Brilliant Traces (2026)
Playwright: Cindy Lou Johnson
Director: John Gordon
Venue
Bob Nasmith Innovation Backspace
Run
April 24th, 2026 – May 10th, 2026
Synopsis
In the remote wilds of Alaska, a woman stumbles out of the snow with no destination and a need to keep moving.
A storm rises. Roads vanish. Car batteries die. The isolated cabin of an oil rig worker becomes the only refuge left.
At the edge of nowhere two strangers collide, each carrying a past they refuse to name. As the storm tightens its grip, stories fracture, truths slip, and what begins as mercy transforms into something else entirely.
Desolate and haunting, Brilliant Traces is about isolation, loss, change and the rarest of intimacy. When a life is in free fall, what is there to grab on to, and at what cost? (patronbase.ca)
Cast
| John Shubat | Henry Harry |
| Claire MacMaster | Rosannah De |
Creative Team
| Cindy Lou Johnson | Playwright |
| John Gordon | Director |
| Nicole Moller | Fight Director |
| Nicole Moller | Intimacy Coordinator |
| Julia Davis | Lighting Designer |
Production
| Emma Jo Conlin | Stage Manager |
Staff
| Christopher Sutherland | Venue Technician |
