Bad Roads (2023)
Produced by
Director: Andrew Kushnir
Playwright: Natal’ya Vorozhbit
Venue
Streetcar Crowsnest – The Scotiabank Community Studio
Run
November 7th, 2023 – November 26th, 2023
Synopsis
In the Donbas region of Ukraine, a war is raging, and people want to understand why. Based on astonishing testimonies from the outset of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014, BAD ROADS explores the heartbreaking effects of conflict on intimate relationships and a country’s social fabric.
Ukrainian playwright Natal’ya Vorozhbit deftly intertwines themes of love, sex, trauma, loss, and resistance through powerful and darkly comic episodes exploring, most of all, of what it is to be a woman in wartime. (crowstheatre.com)
Cast
| Diego Matamoros | Headteacher / Vasya |
| Andrew Chown | He / Soldier I |
| Katherine Gauthier | She / Teenage Girl 3 |
| Craig Lauzon | Commander / Soldier 2 |
| Shauna Thompson | Woman 2 / Teenage Girl 2 / Girl |
| Michelle Monteith | Woman / Teenage Girl I |
| Seana McKenna | Woman 1 / Vasya's Wife |
Creative Team
| Andrew Kushnir | Director |
| Natal’ya Vorozhbit | Playwright |
| Sasha Dugdale | Translator |
| Simge Suzer | Set Designer |
| Simge Suzer | Prop Designer |
| Snezana Pesic | Costume Designer |
| Christian Horoszczak | Lighting Designer |
| Thomas Ryder Payne | Sound Designer |
| Anita Nittoly | Fight Director |
| Anita Nittoly | Intimacy Director |
| Sabrina Pye | Set Design Apprentice |
Production
| Liliane Stilwell | Stage Manager |
| Sabrina Weinstein | Apprentice Stage Manager |
| Katey Wattam | Artistic Resilience Specialist |
| Lisa Nighswander | Head of Properties |
| Ellie Koffman | Head of Wardrobe |
| Erin Halls | Stitcher |
| Emma Zulkoskey | Breakdown Artist |
Staff
| Heather Landon | Senior Producer |
| Beth Wong | Producer |
| LJ Savage | Production Manager |
| Ryan Borshuk | Technical Director |
| Amber Rea | Assistant Technical Director |
| Jay Hines | House Technician |
| Zachery White | House Technician |
| Sergey Kublanovskiy | House Technician |
