The Solitudes (2020)
Produced by
Presented by
Playwright: Beatriz Pizano
Director: Beatriz Pizano
Collaborators: Lara Arabian and Brefny Caribou and Janis Mayers and Rosalba Martinni and Michelle Polak and Sofia Rodriguez and Rhoma Spencer and Liliana Suárez Henao
Venue
Run
January 7th, 2020 – January 18th, 2020
Synopsis
“I return to the place where I was born, and realize that it is no longer home”
Eight women follow the thread of history and the bloodlines that brought each of them to this land, to this moment in their journeys towards home. Is home a house? Is home a “homeland?”
Their offering: eight recipes for transforming our solitudes and an invitation to sit at the table.
Inspired by the women of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Solitudes is a provocative, humorous, and visually charged experimental performance that conjures the many forces of separation that have overtaken our lives.
This is a protest. This is an act of claiming space. This is a call to action: because a house can be invaded, but home can never be taken away. (alunatheatre.ca)
Cast
| Lara Arabian | Ensemble |
| Brefny Caribou | Ensemble |
| Janis Mayers | Ensemble |
| Rosalba Martinni | Ensemble |
| Michelle Polak | Ensemble |
| Sofia Rodriguez | Ensemble |
| Rhoma Spencer | Ensemble |
| Liliana Suárez Henao | Ensemble |
Creative Team
| Beatriz Pizano | Playwright |
| Beatriz Pizano | Director |
| Lara Arabian | Collaborator |
| Brefny Caribou | Collaborator |
| Janis Mayers | Collaborator |
| Rosalba Martinni | Collaborator |
| Michelle Polak | Collaborator |
| Sofia Rodriguez | Collaborator |
| Rhoma Spencer | Collaborator |
| Liliana Suárez Henao | Collaborator |
| Trevor Schwellnus | Scenic Designer |
| Trevor Schwellnus | Projection Designer |
| Rebecca Vandevelde | Lighting Designer |
| Brandon Miguel Valdivia | Sound Designer |
| Brandon Miguel Valdivia | Composer |
| Vanessa Magic | Costume Designer |
| Victoria Mata | Movement Director |
| Anita La Selva | Associate Artist |
| Anita La Selva | Dramaturge |
Production
| Victoria Wang | Stage Manager |
| Lisa Nighswander | Head of Properties |
| Emie Sabandal | Apprentice Stage Manager |
| Suzie Balogh | Production Manager |
| Frank Donato | Technical Director |
| Sebastian Marziali | Head Carpenter |
| Megan Cinel | Scenic Artist |
| Susanna Feng | Scenic Artist |
| Julia Howman | Scenic Artist |
| Ellen Roach | Scenic Artist |
| Ksenia Ivanova | Scenic Painter |
| Claren Grosz | Audience Services |
| Rebecca Sarfatti | Audience Services |
Staff
| Sue Balint | Producer |
| Duncan Morgan | Manager of Technical Production |
| Cassandra Miller | Head Electrician |
| Declan Loughlin | Stage Carpenter |
| Malcolm Cooke | Head Audio |
