Comfort (2016)
Produced by
Playwright: Diana Tso
Director: William Yong
Venue
Run
November 26th, 2016 – December 10th, 2016
Synopsis
Comfort is a love story about two teenagers in Nanjing, China, who find joy and friendship in their shared passion for opera, which later become precious in their survival through the war and imprisonment in a comfort house in Shanghai.
Over 200,000 girls and women across Asia were forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and were referred to as comfort women. Comfort explores the meaning of comfort in war time, celebrates the resilience of women and is a declaration of the power of art to heal and find change. (nativeearth.ca)
Cast
| Vania Chan | Opera Singer / Old Window |
| Phoebe Hu | Mother / Zhang Mei Ling |
| Jen Hum | Aihua / Nabi Kim |
| Vicki Kim | Li Dan Feng |
| Oliver Koomsatira | Cormorant / Moon / Soldier |
| Timothy Ng | Father / Officer |
| Jeff Yung | Zhou Ping Yang |
Creative Team
| Diana Tso | Playwright |
| William Yong | Director |
| Constantine Caravassilis | Music Composer |
| William Yong | Movement |
| William Yong | Music Director |
| Rebecca Picherack | Lighting Designer |
| Erika Chong | Costume Designer |
| William Yong | Scenic Designer |
Music
| Patty Chan | Erhu (Chinese Violin) |
| Cathy Nosaty | Piano / Accordian |
| Brandon Miguel Valdivia | Percussion |
Production
| Elizabeth McDermott | Stage Manager |
| A.J. Morra | Production Manager |
| James Kendal | Set Carpenter |
| Mattea Kennedy | Scenic Painter |
| Darren Bryant | Videographer |
| Dahlia Katz | Photographer |
| Elysha Poirier | Poster Design |
| Louis Au | Photographer (Development Workshops) |
| Vince Ha | Photographer (Development Workshops) |
| Phoebe Hu | Mandarin Language Coach |
