Concord Floral
Cast
| 1 Just Joey | Forrest Hiebert |
| 2 Bobokink | John Reaney* |
| 3 John Cabot | Xander Scribante (Liam Johnston Nov. 18, 22) |
| 4 Forever Irene | Meeka Fast |
| 5 Rosa Mundi | Avery Fehr |
| 6 Nearly Wild | Rachel McLaughlin* |
| 7 Couch | Rebecca Spilchak |
| 8 Fox | Leze Pewapsconias |
| 9 Greenhouse | Julia Kowalski (Ruby Willis Nov. 19) |
| 10 Bobbie James | Lauren Griffin |
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Understudies |
Ruby Willis, Liam Johnston |
| *In partial fulfillment of BFA (Acting) | |
Production Crew
| Director | Natasha Martina |
| Set and Lighting Design | Ken MacKenzie |
| Costume Design | Beverley Kobelsky |
| Sound Design | Natasha Martina and Nicholas Porrelli |
| Vocal coach | Shannon Blanchet |
| Singing coaches | Shannon Blanchet and John Reaney |
| Technical Director | Iain Rose |
| Props Master | David Granger |
| Stage Manager | Michael Kruger |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Evangeline Ambros |
| Lighting Technician | Piper Nordell |
| Sound Technician | Nicholas Porrelli |
| Costume Assistants From DRAM 210: | Raven Dallman, Maxwell Folk, McKenzie Huyghebaert, Bryden Szejovolt |
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Box Office Manager |
Amy Gerein |
| Assistant Box Office Manager | Natasha Martina |
| Box Office Staff | Jose Encalada, Lorena Encalada, Sally Pham, Lauren Summers |
| Streaming Video Production | USask Media Productions |
Special thanks to Drama 213 Class:
Corbin Basso Parnell, Abraham Galman, Gillian Garvie, Christopher Krug-Iron, Michael Kruger, Piper Nordell, Austin Opekokew-Laliberte, Nicholas Porrelli, Xander Scribante
Chapters
1. It was night. We were in a field.2. This is a play we created for you.
3. Did you hear?
4. I’m learning to get better.
5. Nearly spend like six hours Facebooking.
6. John is a birdwatcher.
7. Rosa ignored Nearly all next morning like ice cold.
8. Nothing’s wrong with Nearly.
9. What the hell are you doing in my backyard?
10. Grade nine.
Acknowledgements
Persephone Theatre (Miranda Hughes-McKnight and Ralph Blankenagel), Shannon Blanchet, Jackie Bantle (Department of Plant Science), Madeline MacKenzie, Forrest Hiebert (for his song “Don’t Hide from Me”)
Want more from playwright Jordan Tannahill?
Join the Department of Drama and Jordan Tannahill for
“Staging Wild: Non-Human Subjectivity in Performance”.
For more information visit: jordantannahillusask.eventbrite.ca
Do not miss Greystone Theatre’s next production:
Paradise Park by Charles Mee,
directed by Deneh’Cho Thompson.
February 2 – 12, 2022
If you enjoyed tonight’s performance and would like to help support the Department of Drama, please contact us at 306-966- 2323 or drama.department@usask.ca
or click the "Give" button at the top of this page.
Directors Notes:
After 18 months, the Department of Drama is so delighted to invite the audience back into the Emrys Jones Theatre and I would like to celebrate and thank you for supporting the first production Concord Floral by Jordan Tannahill. Jordan Tannahill is one of Canada’s most celebrated playwrights in addition to his talents as an author, filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist. At the ripe old age of 33, Jordan has already won two Governor-General Literary awards for Drama (2014 & 2018) with Concord Floral landing as a finalist in 2016 and most recently Tannahill was short-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel The Listeners. Concord Floral has been adapted into ten languages and performed across Canada, United States and Europe.
The play has created such a buzz across the western continents because it speaks both to millennials and to Generation Z for its direct conversations around the search for one’s identity in a world obsessed with consumerism, climate devastation and urbanization. Teenagers and young adults just want to be heard, seen and taken for who they are, rather than being subjected to society’s impression that they “...take everything for granted...and... are lazy and apathetic.” The play also deals with the reality of what it means to witness a horrible event and neither to say nor do anything about it. One should never be a complacent bystander. Baby boomers and Gen X’s need to admit it’s our complacency that has caused the current generation to rise up, to point fingers and to demand change.
Please mark in your calendars Monday November 29 at 3:00pm when Jordan Tannahill will present a live online lecture entitled “Staging Wild: Non-Human Subjectivity in Performance” as part of the Fine Art Research Lecture Series.
To register for the event head to jordantannahillusask.eventbrite.ca
Thank you for taking the time to support the Greystone season and, if you like what you saw tonight, please spread the word by posting it on your social media accounts. Word of mouth is the best publicity!
Enjoy the show!
Natasha Martina
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