The Welkin (2025)
Produced by
Crow’s Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre Company and The Howland Company
Playwright: Lucy Kirkwood
Director: Weyni Mengesha
Venue
The Marilyn and Charles Baillie Theatre
Run
September 4th, 2025 – October 5th, 2025
Synopsis
Rural England, 1759. Halley’s Comet burns in the sky, and a young woman is sentenced to hang. But when she tries to escape the noose by claiming to be pregnant, a jury of twelve women are gathered to decide whether she is telling the truth. As tensions rise, their task becomes a reckoning: with the law, with power, and with the roles they’re forced to play in a world that silences them. (soulpepper.ca)
Cast
| Mayko Nguyen | Lizzy Luke |
| Bahia Watson | Sally Poppy |
| Olunike Adeliyi | Judith Brewer |
| Ghazal Azarbad | Peg Carter |
| Nadine Bhabha | Kitty Givens |
| Brefny Caribou | Mary Middleton |
| Raquel Duffy | Sarah Hollis |
| Kyra Harper | Sarah Smith |
| Fiona Highet | Charlotte Cary |
| Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster | Emma Jenkins |
| Cameron Laurie | Frederick Poppy / Dr. Willis |
| Craig Lauzon | Mr. Coombes |
| Annie Luján | Hannah Rusted |
| Natasha Mumba | Ann Lavender |
| Liisa Repo-Martell | Lizzy Luke (Alternate) |
| Hallie Seline | Helen Ludlow |
| Addison Wagman | Katy Luke / Alice Wax |
| Oliver Dennis | The Justice (Voice Only) |
Creative Team
| Lucy Kirkwood | Playwright |
| Weyni Mengesha | Director |
| Julie Fox | Set Designer |
| Michelle Tracey | Costume Designer |
| Bonnie Beecher | Lighting Designer |
| Thomas Ryder Payne | Sound Designer |
| Thomas Ryder Payne | Music Arrangements |
| Luke Reece | Associate Director |
| Anita Nittoly | Intimacy Director |
| Anita Nittoly | Fight Director |
| Joanna Falck | Production Dramaturge |
| Ben Kopp | Music Director |
| Ben Kopp | Copyist |
| Sebastian Biasucci | Howland Shadow Director |
Production
| Sam Hale | Stage Manager |
| Scarlett Larry | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Kate Chubbs | Apprentice Stage Manager |
| Alex Edwards | Child Minder |
| Brefny Caribou | Intimacy Captain |
| Brefny Caribou | Fight Captain |
| Jane Gooderham | Dialect Coach |
| Bill Stahl | 1st Carpenter |
| Jo de Boer | 1st Carpenter |
| Hilda Chu | Scenic Painter |
| Susanna Feng | Scenic Painter |
| Catalina Holguin | Scenic Painter |
| Dan Jakobi | Scenic Painter |
| Claudia Matas | Assistant Head of Wardrobe |
| Jacqueline Robertson-Cull | Head of Wigs |
| Greg Chambers | Props Builder |
| Jack Nighswander | Props Builder |
| Dan Jakobi | Props Builder |
| Greg Chambers | Props Buyer |
| Jack Nighswander | Props Buyer |
| Dan Jakobi | Props Buyer |
| Sylvia Defend | Cutter |
| Erin Halls | Stitcher |
| Madeline Ius | Stitcher |
| Kalina Popova | Stitcher |
| Celina Westlake | Stitcher |
| Valerie Cameron | Stitcher |
| Irene Ly | Dresser |
| Leanna Cecchetto | Dresser |
| Gunes Agduk | Lighting Operator |
| Tristan Chung | Audio Operator |
| David Mallette | Deck Hand |
Staff
| Patricia Vinluan | Interim Senior Production Manager |
| Maya Royer | Production Manager |
| Leslie Hernandez | Technical Director |
| Nicholas Beardsley | Assistant Technical Director |
| Rhett Costin | Assistant Technical Director |
| Alex Edwards | Production Assistant |
| Andy DeVries | Head Carpenter |
| Lisa Nighswander | Head of Properties |
| Paul Boddum | Head Scenic Artist |
| Ellie Koffman | Head of Wardrobe |
