THE WAIT LIST EXPERIMENT promotes access to optimism for a post-pandemic future
Some Assembly Theatre Company’s upcoming world premiere has a surreal artistic edge
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Some Assembly Theatre Company, THE WAIT LIST EXPERIMENT. Director Valerie Methot. Actors Fox Hunt, Mitch Broome, and Lily Truesdell.
THE WAIT LIST EXPERIMENT is a timely new play from Some Assembly Theatre Company promoting access to optimism for a post-pandemic future.
Created by diverse Metro Vancouver youth with playwright and director Valerie Methot along with several industry professionals, the theatre piece stems from conversations with youth who say the pressure to imagine their future during a pandemic is challenging—especially when trying to manage and cope with everyday fears and struggles.
Eight youth who are on wait lists to see therapists have been recommended for an experimental pandemic peer support program, which takes place in the eye of somewhere unknown. Their journey has been long and full of unexpected experiences which force them to face, work through, and finally embrace their fears.
Some Assembly Theatre Company, THE WAIT LIST EXPERIMENT. Director Valerie Methot. Actors Hiraeth Campbell and Ayden Ramzan.
With a focus on mental health and addiction, THE WAIT LIST EXPERIMENT draws on various art forms for inspiration including comedy, drama, original music, movement, mask work, and visual design.
The youth creators are Hiraeth Campbell, Fox Hunt, Mitch Broome, Ciara Wilkinson, Nghi Nguyen, Ayden Ramzan, Lily Truesdell, Fiona Jenkins, Isobel Galsworthy, Tiffany Adams, and Ari Brewer.
Performance dates are April 29 to May 3 at Roundhouse Performance Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews). Tickets are free.
For showtimes and more information, email: info@someassembly.ca.
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