“I want to thank everybody I ever met or knew in my life and everybody I may meet in the future,” she said.
She described her book as having many voices and a storyline that knits itself through as the narrative progresses.
“It may not make any sense ultimately but life is like that,” she said.
Stapleton was surprised to learn at the release of her book that she is this year’s recipient of the Rhonda Payne Theatre Award, named for the memory of actor, writer and director, Rhonda Payne. The award assists women theatre artists in Newfoundland and Labrador who are struggling to achieve their goals as actors or writers and comes with a $500 cash prize.
