Blood Wedding / Bodas de Sangre (2015)
Produced by
Aluna Theatre and Modern Times Stage Company
Presented by
Playwright: Federico García Lorca
Translator: Langston Hughes
Director: Soheil Parsa
Venue
The Alexander Street Chamber Theatre
Run
March 11th, 2015 – March 29th, 2015
Awards & Nominations
2015 Dora Award Winner (Independent Theatre Division) – Outstanding Production, Outstanding Direction (Soheil Parsa), Outstanding Performance – Female (Beatriz Pizano), Outstanding Scenic Design (Trevor Schwellnus), Outstanding Costume Design (Angela Thomas), Outstanding Lighting Design (Trevor Schwellnus)
2015 Toronto Theatre Critics Award Winner – Best Director of a Play (Soheil Parsa), Best Supporting Actress in a Play (Beatriz Pizano)
2015 Dora Award Nominee (Independent Theatre Division) – Outstanding New Play (Soheil Parsa), Outstanding Performance – Ensemble, Outstanding Sound Design/Composition (Thomas Ryder Payne)
Synopsis
Lorca’s Blood Wedding is a classic of 20th Century theatre. Inspired by a fragment of a newspaper story found by the playwright, it tells the story of a family vendetta that comes to a boil when a bride-to-be runs away with the son of the enemy. As they flee the oppressing forces of their family’s histories, death pursues them through the thick of the forest under the light of the moon.
This story of ill-fated romance serves as the backdrop for a poetic exploration of the conflict between individual desires and social conventions. It pits primal desire against the weight of history, and holds up love as the most powerful and unstoppable force we can harness. (buddiesinbadtimes.com)
Cast
| Derek Kwan | Boy |
| Beatriz Pizano | Mother |
| Jani Lauzon | Neighbour / Servant |
| Sochi Fried | Wife / Moon |
| Lara Arabian | Mother-in-Law / Woodcutter |
| Carlos González-Vio | Leonardo |
| Liz Peterson | Death / Maiden / Beggar / Ensemble |
| Steven Bush | Father |
| Bahareh Yaraghi | Girl |
| Mina James | Maiden / Woodcutter / Ensemble |
| Sebastian Marziali | Youth / Ensemble |
| Chiamaka Glory | Maiden / Woodcutter / Ensemble |
Creative Team
| Federico García Lorca | Playwright |
| Langston Hughes | Translator |
| Soheil Parsa | Director |
| Soheil Parsa | Choreographer |
| Trevor Schwellnus | Scenographer |
| Angela Thomas | Costume Designer |
| Thomas Ryder Payne | Sound Designer |
| Thomas Ryder Payne | Composer |
Production
| Erika Morey | Stage Manager |
| Charissa Wilcox | Production Manager |
| Gia Nahmens | Production Assistant |
| Graeme Scott | Backstage and Production Support |
| Diana Lopez Soto | Scenic Artist |
| Barbara Starr | Costume Builder |
| Mia Louie | Costume Builder |
| Matt Armour | Tech Crew |
| Paula Burrows | Tech Crew |
| Luke Dobson | Tech Crew |
| Kyle Fair | Tech Crew |
| Shane MacKinnon | Tech Crew |
| Alanna McConnell | Tech Crew |
| Shanna Miller | Tech Crew |
| Eric Read | Tech Crew |
| Adrien Whan | Tech Crew |
| Paulie McDermid | Literary Consultant |
| Brian Damude | Production Photographer |
| Ximena Sanchez | Spanish Language Outreach |
| Sue Balint | Producer |
| Sue Balint | Production Graphic Design |
| Trevor Schwellnus | Cover Photograph |
Staff
| Suzie Balogh | Chamber Technician |
