Brain Storm (2020)

Produced by

Lucid Ludic and Why Not Theatre

Playwright: Taliesin McEnaney
Director: Taliesin McEnaney

Venue

Dancemakers Centre for Creation – Studio #313

Run

February 27th, 2020 – March 8th, 2020

Synopsis

Director Taliesin McEnaney’s grandmother was a ‘script mentalist medium’ who channeled written messages from the spirit realm.  One of her spirit guides was Dr. Wilder Penfield.  Fast- forward 40 years and Taliesin is dealing with a major brain injury within her own family and struggling with many of the questions that Penfield devoted his work to: sensory perception, epileptic seizures, and cognitive changes.  Using the scripts from her grandmother’s writings as a textual resource, and translating them into a physical and visual style, BRAIN STORM is Taliesin’s metabolization of these decade-spanning events which asks the question: are our brains magic, machines – or both? (lucidlucid.com)

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Cast

Hayley Carr	Performer
Maïza Dubhé	Performer
Alexandra Montagnese	Performer
Shayna Virginillo	Performer

Creative Team

Taliesin McEnaney	Playwright
Taliesin McEnaney	Director
Claire Ward	Writing
Hayley Carr	Co-Creator
Maïza Dubhé	Co-Creator
Alexandra Montagnese	Co-Creator
Shayna Virginillo	Co-Creator
William Bezek	Set Designer
William Bezek	Costume Designer
Melissa Joakim	Lighting Designer
Melissa Joakim	Projection Designer
Olivia Shortt	Sound Designer
Olivia Shortt	Composer
Shireen Jeejeebhoy	Dramaturge
Jessica Watkin	Dramaturge
Ellen Brooker	Set Design Assistant
Ellen Brooker	Costume Design Assistant
Nicole Smieja	Open Captions Designer

Production

Tara Mohan	Stage Manager
Melanie Nablo	Assistant Stage Manager
Suzie Balogh	Production Manager
Taliesin McEnaney	Producer
Annie Clarke	Associate Producer
Shireen Jeejeebhoy	Brain Injury Consultant
Emma Westray	Front of House Manager
Emma Westray	Box Office Manager
Nicole Smieja	Open Captions Operator
Dahlia Katz	Photographer

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