season art by Stanley Wany
The Chemical valley project
co-created by Julia Howman and Kevin Matthew Wong
a Broadleaf Theatre Production
September 20 - October 2, 2022
When artist Kevin Matthew Wong first visits Aamjiwnaang First Nation (Sarnia, ON) to learn more about one of the most polluted regions in Canada, he begins a relationship with Indigenous Water Protectors, Land Defenders and siblings Vanessa and Beze Gray. This documentary-play blends multimedia storytelling, charming solo performance, and small scale spectacle to explore reconciliation and environmentalism in Canada.
forever young: a ghetto story
by Darrah Teitel
a world premiere directed by Sarah Kitz
November 8 - 20, 2022
In a Jewish ghetto at the height of the Second World War, a group of youths plot what will become known as the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, while coming of age. This sharp comedy from Darrah Teitel (Behaviour, The Apology) is a story of youth, revolution, and betrayal in Poland, 1943 as these young socialists rise to face their oppressors and change the world.
As You Like It: A Radical Retelling
by Cliff Cardinal
a Crow’s Theatre production
January 17 - 29, 2023
From Cliff Cardinal, creator of Huff, Stitch, and CBC Special, comes a new realization of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Known for his cutting humour, Cardinal’s take on the Bard’s classic brings renewed energy to this twisting comedy about the trials of love and mistaken identity in the lush Forest of Arden. Cardinal’s unpredictability is in full force in this new adaptation. You’ve never seen Shakespeare like this.
The Unplugging
by Yvette Nolan
directed by Katey Wattam
February 28 - March 12, 2023
In a post apocalyptic future, two women venture into a frozen world after being exiled from their village. Relying on one another, they revive their Indigenous knowledge and traditions to survive the harsh winters and create a new community between the two of them. Everything’s going well until a man shows up.
The First Stone
by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
a GCTC co-production with New Harlem
directed by Yvette Nolan
April 11 - 23, 2023
Can what is torn apart by war be put back together? From the award-winning writer of Gas Girls and Sound of the Beast, The First Stone is an epic-yet-intimate examination of violence and forgiveness. During the Ugandan Civil War, two children are captured into an army, while their father fights on the other side. Their mother will do anything to get them back. The First Stone considers intergenerational clashes and obligations, competing revolutions, and the love required to escape cycles of violence.
12
Creator and Director: Kristina Watt Villegas; Performers and Co-Creators: the 100 Watt Youth Ensemble
May 4, 5 & 6, 2023
With a blend of hope, outrage and humor, 12 gives voice to youth with regards to the climate crisis and a future that they’ve inherited. The play is built from conversations with 11 teens, interviews they had with citizens of Ottawa, transcripts from the international COP meetings (Council of the Parties), words of environmental leaders such as Greta Thunberg, Xuihtezcatl Martinez and Howey Ou, and the Australian high school students who were told by their PM to be “less activist”.