Vierge (2023)
Produced by
Playwright: Rachel Mutombo
Director: Natasha Mumba
Venue
Run
April 8th, 2023 – April 30th, 2023
Synopsis
Sixteen-year-old Divine, doesn’t really fit in anywhere, and her only real friend is Jesus (Christ) — that is, until her family joins a new church and through the other girls in her youth group she discovers the world around her is not as it seems. Filled with an abundance of heart and humour, Vierge follows four Congolese Canadian teenage girls as they journey to navigate between the pressures of Christianity, virginity and teenage hormones.
A stunning new work about faith, community, and sex from one of Canada’s most exciting new writers that is sure to leave audiences tearing up one moment and laughing out loud the next. (factorytheatre.ca)
Cast
| Yvonne Addai | Grace Katende |
| JD Leslie | Sarah Katende |
| Kudakwashe Rutendo | Bien-Aimé Ilunga |
| Shauna Thompson | Divine Kabamba |
Creative Team
| Rachel Mutombo | Playwright |
| Natasha Mumba | Director |
| Rachel Forbes | Set Designer |
| Rachel Forbes | Prop Designer |
| Joyce Padua | Costume Designer |
| Jareth Li | Lighting Designer |
| Andrew Johnson | Sound Designer |
| Virgilia Griffith | Assistant Director |
| Virgilia Griffith | Movement Director |
| Louisa Zhu | Fight Director |
| Matt McGeachy | Dramaturge |
| Samira Banihashemi | Assistant Lighting Designer |
Production
| Ada Aguilar | Stage Manager |
| Anna Spencer | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Thadea Berezny | Head of Properties |
| Stephanie Wierzbicki | Head of Wardrobe |
| Claudia Kabambi | Hair & Makeup Coordinator |
| Sarah Shippobotham | Dialect Coach |
| Kamambuko Vianga | Cultural Consultant |
| Courtney Pyke | Production Manager |
| Courtney Pyke | Technical Director |
| Makiah Bautis | House Technician |
| Curtis Whittaker | Head Carpenter |
| Susanna Feng | Head Painter |
| Mitchell Ayres | Carpenter |
| Aden Altamirano | Carpenter |
| Hilda Chu | Painter |
| Kira Duff | Painter |
| Brenden McAndrew | Head Notes Technician |
| Liam McBoyle | Stagehand |
| Elijah Ouimet | Stagehand |
| Edwin Fisher | Stagehand |
| Jonathon | Stagehand |
| Gove Flawn | Stagehand |
| Brandon Foffano | Stagehand |
| Ivy Groundwater | Stagehand |
| Jason Herzig | Stagehand |
| Anhson Hoang | Stagehand |
| Dylan Hurley | Stagehand |
| Jalyn Kaye | Stagehand |
| Rain Kolbuck-Reyes | Stagehand |
| Yuk Lam Yuky Chan | Stagehand |
| Camille McDonald | Stagehand |
| Nic Murray | Stagehand |
| Billy Wong | Stagehand |
