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“About our community. Spoken by our community.”
In the spirit of community and of reconciliation, Persephone Theatre offers a powerful and timely new documentary play reflecting on race relations in our province.
In 2015, playwright and journalist Joel Bernbaum was commissioned by Persephone Theatre to gather interviews with local citizens for the purposes of writing a documentary play on race relations in our province. Then, in 2016, Colten Boushie, was fatally shot on Gerald Stanley’s farm near Biggar, SK. and the interviews changed dramatically.
One of the responsibilities of our theatre is to provide an opportunity for people to gather together safely and consider their shared experience through the works on our stage. Created from actual interviews and woven with transcripts from Gerald Stanley’s trial, REASONABLE DOUBT is a documentary play with live music that offers an opening for honest dialogue and a step towards shared healing.
Following each performance, audience members will be invited to participate in a 15 minute conversation about their experience of the play, hosted by Lyndon J. Linklater and facilitated by leaders in our community.
PRE-SHOW COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS EVENTS ON TUESDAY, FEB 4 & TUESDAY, FEB 11 @ 6:30 PM. FREE ADMISSION
Persephone Theatre is pleased to partner with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission to present two pre-show COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS moderated by Chief Commissioner David Arnot and featuring invited guest panelists. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
…honest, difficult — and must be seen
MATT OLSON - THE STAR PHOENIX
…like a basket carefully woven with threads of disparate perspectives, opinions and court proceedings, creating a vessel strong enough to carry some heavy truths.
Kris Alvarez is a theatre artist and a Regina monologue.Creating with all ages (Globe Theatre School, Fadadance, Artesian), she recently completed an artist residency with Common Weal Community Arts’Respond to Racism.Kris is passionate about Curtain Razors: as a performer (Bad Blood, Carmen Angel) and as an Artistic Associate. After the success of What Kind of Brown Are You, her project inspired by ‘growing up brown’ in 1980s Regina, its current instalment, Burnt Sienna with Kris Alvarez, a variety show “with more colour”, was presented by Curtain Razors’ Moveable Feast 2018-19 series and continues in 2019-20.
Nathan Howe
Jake Quinn
Two and a half years after the first rehearsal, Nathan is thrilled to finally perform this show! He is currently working on his MFA in Scriptwriting and Story Design at Toronto Metropolitan University. His past Persephone shows are Reasonable Doubt, Fiddler on the Roof, Treasure Island [SATAward for Composition & Sound Design], Christmas Carol, Matchstick, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Equivocation [SATAward for Performance]. Recently he acted in Perfect Wedding (Thousand Islands Playhouse), was director/playwright/sound designer of The Love Interest (Theatre Howl), and did a summer class at UCLA. Up next he will act in Red Velvet (Crow’s Theatre).
Lancelot Knight
Co-Creator/Composer/Sound Designer/Ensemble
Lancelot Knight is an actor/musician from Muskoday,SK. Lancelot is a Juno award nominee for his guitar work on The Blackstar Album and currently his artistic resume consists of playing guitar for his father Chester Knight, and Joey Stylez, front man for the band Nightswitch, as well as musician in residence for Saskatoon’s Sum Theatre. Currently Lancelot Knight is involved with renowned playwright Tomson Highway and his new project, Lynx Lamour, goes to Nashville.
Krystle Pederson
Ensemble
Krystle Pederson is a Cree/Metis singer, dancer, actor and musician with an outstanding career. Krystle is a recipient of CBC Future 40 Award, Shorted listed for the Saskatchewan Arts Awards for Emerging artist as well as a nomination in the YWCA Woman of Distinction Awards. Krystle’s list of acting credits includes a supporting role in a Saskatchewan film Run: Broken Yet Brave; Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre’s The (Post) Mistress, Sum Theatre’s Little Badger and the Fire Spirit, National Arts Centre’s “Gabriel Dumont Wild West Show.” Red Sky Theatre: Mistatim. Currently Krystle is the lead vocalist for “Lynx Lamour Goes to Nashville” a brand-new one-woman Cree musical written and composed by Tomson Highway. Krystle has had the great pleasure of taking this musical to New Zealand and has been touring Canada over the past two year.
Tara Sky
Ensemble
A recent grad of The National Theatre School of Canada acting program, Tara Sky is no stranger to the stage as she grew up backstage in most theatres across Canada thanks to her mom. Tara is also a Singer/Songwriter and is proud of her Haisla/Metis ancestry. Theatre: Think of the Children, We came from dust, and Macbeth (NTS), Nativity (NAC) Holy Mothers (Summerworks). Film/TV; Delivery, The River You Step In, Ruby Sky PI. Her next step is a full season at the Stratford festival.
Colin Wolf
Ensemble
Colin Wolf (BFA Theatre ULeth) is a Metis performer, Theatre Maker, and activist born and raised in Moh’kins’tsis on Treaty 7 Territory. His theatre work has focused on the development of new, Indigenous, and politically relevant theatre. As an activist, Colin works towards subsistence, art, and most importantly: safety for all marginalised folx. A Co-Founder of Thumbs Up Good Work Theatre, he has recently transitioned to Whitehorse as the new Artistic Director of Gwaandak Theatre. If Colin isn’t Theatre-Making he is in the garden, or baking bread. Saskatoon holds a special place in his heart and he is so glad to be back on Treaty 6 territory.
Joel Bernbaum
Co-Creator/Interviewer/Editor
Joel Bernbaum is an actor, director, playwright, journalist and the founding artistic director of Sum Theatre. He is a graduate of the Canadian College of Performing Arts and Carleton University, where he did his Master’s Thesis on Verbatim Theatre’s Relationship to Journalism. Produced plays include Operation Big Rock, My Rabbi and Home Is A Beautiful Word. Joel is currently a PhD student at the University of Saskatchewan, investigating the potential of theatre to strengthen cities. Much gratitude to collaborators Yvette & Lancelot, our courageous actors & design team, and the citizens of our province who spoke this play.
