Take Rimbaud (2026)
Produced by
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and The Howland Company
Playwright: Susanna Fournier
Director: Ted Witzel
Venue
The Alexander Street Chamber Theatre
Run
May 6th, 2026 – May 23rd, 2026
Synopsis
Four poets, a sloppy love triangle, an unfinished art film, and an electric oven. Can we still talk about the apocalypse as if it hasn’t already happened? It’s 2014 in Toronto (hell) and 1871 in France (also hell). The artists torture themselves to make work that means something rightnow, but time feels slippery and no narrative can keep them safe.
A performance poem imagining the worlds of Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine, Sylvia Plath, Sappho, and post-art school malaise, take rimbaud flirts with creation, revolution, and violence at the end of the world. (buddiesinbadtimes.com)
Cast
| Thomas Mitchell Barnet | R |
| Julian DeZotti | Paul |
| Ruth Goodwin | Slyv |
| Rose Tuong | Sapph |
| Breton Lalama | 1 |
| Hallie Seline | 2 |
| Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster | 3 |
| Cameron Laurie | 4 |
Creative Team
| Susanna Fournier | Playwright |
| Ted Witzel | Director |
| Christine Ting-Huan 挺歡 Urquhart | Set Designer |
| Christine Ting-Huan 挺歡 Urquhart | Costume Designer |
| Darren Shaen | Lighting Designer |
| Nicole Eun-Ju Bell | Projection Designer |
| Dasha Plett | Composer |
| Dasha Plett | Sound Designer |
| Chala Hunter | Intimacy Director |
| Julia Dyan | Fight Director |
Production
| Troy Taylor | Stage Manager |
| Jenna Borsato | Apprentice Stage Manager |
| Chanti Zoelene Laliberte | Wardrobe Support |
| Meredith Wolting | Scenic Painter |
| Matty Armour | Scenic Painter |
| Julia Howman | Production Manager |
| Darren Shaen | Crew |
| Nicole Eun-Ju Bell | Crew |
| Antel Kollenberg | Crew |
| Elaine Wong | Crew |
| Mackenzie McCallum-Mallory | Crew |
| Zoe Daca | Crew |
| Mike Dowdall | Crew |
| Michael Grdosic | Crew |
| Dylan Tate-Howarth | Crew |
| Nate Gurarie | Crew |
| Julie M. Li | Crew |
Staff
| Rebecca Vandevelde | Production Manager |
| Amber Pattison | Chamber Coordinator |
| Sebastian Marziali | Technical Director |
| Amber Pattison | Technical Director |
| Mojo Noble | Technical Director |
| El Patey | Head Technician |
| Kit Norman | Head Technician |
| Van Ward | Head Technician |
