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Sibling rival on stage in the Blackhorse Village Players production of ‘The Attic, the Pearls, and Three Fine Girls’

January 22, 2026   ·   0 Comments

By Brian Lockhart

Siblings sometimes have a complicated relationship, and three very different sisters try to navigate through personal issues following the death of their father in the Blackhorse Village Players production of The Attic, the Pearls, and Three Fine Girls.

Five authors contributed to writing this play: Martha Ross, Jennifer Brewin, Leah Cherniak, Alisa Palmer, and Ann-Marie MacDonald.

Directed by Amanda Dempsey, the action takes place in the family home somewhere in Ontario as the three sisters return home in anticipation of their sick father’s death.

They had already lost their mother 10 years earlier.

The play switches between the sisters as adults, sometime in the 1980s, and the same group as children growing up in the home.

In the role of Jelly, the youngest daughter, Jacquie Moore is a quirky artist who works with boxes and is anticipating a showing of her work in Berlin. She has been her father’s main caregiver for the past year and breaks the news of his death to her two sisters.

Middle daughter Jayne, played by Julie Docherty, loves her job in the world of big business, but hides a few secrets about her personal life from her sisters.

In the role of JoJo, the oldest daughter, Amanda Tessier brings to life the character of a university professor who holds a bitter memory of her ex-husband.

The play opens with a scene in the home’s attic where the two oldest girls, as children, have locked the youngest in a trunk – and have a good laugh over it.

When Jelly informs her two sisters that their father has died, they start to make plans for a funeral, and at their father’s request, a party in his honour, two weeks later.

The two oldest sisters are anticipating a modest inheritance from their father’s estate to help pay for the party. As the main caregiver, Jelly has been bequeathed the family home.

JoJo and Jayne are shocked to learn their father’s bank account has been reduced to a paltry $75, after Jelly spent the money on various needs over the year.

As the three grown women share the house for a few days after their father’s death and plan the party, conflicts arise, with childhood memories playing a big part in how they feel about each other.

Over a few days, the women learn to redefine their future together as the remaining family members.

The Attic, the Pearls, and Three Fine Girls is on at the Blackhorse Village Players’ Mount Wolfe Road and Highway 9 stage through to Jan. 25.

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