Ducks on the Moon at University of Saskatchewan

One night only! Ducks on the Moon at the Quantz Theatre, Education 1003, University of Saskatchewan. 

19:30 - 22:00 EDUC 1003

DUCKS ON THE MOON

A play by Kelley Jo Burke

“Ducks on the Moon” is CBC writer-documentarian Kelley Jo 

Burke’s “99% true” performance documentary about the first five 

years with her son, who in the play she calls “Noah”, because as 

she says, “My need for anecdotes does not trump my family’s need 

for privacy.”

In a series of stories and movement, the performer reflects on the 

boy’s birth, and early childhood, and attempts to answer the question, 

“when did you first know that Noah was ...different?” Through the 

stories, the audience gets to share Kelley Jo’s learning curve as she 

meets not the child she expected but the child she has. Ultimately, 

the piece is about the passage from denial to acceptance, not just for 

the parent of an autistic child, but any parent, making the transition 

from clinging to her expectations of motherhood, to the realities of 

life with her particular child. It is funny, heart-breaking and both 

entertaining and informative.

A question and answer period by the 

playwright and our own Lana Wilkinson will follow the play.