Jerry LaVoie, a cherished father to Jen Brandstetter; grandfather to Eli Francis, Aurora Jade, Delia Willow; brother and veteran, passed away peacefully on Aug. 17, 2023, at the age of
Amy Lee Lavoie and Omari Newton have created a ripple in Canadian theatre with their new play Redbone Coonhound. The duo took a slice from their married life as an interracial couple living in Vancouver and turned it into a timely, hilarious, complex, unresolved play about how the seemingly innocent language and attitudes of the past impact our present; and how that can push our day to day to brinks we never saw coming.