A 2b Theatre Production
Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story is a humourously dark folktale woven together with a high-energy concert. This Klezmer music-theatre hybrid starring genre-bending music sensation Ben Caplan is inspired by the true stories of two Jewish Romanian refugees coming to Canada in 1908. It’s about how to love after being broken by the horrors of war. It’s about refugees who get out before it’s too late, and those who get out after it’s too late. And it’s about looking into the eyes of God. This award-winning show that has toured the world is now finally landing in Saskatchewan.
Presented in partnership with the Saskatchewan Jewish Arts Festival and the Broadway Theatre.
Director – Christian Barry
Songs – Ben Caplan & Christian Barry*
*Except for Traveler’s Curse by Geoff Berner, The Happy People by Danny Rubenstein, and Od Yishama by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
**Additional Music Composed by Graham Scott
The Wanderer, Guitar and Banjo – Ben Caplan
Chaya, Violin – Shaina Silver-Baird
Chaim, Woodwinds . – Eric Da Costa
Keyboard and Accordion – Jacques Arsenault
Drumset – Andrew Wiseman
Stage Manager – Christine Oakey
Production Manager – Louisa Adamson
Sound Engineer – William Fallon & Rory Howson
Music Director – Graham Scott
Tour Producer – Rebecca Desmarais
Set Design – Louisa Adamson & Christian Barry
Lighting Design – Louisa Adamson & Christian Barry
Sound Design – Jordan Palmer, Graham Scott, Christian Barry, & Ben Caplan
Costume Design – Carly Beamish
Assistant Director – Laura Vingoe-Cram
Voice and Speech Coach – Susan Stackhouse
