Aperture (2015)
Produced by
Presented by
The SummerWorks Performance Festival
Playwrights: Saba Akhtar and Clover Boxtop and Bessie Cheng and Celia Green and Julia Hunter and Socheata Kong and Whitney Kyera and Callie Presniak and Ashley Duncan and Aidan Holden-Jones and Sherman Tsang
Director: Sarah Kitz
Venue
Run
August 6th, 2015 – August 10th, 2015
Synopsis
Aperture: who framed your imagination? This show is a collective challenge that puts personal politics under the lens. Join the ensemble of the AMY Project as they ask questions and make discoveries about the way women let ourselves – and don’t let ourselves – imagine. What moments and events in our lives shape our imagination, and what moments cause our relationship in our imagination to shift? How does our ability to imagine relate to how we perceive ourselves, society, and our place in society?
Witness a reflection on gender-based themes – body image, beauty standards, sexual orientation, and family structures –that explodes into a confrontation of how we talk about the themes – usually characterized by uncertainty, questions and (distinctly ‘female’) politeness. As they grapple through these subjects, the ensemble seizes the camera, opens the aperture, and re-frames the conversation. (summerworks.ca)
Cast
Saba Akhtar | Performer |
Clover Boxtop | Performer |
Bessie Cheng | Performer |
Celia Green | Performer |
Julia Hunter | Performer |
Socheata Kong | Performer |
Whitney Kyera | Performer |
Callie Presniak | Performer |
Creative Team
Saba Akhtar | Playwright |
Clover Boxtop | Playwright |
Bessie Cheng | Playwright |
Celia Green | Playwright |
Julia Hunter | Playwright |
Socheata Kong | Playwright |
Whitney Kyera | Playwright |
Callie Presniak | Playwright |
Ashley Duncan | Playwright |
Aidan Holden-Jones | Playwright |
Sherman Tsang | Playwright |
Sarah Kitz | Director |
Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu | Associate Director |
Amanda Nicholls | Assistant Director |
Anna Treusch | Set Designer |
Anna Treusch | Costume Designer |
C.J. Astronomo | Lighting Designer |
Kai Masaoka | Sound Designer |
Sara De Melo | Assistant Set Designer |
Sara De Melo | Assistant Costume Designer |
Production
Heather Bellingham | Stage Manager |
Laura Paduch | Production Manager |
Rebecca Vandevelde | Projection Consultant |
Staff
Bryan Eaton | Venue Technician |
Debbie Courchene | Venue Technician |