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Carolyn’s got one evening to make dinner, get married, make peace with her parents, and hide the fact she’s in labour. What could possibly go wrong?

Haley McGee, Rylan Wilkie; Photo by Terry Manzo
Having Hope at Home

Having Hope at Home

By David S. Craig

Having Hope at Home is a side-splitting look at a family learning to love again. On a cold winter night, in a drafty farmhouse, a baby is about to arrive. But good intentions dissolve as modern medicine meets midwifery in a torrent of family feuding. As tensions rise between three stubborn generations, so does the laughter. It takes a baby to heal the rift in this hilarious, heart-warming story of forgiveness and hope. A light comedy with serious intentions, Playwright David S. Craig shows us how the human heart sometimes takes the longest way home.

Production History

Having Hope at Home premiered at the Blyth Festival in Blyth, ON in 2003 under the production and direction of Eric Coates.

Lighthouse Festival, Port Dover, ON – 2004

Thousand Islands Playhouse, Gananoque, ON – 2004

Persephone Theatre, Saskatoon, SK – 2005

Red Barn Theatre, Jackson’s Point, ON – 2005

Magnus Theatre, Thunder Bay, ON – 2006

Western Theatre Canada, Kamloops, BC – 2007

The Gateway Theatre, Richmond, BC – 2007

The Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg, MB – 2008

Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg, ON – 2008

Chemainus Theatre Festival, Chemainus, BC – 2008

Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton, ON – 2009

Hudson Village Theatre, Hudson, QC – 2009

The Globe Theatre, Regina, SK – 2011

Port Stanley Summer Festival, Port Stanley, ON – 2012

Victoria Playhouse, Victoria PEI – 2013

Neptune Theatre, Halifax, NS – 2014

Theater Mucha, Warsaw, Poland – 2025

Having Hope At Home has seen three German productions at the Theatre Chambinzky Wurzburg in 2007, The Theatre Fur Niedersachsen Hildesheim Hannover in 2009, and Massbach, Frankisches Theatre in 2011.

In the summer of 2012, the 10th anniversary of the premiere was celebrated with a production at the Blyth Festival.

Published by Playwrights Canada Press, 2005.

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