Pipeline (2021)
Produced by
Playwright: Dominique Morisseau
Director: Weyni Mengesha
Venue
The Marilyn and Charles Baillie Theatre
Run
April 7th, 2022 – May 8th, 2022
Synopsis
Pipeline is a deeply moving story of a single mother’s fight to give her son a better future. Nya is an inner-city teacher who is desperate to give her son the opportunities she knows aren’t available in the public school system. When an incident at his private school threatens to get him expelled, she must confront her son’s rage and her own choices that led him there. (soulpepper.ca)
Cast
Akosua Amo-Adem | Nya |
Tony Ofori | Omari |
Mazin Elsadig | Dun |
Kristen Thomson | Laurie |
Kevin Hanchard | Xavier |
Chelsea Russell | Jasmine |
Karen Robinson | P.A. (Voiceover) |
Visaree Bradshaw-Coore | Carolina Valdez (Voiceover) |
Chelsea Russell | Voiceover |
Creative Team
Dominique Morisseau | Playwright |
Weyni Mengesha | Director |
Lorenzo Savoini | Set Designer |
Lorenzo Savoini | Projection Designer |
Ming Wong | Costume Designer |
Kimberly Purtell | Lighting Designer |
Lyon Smith | Composer |
Lyon Smith | Sound Designer |
Luke Reece | Assistant Director |
Sean Baek | Fight Director |
Trevlyn Kennedy | Projection Design Photography |
Production
Robert Harding | Stage Manager |
Laura Baxter | Assistant Stage Manager |
Kelly McEvenue | Alexander Coach |
Bill Stahl | 1st Carpenter |
Sara Admadiehrad | Scenic Painter |
Nina Hartt | Scenic Painter |
Greg Chambers | Props Builder |
Carly Beamish | Cutter |
Emma Zulkoskey | Dresser |
Ashton Vetter | Lighting Operator |
John Shisko | Sound Operator |
Dalton Villeneuve-Marini | Deck Op |
Andrew Watt | Video Op |
Staff
Jasmine Knox | Senior Production Manager |
Corey MacVicar | Technical Director |
Julia Carrano | Assistant Production Manager |
Rhett Costin | Production Assistant |
Andy DeVries | Head Carpenter |
Janet Pym | Head of Wardrobe |
Lisa Nighswander | Head of Properties |
Paul Boddum | Head Scenic Artist |