The Wager (2018)

Produced by

Theatre Gargantua

Playwright: Michael Gordon Spence
Director: Jacquie PA Thomas

Venue

Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace

Run

November 16th, 2018 – November 17th, 2018

Synopsis

Every day we’re faced with information that either confirms or challenges what we hold to be true. When we’re forced to make critical choices we end up betting a lot on the correctness of our worldview.

The Wager’s exploration was inspired by the real-life story of a nineteenth century scientist who accepted a wager to prove that the earth isn’t flat. While he irrefutably won the bet, the flat-earthers refused to see the evidence for what it was and proceeded to ruin the scientist’s life with harassment, lawsuits and death threats.

Today’s wagers are between scientists and climate-change deniers, doctors and anti-vaxers, journalists and fact-denying politicians. Suspicion of well established facts corrupt large portions of the population, yet the stakes have never been higher as we gamble with the future of our planet. (theatregargantua.ca)

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Cast

Belinda Corpuz	Performer
Teiya Kasahara	Performer
Kwaku Okyere	Performer
Michael Gordon Spence	Performer

Creative Team

Michael Gordon Spence	Playwright
Jacquie PA Thomas	Director
Laird Macdonald	Lighting Designer
Laird Macdonald	Projection Designer
Michael Gordon Spence	Set Designer
Melanie McNeill	Costume Designer
Thomas Ryder Payne	Sound Designer
Belinda Corpuz	Original Composition
Teiya Kasahara	Original Composition
Kwaku Okyere	Original Composition
Thomas Ryder Payne	Original Composition
Michael Gordon Spence	Original Composition

Production

Kathleen Jones	Stage Manager
Courtney Pyke	Production Manager
Yolanda Ferrato	Producer
Tarndeep Pannu	Artistic Intern
Ryan Percival	Artistic Intern
Laura Warren	Crew
Laura Philipps	Crew
Giuseppe Condello	Crew
Colin Harris	Crew
Lindsay Jenkins	Crew
Liz Maraston	Crew
Eric Read	Crew
Meghan Speakman	Crew
Micah Champagne	Crew
Jennifer Laws	Crew

Staff

David Fisher

Mainspace Technician

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