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Sep 11, 2022 · The Swearing Jar director Lindsay MacKay is opening up about a near-death experience that never came up with the indie film’s producers when interviewing to direct a romantic drama that stars ...
Mar 5, 2024 · It is a rare and miraculous thing to find your one true soul mate. Carey soon learns that finding two of them can pose an even greater problem. Equal parts humour and heartbreak, "The Swearing Jar" tells two love stories at once, exploring the challenges of marriage, parenting, loss, and moving on.
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The Swearing Jar is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com We are an Edmonton-based community theatre committed to the production of engaging and vibrant works and providing our member volunteers opportunities to participate in all aspects of theatre production.
Jan 17, 2024 · The Swearing Jar tells Carey’s story: a musician and teacher who throws a birthday concert for her husband, which plunges her into the past. Through romance, music and memory, we follow the story of Carey and Simon’s relationship, the birth of their child... and the lie that threatens to f*&k it all up! Directed by Lindsay Mackay.
The Swearing Jar (2022): 3 out of 5 stars - This film often felt like a slightly better Hallmark movie. It is, at times, over the top kitschy and at other times very sincere. When the sincerity pops, it really pops. The story is almost too melodramatic to seem plausible. That said, it does unfold in a fascinating and pleasing way.
A film about love, forgiveness, and self-recrimination, Lindsay MacKay’s beguiling The Swearing Jar follows would-be singer-songwriter Carey (Adelaide Clemens), who is reluctantly falling for Owen (Douglas Smith), a clerk at the local bookstore. The rub is that she’s still deeply in love with her husband, Simon (Patrick J. Adams).
The Swearing Jar made its debut at the 2008 Toronto Fringe Festival, where it won Best in Fringe. Two years later, in August 2010, the play opened at the NY Fringe Festival, where it won Outstanding New Play.
