From the stage to the silver screen...
"So mote it be: the musical" gave the world only a glimpse of the story that is "So Mote It Be". The Toronto Fringe festival 2022's stage is where pagan folklore and strippers met to birth the TV series the world needs. With the help from Canada Council for the Arts, So Mote It Be has a birth certificate and is ready to move forward!
This is the story of three historical witches: Marie-Josephte Corriveau, the most famous folklore figure of Québec; Tituba from Salem's witch trials and Alice Kyteler a.k.a The Merry Widow. They have been bind into soul sisterhood by a prophecy that compelled them into coming back to the present time of Toronto 2023 after spending 123 years isolated together in a cabin in the woods. Their mission is to re-establish the balance between the creative and destructive energy of the world. Once in the Big City, they became strippers, this exotic world is a portal into the power paradoxes of our society.
In this dark dramedy, three historical witches - Alice Kyteler, Marie-Josephte Corriveau and Tituba - return to civilization (Montréal, 2023) after living for 123 years in an isolated little house in the middle of the woods, to heal the wounds of their traumatic pasts.
Upon their arrival into the modern city life, they make the most connections amongst the people of the nightlife and start working in a strip club called “Paradise.” At first, they are delighted with the progress that has been made in the gender and sexual revolutions, but over time the cracks begin to show as the witches are faced yet again with the destructive powers of human fear and toxic masculinity. They rise up in their quest to create harmony amongst the creative and destructive forces of the world, mostly seen in the opposition of the masculine and feminine energies. As they do so, the witches find their enemies in modern iterations of the old religious cultural traditions that are still lingering in our society, and allies in the colourful communities of people sparkling with magic.
This new life is a shock to the witches, and we will witness each of them experience a downfall: Alice into the world of modern drugs, Marie-Josephte into the murder of men and Tituba into burnout as she enslaves herself to the service of others. They will be divided by the gruesome discovery of a sex trafficking organization, lead by the Christian Mafia, that the strip club they work for is hiding. Through their manipulations and magic, the witches begin to exert their influence upon the strip club, slowly turning it into a safe space for those who are “different.”
MoonChild Productions will be at TIFF this September 2022, let's connect!
Follow the development of the series on Instagram : @moonchildproductionscanada
This is the story of three historical witches: Marie-Josephte Corriveau, the most famous folklore figure of Québec; Tituba from Salem's witch trials and Alice Kyteler a.k.a The Merry Widow. They have been bind into soul sisterhood by a prophecy that compelled them into coming back to the present time of Toronto 2023 after spending 123 years isolated together in a cabin in the woods. Their mission is to re-establish the balance between the creative and destructive energy of the world. Once in the Big City, they became strippers, this exotic world is a portal into the power paradoxes of our society.
In this dark dramedy, three historical witches - Alice Kyteler, Marie-Josephte Corriveau and Tituba - return to civilization (Montréal, 2023) after living for 123 years in an isolated little house in the middle of the woods, to heal the wounds of their traumatic pasts.
Upon their arrival into the modern city life, they make the most connections amongst the people of the nightlife and start working in a strip club called “Paradise.” At first, they are delighted with the progress that has been made in the gender and sexual revolutions, but over time the cracks begin to show as the witches are faced yet again with the destructive powers of human fear and toxic masculinity. They rise up in their quest to create harmony amongst the creative and destructive forces of the world, mostly seen in the opposition of the masculine and feminine energies. As they do so, the witches find their enemies in modern iterations of the old religious cultural traditions that are still lingering in our society, and allies in the colourful communities of people sparkling with magic.
This new life is a shock to the witches, and we will witness each of them experience a downfall: Alice into the world of modern drugs, Marie-Josephte into the murder of men and Tituba into burnout as she enslaves herself to the service of others. They will be divided by the gruesome discovery of a sex trafficking organization, lead by the Christian Mafia, that the strip club they work for is hiding. Through their manipulations and magic, the witches begin to exert their influence upon the strip club, slowly turning it into a safe space for those who are “different.”
MoonChild Productions will be at TIFF this September 2022, let's connect!
Follow the development of the series on Instagram : @moonchildproductionscanada
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