Written, composed, and directed by Jonathan Christenson
a Catalyst Theatre production
October 23 – November 3, 2024
France, 1940. After months of training and successful assignments, seven exceptional female SOEs (Special Operative Executives) are dropped into their most dangerous mission to date. Risking their lives for the fate of the nation, The Invisible embark on perilous missions of sabotage, propaganda, and espionage — helping to bring down the greatest threat of their time, only to go completely unseen.
From the writer and director behind the smash-hits Vigilante and Nevermore comes a new musical tour-de-force, inspired by the stories of real-life female SOEs. This genre-busting mash-up of historical research, film-noir, graphic novels, and musical theatre is a contemporary portrait of brave women who risked it all to fight during WWII–only to find themselves betrayed by the very world they believed they were fighting for.
Recommended for 12+
Running Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including intermission
Content Advisory: This production contains loud noises and mature content relating to WWII, Nazi Germany, the violence of war, and residential schools.
FEATURING
Dorothy Ward/Ensemble KRISTI HANSEN
Jacqueline Kovacs/Ensemble KATIE MCMILLAN
Evelyn Ash/Ensemble MELISSA MACPHERSON
Madeline Barré/Ensemble CHARIZ FAULMINO
Betty Anderson/Ensemble/Dance Captain AMANDA TRAPP
Anna Sidiqui/Ensemble TAHIRIH VEJDANI
Szarlotta Jazinski/Ensemble JUSTINE WESTBY
CREATIVE TEAM
Set, Lights, Costumes & Projections Designed by BRETTA GERECKE
Choreographer by LAURA KREWSKI
Sound Design, Additional Music, Music Production & Programming MATTHEW SKOPYK
Music Director (Vocals) & Additional Vocal Arrangements RUTH ALEXANDER
Vocal Arrangements by JONATHAN CHRISTENSON
Dialect Coach DOUG MERTZ
Copyist STEPHANIE URQUHART
Dramaturge SARAH GARTON STANLEY
Directed by JONATHAN CHRISTENSON
PRODUCTION TEAM
Co-Production Manager RAE MCCALLUM
Co-Production Manager MEGHAN WEARNE
Associate Production Manager LAUREN REBELO
Stage Manager FRANCES BUNDY*
Assistant Stage Manager NYSSA BEAIRSTO*
Front of House Audio Engineer MICHAEL CARON
Assistant Lighting Designer JEFF PYBUS
Assistant Projections Designer FRANK DONATO
Associate Projections Designer BRENDAN BRICELAND
Associate Producer JESSICA GLOVER
Produced by TRACY CARROLL
MUSICIANS
SYLVIA CHOW (Violin 1), NEDA YAMACH (Violin 2), YITIAN FAN (Viola/Trombone),
NICHOLAS YEE (Cello), KURTIS SCHULTZ (Drums), JASON KODIE (Accordion)
LANGUAGE CONSULTANTS
ILDIKO CIUTACU (Romanian), DR. CLAUDIA R. KOST (German),
KRISTI HANSEN (French), EVA JAROSOVA (Czech)
