Preparing 2021 for premiere and international touring
Early phase work on Bear 3.0 and Housing Deeds
And teaching a robot to play piñata…
Written and Directed by Cole Lewis
Performed by Jessica Carmichael, Cole Lewis, Mina James, Montserrat Videla
Projection Design by Patrick Blenkarn and Cole Lewis
Sound Design by Sam Ferguson
Lighting Design by Andre du Toit
Dramaturgy by Jessica Carmichael and Patrick Blenkarn
Produced by Claire Burns
Stage Management by Giuseppe Condello
Production Management by Carlos Varela
Additional Cinematography by Paige Smith
Video Assistance by Madi Lindsay
Graphic Design by Patrick Blenkarn
Social Media Designs by Nicola Rough
Collaborators: Clelia Scala, Nicola Rough, Arthi Chandra
First presented as part of RISER Project — A collaborative producing model created by Theatre Why Not. For More Information about RISER check out www.riserproject.org
Photos: Dahlia Katz
Production History:
2019 In the Soil Festival, St. Catharines
2019 Why Not Theatre’s RISER Project, Toronto
2018 SFU Woodward’s, Vancouver
2018 Feminist Fuck It Festival, Storefront Theatre, Toronto
Directed by Cole Lewis
Assistant Directed by Patrick Blenkarn and Mischa Shadloo
Set and Costume Design by Logan Williams
Projection Design by Michael Bergmann
Sound Design by Sam Ferguson
Performed by Jessica Del Fierro, Alexa Fraser, Dominique Jenkins, Brittany Martyshuk, Evan Medd, Pascal Reiners, Nicola Rough, Emilyn Sim, Montserrat Videla, Matt Winter, Johnny Wu, Eddy Van Wyk, and Jordan Zanni
Voice by Shira Leuchter
Photos: Dahlia Katz
Production History:
2017 SFU Woodward’s, Vancouver
2017 SummerWorks Performance Festival, Toronto
Inspired by Marguerite Duras's novel of the same name.
Directed by Cole Lewis
Choreography by S.J. Burton
Set design by Reid Thompson
Photos: Dahlia Katz
Costume design by Peter DeFreitas
Sound design by Sam Ferguson
Lighting design by C.J. Astronomo
Assistant directing by Michael Bradley
Performances by Nicole St. Martin, Tawiah Ben M'Carthy, Brenda Kamino, Shira Leuchter and Alexander Scodellaro
Photos: Dahlia Katz
Production History
2015 SummerWorks Performance Festival, Toronto
Co-produced by Guilty by Association and Suitcase in Point Theatre Company.
Directed by Cole Lewis
Dramaturgy by Lauren Dubowski and Ted Witzel
Projection design by Nicholas Hussong
Lighting design by Masha Tsimring
Illustrations by Brittany Brooks
Sound design by Joe Lapinski
Sound engineering by Sam Ferguson
Costume design by Alexa Fraser and Clelia Scala
Scenic design by Reid Thompson
Performed by Andrew Anthony, Jason Cadieux, Dmitry Chepovetsky, Sascha Cole, Andrea Davis, Alex Fallis, Sochi Fried, Robert Godin, Justin Goodhand, Mina James, Pippa Leslie, Iris O'Neill, Trent Pardy, Nicole St. Martin, Joshua Stodart
Photos: Dahlia Katz
Production History
2014 SummerWorks Performance Festival, Toronto
Created by Cole Lewis, Nicholas Hussong, Masha Tsimring and Lauren Dubowski, along with Chris Bannow and Mickey Theis (composers/performers), Steve Brush (music direction and arrangement), Ryan Campbell (performer), James Ilgenfritz (performer), Pornchanok Kanchanabanca (performer), Tyler Kieffer (sound designer), Sarah Krasnow (performer), Kristen Robinson (scenic designer), Sally Shen (producer), and Lico Whitfield (performer).
Performers from the original production (pictured) also helped develop the content of the show. This includes Timothy Hassler, Hansol Jung, MJ Kaufman, and Jenny Schmidt.
Photos: Christopher Ash