Blackbird (2014)
Produced by
Playwright: David Harrower
Director: David Ferry
Venue
Artscape Youngplace – Gold Studio (107)
Previews
December 2nd, 2014, 2014
Run
December 3rd, 2014 – December 11th, 2014
Awards & Nominations
2015 Toronto Theatre Critics Award Winner – Best Actor in a Play (David Ferry)
Synopsis
Two people who once had a passionate affair meet again fifteen years later. Ray is confronted with his past when Una arrives unannounced at his office. Guilt, rage, and raw emotions run high as they recollect their relationship when she was twelve and he was forty. Without any moral judgments, the play never shies away from the brutal, shattering truth of the abandoned and unconventional love. Ray, fifty-six, after years in prison and subsequent hardships, has a new identity and has made a new life for himself, thinking that he could no longer be found. Una, twenty-seven, had thought of nothing else, and on finding a photo of him, sets out to find Ray. She is looking for answers not vengeance. Nevertheless, the consequences are shattering. (artscapeyoungplace.ca)
Cast
| Sarah Booth | Una |
| David Ferry | Ray / Peter |
| Brielle Robillard | Helen |
| Nina Taylor | Girl (Home Movie) |
| Brad Austin | Boy (Home Movie) |
| Sugith Varughese | Surveillance Monitor Actor |
Creative Team
| David Harrower | Playwright |
| David Ferry | Director |
| Mikaela Davies | Associate Director |
| Gavin Michael Booth | Film Footage Diractor |
| David Ferry | Lighting Designer |
| David Ferry | Production Designer |
Production
| Meredith Henry | Stage Manager |
| Sean Kaufmann | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Karl Werleman | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Gavin Michael Booth | All Things Electronic |
| Gavin Michael Booth | Film Footage Editor |
| Trevor Hayes | Stand-in Actor |
| Alejandra Simmons | Stand-in Actor |
