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Opening: Sonder

See the traces of everyday life from within an apartment built to hold the lives we aren't privileged to see.

Czarina Agustines – Sound Designer
Theo Seto, Amelia Chong – Lighting & Video Designers
Performers: Theo Seto, Zoé Lemay, Darwin Miller-Hogg, Stefanie Infantino, Sarah van Wouw, Czarina Agustines, Rowan O'Callaghan, Anisha Tang, Ellen Harris

Learning to Warm Cold Servos (IYKYK)

A glimpse into the mind of an average fanfic writer as a scene unfolds in dramatic fashion in their imagination, hopefully lasting long enough to be written down

Content Warnings: Minor Emetophobia Warning: Distorted Vomiting/Gagging Sounds

Tina Shi (She/Her) – Writer, Sound Designer and Performer

Biography

You'd think that being a self proclaimed writer would mean Tina would have something smart to say about herself and her piece but alas this was just yet another idea saved from the WIPs limbo and miraculously brought to life. Knowing where the original text came from would be helpful but that'll involve advertising her AO3 account and as netizens say: "my AO3 history is between me and God" so I guess this is just for those who know, you know?

Additional Credits: Dedicated to my muses Rodimus and Crosshairs (Both Owned by Hasbro) as well as my Beta Reader Mal.

Is It Turned On?

The story follows a mime as she (as many PP&D students do) struggles to turn on a light. By embracing the wackiness of the mime's position, the intention of this piece is to poke fun at a very commonly frustrating experience, and to focus people’s attention to the space the mime is in. Please feel free to clap and sing along if you know the words!

Content Warnings: flashing lights, strobe

Zoé Lemay (she/her) – Creator, Performer
Dominic Santorelli (he/him) – Lighting Designer

Music: Let's Go Crazy by Prince

Beneath Survival

An acapella performance with powerful lyrics and animation to represent the conflicting feelings that come with trust and personal expectations.

Darwin Miller-Hogg (They/Them) – Songwriter and Animator
Kady Brandel (She/Her) – Lighting and Projection Designer

Biographies

Darwin Miller-Hogg is a Disabled, Non-Binary artist from the Sunshine Coast – Sḵwx ̱ wú7mesh (Squamish) and shíshálh (Sechelt) nations. Darwin is in their 2nd year of the Performance Production & Design program and thoroughly enjoying it. They come with a warning stating that if left alone for extended periods, they will eventually start another side project. This time the side project has taken the form of animation and songwriting (a new passion of theirs that they're excited to share with you!), built to defy expectations of how people see them.

Kady Brandel (she/her) is an emerging theatre maker and designer currently residing in Burnaby, BC on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy ̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx ̱ wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and kʷikʷəƛ ̓ əm (Kwikwetlem) Peoples. With a background in contemporary musical theatre and classical voice training, Kady now attends Simon Fraser University's School for the Contemporary Arts, working towards a degree in Performance Production & Design. Her strengths lie both in the creative and practical worlds of theatre, with an extensive and continuous learning in production and stage management, as well as lighting and projection design.

Bubble Gum

A bundle of nostalgic imagery and echoes of recollection projected onto a vessel of bubble gum,

Theo Seto – Creator, Lighting, Sound & Video Designer
Performers: Theo Seto, Sarah van Wouw, Ellen Harris, Rowan O'Callaghan, Tina Shi, Stefanie Infantino, Anisha Tang

Traces of memory

Exploring the concept and distortion of memory, urging the audience to ask themselves: “Did I remember that right.”

Sarah van Wouw – Creator, Lighting, Sound & Video Designer
Performers: Theo Seto, Sarah van Wouw, Ellen Harris, Rowan O'Callaghan, Tina Shi, Stefanie Infantino, Anisha Tang

Momentum

A performance highlighting the repetitive movements we flock to in our everyday lives.

Theo Seto – Choreographer, Lighting Designer
Performers: Theo Seto, Stefanie Infantino, Sarah van Wouw, Amelia Chong, Czarina Agustines, Rowan O'Callaghan, Anisha Tang, Ellen Harris

Driftwood

Joined with voiceover and live performance, the audience is called to question the representation of the door and what lies behind it.

Content Warnings: Flashing lights

Marianne Gagnon – Writer, Video Designer, Sound Designer
Stefanie Infantino – Choreographer, Performer, Sound Designer, Lighting Designer
Sarah van Wouw – Sound Designer, Performer, Lighting Designer

Music: Water Memory and Mount Vision by Emily Sprague

Biography

Marianne Gagnon is a visual artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting, fiber arts, and digital media, and who has recently turned to performance design in pursuit of a more collaborative way of making. She is interested in collective modes of living and creating as responses to capitalism and individualism, informed by her experiences living in both urban and rural communal environments. Through co-creative processes and hands-on methods, her work explores how shared labor, care, and imagination can shape alternative ways of being together.

Liminal Freedom

Utilizing the reflections of a mirror, this performer explores the idea of: How do we unwind when our lives and work bleed into one another?

Content Warnings: Touching eyes

Theo Seto – Performer, Lighting Designer

Corner of Passivity

...bug-ness...

Czarina Agustines – Creator, Sound & Lighting Designer, Performer
Theo Seto – Collaborator, Performer