My Sister’s Rage (2022)
Produced by
Studio 180 Theatre and Tarragon Theatre and TO Live
Director: Yolanda Bonnell
Playwright: Yolanda Bonnell
Venue
Tarragon Theatre – Extra Space
Run
October 11th, 2022 – November 6th, 2022
Synopsis
When their Matriarch ends up in a coma, a ma’iingan-wolf clan family gathers together to work through their collective grief and begin to heal from an incident in the past. While the Aunties camp out in the hospital room, the younger cousins spend their time at the Grandmother’s house by the backyard firepit; all while being circled by a cackling crow jokester.
As the veil between the ancestral plane and the earthly realm gets thinner, tensions and emotions are high and vulnerabilities are exposed, revealing the true strength and resilience of the ma’iingan kwe.
Yolanda Bonnell’s My Sister’s Rage is a story about the nuances of holding grief and joy at the same time and how laughter is medicine. (tarragontheatre.com)
Cast
| Shandra Spears Bombay | Sandra/Soochie |
| Samantha Brown | Valerie |
| Theresa Cutknife | Stephie |
| Nicole Joy-Fraser | Olivia/Livvy |
| Ange Loft | Renna/Ren |
| Monique Mojica | Wanda |
| Pesch Nepoose | Laney |
| Ty J. Sloane | Tash |
Creative Team
| Yolanda Bonnell | Director |
| Yolanda Bonnell | Playwright |
| Aria Evans | Associate Director |
| Rebecca Vandevelde | Set Designer |
| Julia Surich | Costume Designer |
| Echo Zhou 周芷會 | Lighting Designer |
| Miquelon Rodriguez | Sound Designer |
| Lindsay Lachance | Dramaturge |
Production
| Aria Evans | Movement Facilitator |
| Victoria Wang | Stage Manager |
| Hazel Moore | Apprentice Stage Manager |
| Jesse Wabegijig | Cultural Consultant |
| Jesse Wabegijig | Community Consultant |
Staff
| Gerry Egan | Director of Production |
| Tristan Goethel | Technical Director |
| Leslie Hernandez | Assistant Technical Director |
| Caitlin Farley | Production Assistant |
| David Mallette | Extra Space Technician |
| Andrew Chute | Head Carpenter |
| Lochlan Cox | Head of Properties |
| Julia Surich | Head of Wardrobe |
| Frank Donato | Video Production Coordinator |
| Sara Ahmadieh | Head Scenic Painter |
| Edith Nataprawira | Scenic Painter |
| Olivia Seward | Assistant Producer |
