ROW (2014)
Produced by
Native Earth Performing Arts and Pencil-Neck Theatre
Presented by
The SummerWorks Performance Festival
Playwright: T. Berto
Director: Cole Alvis
Venue
Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace
Run
August 8th, 2014 – August 17th, 2014
Synopsis
Everything, eventually, ends up downstream.
ROW is about a Cree ‘kept boy’ set in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans. The water stains are showing. Recently liberated, Sonny is past his prime and once again on the prowl. As he searches for potential new keepers to trade his sexual allure, his past and future swirl about him like a kaleidoscope.
This production immerses you into Sonny’s world – from residential school, to the street and the back rooms and limousines of the wealthy men who keep him, until he washes ashore. Portrayed by three Aboriginal actors playing different experiences that led him here, Sonny invites you to circle up and join him on a journey through memory.
Billy Merasty, Garret C. Smith and newcomer Dillan Chiblow represent Sonny from three generations along with Canadian Aboriginal Music Award winning musician Cris Derksen featured playing cello live on stage. (summerworks.ca)
Cast
| Dillan Chiblow | Sonny 1 |
| Garret C. Smith | Sonny 2 |
| Billy Merasty | Sonny 3 |
Creative Team
| T. Berto | Playwright |
| Cole Alvis | Director |
| Cris Derksen | Music |
| Cris Derksen | Composer |
| Brittany Ryan | |
| Isidra Cruz | Production Designer |
Music
| Cris Derksen | Celloist |
Production
| Brittany Ryan | Stage Manager |
| Jenny So | Production Assistant |
| Max Telzerow | Photography |
Staff
| Gabe Cropley | Festival Lighting Designer |
| Jenn Hewitt | Venue Technician |
| Kai Masaoka | Venue Technician |
| Christopher Ross | Venue Technician |
