The Cosmonaut’s Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union (2011)
Produced by
Playwright: David Greig
Director: Jennifer Tarver
Venue
Run
April 16th, 2011 – May 14th, 2011
Synopsis
A pair of Russian cosmonauts abandoned by a crumbling state have been circling the globe for twenty years. Below, a couple confronts their failed marriage, a prostitute searches for love and a scientist struggles to make contact with outer space.
The cosmonaut’s last message… follows these inter-related storylines as lovers and strangers attempt to connect across living rooms, countries and into outer orbit. Neither the tools of technology nor the characters’ physical proximity can free them from their inability to communicate with one another. (canadianstage.com)
Cast
| Tom Barnett | Casimir / Patient |
| Raoul Bhaneja | Eric / Proprietors |
| Fiona Byrne | Vivenne / Sylvia |
| David Jansen | Keith / Bernard |
| Tony Nappo | Oleg / Patient |
| Sarah Wilson | Natasja / Claire |
Creative Team
| David Greig | Playwright |
| Jennifer Tarver | Director |
| Birgit Schreyer Duarte | Assistant Director |
| Julie Fox | Set Designer |
| Julie Fox | Costume Designer |
| Robert Thomson | Lighting Designer |
| Thomas Ryder Payne | Sound Designer |
| Eric Armstrong | Dialect Designer |
| Jeremy Mimnagh | Projection Designer |
Production
| Nancy Dryden | Stage Manager |
| Sandy Plunkett | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Susanna Hood | Movement Consultant |
Staff
| Alistair Hepburn | Director of Production & Operations |
| Chris Carlton | Technical Director |
| Mary Spyrakis | Head of Properties |
| Douglas Arculus | Operations Manager |
| Timothy Wisener | Company Manager |
| Kate Ann Vandermeer | Production Coordinator |
| Michael Legouffe | Head of Wardrobe |
| Ming Wong | Alternate Head of Wardrobe |
| Ming Wong | Sewer |
| Susan Batchelor | Bluma Wardrobe Mistress |
| Natalie Ireland | Production Management Intern |
| Megan Paquette | Production Management Apprentice |
| Alex Vass | Properties Intern |
| Katie Horrill | Props Builder |
| Shelley McCafferty | Props Builder |
| Chris Root | Head Technician |
| Reg Taylor | Head Carpenter |
| Douglas Parker | Property Master |
| Keijo Makela | Sound Operator |
| Tim Flawn | Assistant Electrician |
| Tim Flawn | Theatre Technician |
| Frank Erhardt | Flyman |
| Frank Erhardt | Theatre Technician |
