The Election (2019)

Produced by

Common Boots Theatre and Nightwood Theatre and Theatre Direct

Presented by

Theatre Passe Muraille

Playwrights: Natasha Greenblatt and Yolanda Bonnell
Director: Jennifer Brewin

Written with the company.

Run

October 10th, 2019 – October 27th, 2019

Synopsis

In 2015, a group of theatre artists signed up to the Canadian Federal Election as volunteers for three major political parties and documented their interactions. Exploring the realities of Indigenous, settler and newcomer experiences with the political process, The Election sparks urgent dialogue just as Canadians take another swing at the ballot box. With a live vocal score, this play asks: Do we have a voice and does that voice count? (commonbootstheatre.ca)

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Cast

Augusto Bitter	Land Voice / Terry / Anthony / Others
Rachel Cairns	Land Voice / Zoe / Leslie / Others
Joelle Peters	Land Voice / Skye / Meenakshi / Others
Anand Rajaram	Land Voice / Samraj / Remi / Others
Rose Stella	Land Voice / Milly / Abinisha / Others
Courtenay Stevens	Land Voice / Jake / Landon / Others

Creative Team

Natasha Greenblatt	Playwright
Yolanda Bonnell	Playwright
Jennifer Brewin	Director
Anahita Dehbonehie	Set Designer
Kaitlin Hickey	Lighting Designer
Jackie Chau	Costume Designer
Alex Samaras	Composer
Yvette Nolan	Dramaturge
Alex Bulmer	Contributing Artist - Script / Voice / Dramaturgy
Theresa Cutknife	Assistant Director
Raechel E. Kula	Associate Set Designer
Farnoosh Talebpour	Associate Costume Designer

Production

Meghan Speakman	Stage Manager
Stephanie Taylor	Apprentice Stage Manager
Katherine Smith	Production Manager
Eric Read	Technical Director
Elizabeth Kenny	Assistant Production Manager
Farnoosh Talebpour	Wardrobe
Elizabeth Morris	Deaf Community Consultant
Nicole Smieja	Open Captioning
Marcia Yale	Braille Program
Jessie Fraser	Associate Producer

Staff

David Fisher	Mainspace Technician
Eric Read	Production Manager

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