The Year of Magical Thinking
In 2018 Leslie performed the one-woman show The Year of Magical Thinking during a two-week run at Red Deer’s Ignition Theatre.
Praise for The Year of Magical Thinking
“Didion has an amazing way with words – there’s a real simplicity to her writing, but it’s elegant, funny, cutting and pretty much always right to the point … It takes a talented actor to take those very lines and inject them with the power and light they need to bring them richly to life. Congratulations to Greentree for a truly tremendous performance – the task was steep and demanding but she is showcasing a whole new area of giftedness that I, for one, hope she continues to explore.”
– Lacombe Express
Oral Fixations
2014
Leslie Greentree and Blaine Newton cowrote Oral Fixations, a full-length play composed of a series of vignettes exploring people’s relationships with food. In 2014, Ignition Theatre staged the play, which received enthusiastic reviews.
Praise for Oral Fixations
“A powerful story of how food – or the memories of particular foods – touches on virtually every human experience and interaction, Oral Fixations is a mesmerizing collection of vignettes that cover an array of dramatic territory – from frothy, light and comical to deeply melancholic, sorrowful and nostalgic. Finely directed by Matt Grue, the production also features a superb cast who time and again show their skills via those various types of scenes.
Newton and Greentree – both exceptional artists and writers – have given us a real gift with this play. There is such a stirring mix of emotion, and they don’t shy away from exploring virtually every bit of it, from elation to sadness.”
– Mark Weber, Red Deer Express