Erased (2024)
Produced by
Open Heart Surgery Theatre and Theatre Passe Muraille
Playwright: Coleen MacPherson
Director: Coleen MacPherson
Venue
Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace
Run
November 21st, 2024 – November 30th, 2024
Synopsis
Erased draws us into a greeting card factory in a post-climate collapse world, where workers are forced to meet a quota, making ridiculous greeting cards while trying to survive within the machinery that controls and erases them. This tremendous 11 cast member physical theatre piece speaks to our addiction to production in late-capitalism and is a call to look deeper into the state of our planet and the structures that have entrapped us.
A surreal marriage of absurdism, dark comedy, political theatre and poetry, Erased explores how the kindling of a soft revolution turns to flame, igniting the spirit of resistance that keeps it alive. (passemuraille.ca)
Cast
| Nancy McAlear | Margie |
| Sochi Fried | Grace |
| Rose Tuong | Oliver |
| Kat Khan | René |
| Zina Ahmed | The Disappeared |
| Dylan Carter | The Disappeared |
| Jenna Geen | The Disappeared |
| Melissa Kile | The Disappeared |
| Emma Ly | The Disappeared |
| Zoe Magirias | The Disappeared |
| Jobina Sitoh | The Disappeared |
Creative Team
| Coleen MacPherson | Playwright |
| Coleen MacPherson | Director |
| Alix Sideris | Movement Direction |
| Amy Nostbakken | Composer |
| Amy Nostbakken | Musical Director |
| Richard Feren | Sound Designer |
| Nick Blais | Lighting Designer |
| Nick Blais | Set Designer |
| Ericka Leobrera | Dramaturge |
| Ericka Leobrera | Movement Contributions |
| Bharat N. Vyas | Assistant Lighting Designer |
| Jung A Im | Costume Designer |
Production
| Tara Mohan | Stage Manager |
| Michelle Kwan | Head of Properties |
| Elisia Evans | Props Builder |
| Francheska Libao | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Rosamund Small | Dramaturgical Consultant |
| Sarah Kaufmann | Backstage Assistant |
| Ulla Laidlaw | Producer for Open Heart Surgery Theatre |
| Lee Widerick | Production Manager |
| Callan Forrester | Producing Intern |
| Callan Forrester | Production Coordinator |
| Zina Ahmed | Dance Captain |
| Jobina Sitoh | Dance Captain |
| Harry Loefler-Bell | Crew |
| Lindsay McDonald | Crew |
| Eric Koski-Harja | Crew |
| Ryan Ahers | Crew |
| Christopher Sutherland | Crew |
| Connor Price-Kelleher | Crew |
| Carlos Varela | Crew |
| Nathan Gregory | Crew |
| El Patey | Crew |
| Steph Raposo | Crew |
| Christopher Sutherland | Alternate Head Technician |
| Connor Price-Kelleher | Alternate Head Technician |
| Glenn Strachan | Build Crew |
| Armando DaSilva | Build Crew |
| Chris Chisholm | Driver |
| Rachel Smith | Scenic Painter |
| Zina Ahmed | Light Walker |
Staff
| David Fisher | Mainspace Technician |
| Aidan Hammond | TPM Production Manager |
