Lac/Athabasca (2015)
Produced by
Presented by
The SummerWorks Performance Festival
Playwright: Len Falkenstein
Director: Len Falkenstein
Venue
Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace
Run
August 6th, 2015 – August 15th, 2015
Synopsis
In Lac/Athabasca, ice becomes fire. Men become monsters. Things that were buried become exposed.
Lac/Athabasca departs from a glacier in the West, stops at a city of oil in the North, and terminates in a river of fire in the East, telling tales of lives lived and lost on the rivers and railways in between: a pair of nineteenth-century fur traders pursued by an unseen terror along Alberta’s Athabasca River; two scientists studying fish kills and cancer rates downstream from the oil sands; the residents of a small town united in grief after an entirely preventable disaster. Their stories intersect and echo in ways that are shocking, unsettling, and deeply moving. Inspired by the tragedy of Lac-Mégantic, Lac/Athabasca connects the dots between voraciousness and victimhood, beasts without and the beast within, ravaged landscapes and ruined souls. (summerworks.ca)
Cast
| Jake Martin | Ben / Francois / Maurice / Frank / Francois |
| Rebekah Chassé | Janice / Brenda / Haguette |
| Jean-Michel Cliche | Thierry / Phil |
| Emily Bossé | Wawetseka / Ashley / Lisbeth |
| Alex Donovan | Edward / Peter / Henry / Eddy / Ted |
Creative Team
| Len Falkenstein | Playwright |
| Len Falkenstein | Director |
| Eric Hill | Composer |
| Mike Johnston | Set Designer |
| Mike Johnston | Projection Designer |
| Alberto White | Sound Designer |
| Michael Holmes-Lauder | Projection Designer |
Production
| Alberto White | Poster and Program Design |
| Dani Brun | Stage Manager |
| Michael Holmes-Lauder | Photography |
Staff
| David Fisher | Venue Technician |
| Eric Read | Venue Technician |
| Gabe Cropley | Festival Lighting Designer |
