Shove It Down My Throat (2019)
Produced by
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and Pandemic Theatre
Playwright: Johnnie Walker
Director: Tom Arthur Davis
Venue
The Alexander Street Chamber Theatre
Run
March 30th, 2019 – April 14th, 2019
Synopsis
In 2013, Luke O’Donovan is arrested after a knife fight at a New Year’s party. The media portrays him as a maniac who went on a stabbing spree. Luke says he’s the victim of a queer-bashing, punished for fighting back. In 2014, theatre artist Johnnie Walker begins writing letters to Luke in prison and working on a new play.
A fierce and freewheeling exploration of a powerful true story, Shove It Down My Throat puts queerness, identity, and complicity through a theatrical kaleidoscope as Johnnie sifts through the different versions of Luke’s story — and the different versions of Luke — in search of the ever-elusive truth. (buddiesinbadtimes.com)
Cast
| Johnnie Walker | Performer |
| Willard Gillard | Performer |
| Kwaku Okyere | Performer |
| Craig Pike | Performer |
| Heath V. Salazar | Performer |
| Anders Yates | Performer |
Creative Team
| Johnnie Walker | Playwright |
| Tom Arthur Davis | Director |
| Anahita Dehbonehie | Set Designer |
| Anahita Dehbonehie | Costume Designer |
| Rebecca Vandevelde | Lighting Designer |
| Jivesh Parasram | Sound Designer |
| Rhiannon Collett | Assistant Director |
Production
| Waleed Ansari | Stage Manager |
| Oz Weaver | Production Manager |
| Chin Palipane | Production Assistant |
| Tom Arthur Davis | Producer |
| Jivesh Parasram | Producer |
| Robin Luckwaldt Ross | Fight Consultant |
| Vanessa Janiszewski | Props Coordinator |
| Edith Nataprawira | Head Scenic Painter |
| Dany Ko | Scenic Painter |
| Riley Stefanescu | Scenic Painter |
| Geoffrey Armour | Crew |
| Wes Babcock | Crew |
| Mike Dowdell | Crew |
| Dana Kerr | Crew |
| Sarah Mansikka | Crew |
| Sebastian Marziali | Crew |
| Joey Morin | Crew |
| Aidan Shepherd | Crew |
| Emily Tratnik | Crew |
| David Fisher | Crew |
Staff
| Amber Pattison | Chamber Technician |
| Adrien Whan | Technical Director |
| Charlotte Wilcox | Director of Production |