Yvette Nolan
Co-Creator/Director/Dramaturg
Yvette Nolan (Algonquin) is a playwright, director and dramaturg. Recent work includes The Young Ones (writer, Sum Theatre in the Park) Shanawdithit (libretto, co-director with Michael Mori, Tapestry Opera), The Penelopaid (director, Ferre Play Theatre), Bearing (co-creator, director with Michael Greyeyes, Signal Theatre/ Luminato Festival). Upcoming, The Tempest (director, Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan) and Tapwewin – Her Inquiry (with Maria Campbell, Marilyn Poitras and Cheryl Troupe). Her book, Medicine Shows, about Indigenous performance in Canada was published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2015. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Public Policy at Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.
Katey Wattam
Assistant Director
Katey Wattam is an emerging director of mixed settler and Anishinaabe ancestry based in Montreal. Her work interconnects and interweaves personal narratives, fragments of memory, vivid images, and text to create complex emotional, cultural, and political tapestries. In 2017-2018 with the support of the MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels), she directed Jovette Marchessault’s Night Cows that debuted at the MAI in May 2018. Night Cows has since been a part of short feminist works festival Revolution They Wrotein Montreal, and at Factory Theatre in Toronto. She is an alum of Black Theatre Workshop’s 2018/2019 Artist Mentorship program with a specialization in directing and creation. Katey is currently an artist-in-residence with Imago Theatre working on a new creation. Selected directing credits include: The Penelopiad (AD, Ferre Play Theatre), The December Man (AD, Imago Theatre), Persephone Bound (AD, Imago Theatre), Reaching for Starlight (AD, Geordie Theatre), Cherry Docs (Beige Theatre Co.), Clean Slate (AD, Talisman Theatre), Her Side of the Story Festival (Festival AD, Imago Theatre), Richard III (Moyse Hall), Never Swim Alone (Beige Theatre Co.).
Carla Orosz
Set Designer
Carla Orosz has been designing since 2006 when she completed her MFA in Theatre Design at the University of Victoria. Carla stays artistically active in Saskatoon designing for local theatre companies or consulting on various projects. She is a multiple SATAward recipient, most recently for set design on Penelopiad (Ferre Play Theatre). Carla’s other passion is her role as an Associate Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. She is the festival coordinator for the SK Theatre Design Festival and a co-curator for the Canadian Student Exhibit at the Prague Quadrennial in 2023. Special thanks to Lou, Reilly and Ryan.
Jensine Emeline
Costume Designer
Jensine is a theatre designer and stage manager from Saskatoon and an alumnus from the U of S drama department. Select stage management credits include: With Glowing Hearts, and Blow Wind (Dancing Sky Theatre, & Station Arts Centre). Select costume designs include: With Glowing Hearts (Dancing Sky Theatre), The Penelopiad (Ferre Play Theatre), and Girl in the Box (Scantily Glad Theatre/Live Five). Jensine was honoured with two SATA’s in 2020. They are endlessly grateful for their mentors and friends, for Miranda, Anna, and Jeff, and to be able to work in and share their passion for the arts and community in Saskatchewan.
Byron Hnatuk
Lighting Designer
For over 20 years, this locally grown, SATAward winning lighting designer has been painting with colourful photons in theatre, live entertainment and in architecture. Byron received his BFA in Design from the University of Saskatchewan in 2010 and is excited to be back at Persephone Theatre after this lengthy intermission. Recent works include: Set and Lighting design for After Sundown (Pegasus Productions, Live Five), Iago Speaks (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Sparrow Theatre Company), and Reasonable Doubt (Persephone Theatre). Byron is thankful to live and work on Treaty 6 Territory, the traditional lands of the Cree and the Homeland of the Métis. www.thereare4lightsdesign.com
Taegan O'Bertos
Costume and Projection Designer
Taegan O’Bertos is an emerging artist from Saskatoon. Recently, she’s designed sets for I Lost My Husband! (Persephone Backstage Theatre, 2019), Goodbye, My Fancy (The Persephone Young Company, 2019), and Havre ( La Troupe du Jour, 2018). Her assistant design work includes Twelfth Night/Richard III (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, 2017), Boeing Boeing (Persephone Theatre, 2019) and As You Like It (Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, 2019). Beyond set design, Taegan has found artistic outlets as a Projection Designer, Shadow Puppet Builder, commissioned poster artist, and body painting artist. Currently, she is designing with Persephone Theatre as well as Live Five Independent Theatre.
Ricardo Alvarado
Stage Manager
Ricardo Alvarado (he/they) is a Saskatoon based theatre artist. They are a proud member of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association, the co-founder of Ppl r Ppl Productions, and they are the Production Manager for SUM Theatre. In their spare time, they love to play dress up and their alter ego (Puffy von Pop-n-Fresh) is a previous Miss Gay Saskatoon titleholder. Ricardo is also passionate about teaching young ones how to express themselves creatively. They regularly teach art to kids through the Hugo Alvarado Community Art Project and recently led a week-long drag intensive for teens at Persephone Theatre. Ricardo believes laughter is almost always the best medicine, and they are so excited to spend the holiday season working on a farce with a big smile in their heart. Enjoy the show!
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Persephone Theatre is thankful for the generous support of the City of Saskatoon, The Saskatchewan Arts Board, Frank and Ellen Remai Foundation, Canadian Heritage Cultural Spaces Fund, and the Canada Council for the Arts.