NAC preview: The ABCs of reclaiming overused words

Quebec playwright Olivier Choinière has given 26 writers from across Canada an assignment.Their job is to write a letter and read it on stage at the National Arts Centre on Wednesday as part of 26 Lettres: An ABC of Words That Are Losing Their Meaning. It will be the third performance of the innovative work of theatre, and the first to be staged in English Canada. It’s part of the NAC’s Canada Scene festival in association with the Ottawa International Writers’ Festival.