6 Essential Questions (2014)
Produced by
Playwright: Priscila Uppal
Director: Leah Cherniak
Venue
Previews
March 1st - 5th, 2014
Run
March 1st, 2014 – March 30th, 2014
Synopsis
6 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS is the debut play from poet, novelist and academic, Priscila Uppal. Based on her 2013 critically acclaimed memoir, Projection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother, 6 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS is the story of Renata as she travels to Brazil to see the mother who abandoned her when she was five years old.
In Rio, Renata reconnects with her mother and discovers that, well, some dreams are meant to die. (factorytheatre.ca)
Cast
| Maggie Huculak | Grandmother |
| Mina James | Renata |
| Elizabeth Saunders | Mother |
| Richard Zeppieri | Doctor Garbage |
Creative Team
| Priscila Uppal | Playwright |
| Leah Cherniak | Director |
| Iris Turcott | Dramaturge |
| Victoria Wallace | Set Designer |
| Victoria Wallace | Costume Designer |
| Arun Srinivasan | Lighting Designer |
| Thomas Ryder Payne | Sound Designer |
| Cylla von Tiedemann | Projection Designer |
| Cameron Davis | Projection Designer |
| Siobhán Sleath | Assistant Lighting Designer |
| Terrill Maguire | Choreographer |
Production
| Sarah Miller | Stage Manager |
| Emily Mewett | Apprentice Stage Manager |
| Vanessa Janiszewski | Head of Properties |
| Allie Marshall | Head of Wardrobe |
| Jamie Monteiro | Carpenter |
| Alia Koster | Crew |
| Les Stockley | Crew |
| Jordan Routliff | Crew |
| Patrick Lavender | Crew |
| Michael Brunet | Swing Technician |
| Josh Hoodless | Swing Technician |
| Anna Treusch | Set Dresser |
| Bronwen Sharp | Photography |
| Joanna Akyol | Production Photography |
Staff
| Erin Birkenbergs | Production Manager |
| Jamie Monteiro | MainStage Technical Director |
| Bryan Eaton | Assistant Production Manager |
