Young Drones (2014)
Presented by
The SummerWorks Performance Festival
Playwright: Maggie MacDonald
Director: Maggie MacDonald
Songs by: Maggie Macdonald and the Bicycles
Venue
Run
August 14th, 2014 – August 17th, 2014
Synopsis
Young Drones is an explosive rock opera featuring live performance animation by Amy Siegel, and an original soundtrack performed by the Bicycles. Two predator drones patrol Alberta, their mission: “Protect the oil.” One drone sees a rabbit trying to cross a highway, and is struck by the creature’s helplessness. That feeling is the beginning of a moral intelligence… and love. With Young Drones, we propose that if humans created something more intelligent and stronger than our species, that creation would do better than our species. But to be moral beings, these star-crossed UAVs must defy their human makers. Boom! Kapow! ZAP! (summerworks.ca)
Cast
| Matt Beckett | Performer |
| Drew Smith | Performer |
| Dana Snell | Performer |
| Andrew Scott | Performer |
| Randy Lee | Performer |
| Randy Lee | Performer |
| John Southworth | Narrator |
Creative Team
| Maggie MacDonald | Playwright |
| Maggie MacDonald | Director |
| Amy Siegel | Visuals and Projections |
| Michael Rubenfeld | Production Dramaturge |
| Samuel Sholdice | Sound Designer |
| Mikael Kangas | Lighting Designer |
| Claire Bennett | Projection Assistant |
Production
| Emilie Aubin | Stage Manager |
| Paul McNabb | Posters |
Staff
| Dylan Eadie | Venue Technician |
| Curtis Whittaker | Venue Technician |
| Mikael Kangas | Festival Lighting Designer |
