EVENT: Forget About Tomorrow – Arts Club (Vancouver, BC) March 1 – March 25, 2018

January 1, 2011

PAST EVENT: Forget About Tomorrow – *WORLD PREMIERE* Belfry Theatre (Victoria, BC) January 23— February 18, 2018

Jennifer Lines, Colleen Wheeler. Photo David Cooper
Hrothgar Mathews, Jennifer Lines. Photo David Cooper
Craig Erickson, Jennifer Lines. Photo David Cooper
Craig Erickson, Jennifer Lines. Photo David Cooper

Production History

Forget About Tomorrow had its world premiere in 2018 at the Belfry Theatre (Victoria, BC) in a co-production with the Arts Club Theatre Company (Vancouver, BC) under the direction of Michael Shamata.

The play ran at the Belfry from January 23— February 18, 2018 and on the Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre from March 1 – March 25, 2018.

More Plays By Jill Daum

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  • Mom’s the Word: For Crying Out Loud

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  • Mom’s The Word 3: Nest ½ Empty

    By Jill Daum, Alison Kelly, Robin Nichol, Barbara Pollard, and Deborah Williams

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