Characters 1 male 2 femaleSimple SetWinner of the 2010 Samuel French Canadian Playwrights ContestAlone on a vast stretch of water Annie Iversen recounts the strange chain of events that left her stranded in her sons old kayak. A doting suburban mother Annie is blindsided when her son Peter falls in love with Julie a passionate environmental activist. Unable to reconcile herself to Julies radical worldview Annie struggles desperately to keep Peter from falling further into the young womans dangerous world. Climate change Smores SUVs and Noahs Ark are all onstage as Annie sets out to save her son and unwittingly throws herself into the path of events larger than she ever could have imagined. Touching and provocative Kayak invites us all to confront our choices in the landscape of the growing environmental crisis.Gripping heartbreaking. Lynn Slotkin CBC RadioA trio of vivid memorable characters. Jon Kaplan NOW MagazineStellar insightful writing. Dave Deveau Plank Magazine