WYRD, A Musical Unfairytale
Rock concert. Musical. Unfairytale. WYRD has it all, without even a hint of a handsome prince. Think Alice in Wonderland or The Wizard of Oz – just add eviscerating social satire and a lot more mud.
The Resurrectionists by Meg Braem
A darkly humorous, gothic tale of tragic romance and anatomical ambition.
Kingston, Ontario. 1869.
Magda, stubbornly ambitious and desperate for an education in an era when women were ineligible for university enrolment, disgusted by the impending doom of an arranged marriage to a breathtakingly dull fellow, and suffocating under the oppressive weight of circumstance, strikes a dangerous deal with William, a first-year medical student she catches illicitly collecting his own lab materials in the dead of night.
A clandestine friendship soon develops as their secret trysts propel them towards a seemingly inevitable demise. Or do they?
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Dates and Venues
Whitehorse Dates
Oct 6-16, 2021 Wed-Sat 7pm
Yukon Arts Centre - SOLD OUT
Tickets: yukontickets.com
Tour Dates
October 20, 7pm Watson Lake Recreation Centre
October 23, 7pm Globe Theatre Atlin
October 27, 7pm Haines Junction Convention Centre
October 29 & 30, 7pm Dawson City
Dënäkär Zho - The Klondike Institute of Art & Culture Ballroom
Production funded by: The Canada Council for the Arts, Government of Yukon - Arts Fund, Lotteries Yukon, City of Whitehorse, Yukon Arts Centre and @YAC Residency Program
Tour funded by: Lotteries Yukon, Government of Yukon - Touring Artist Fund, The Canada Council for the Arts - Arts Across Canada, Yukon Arts Centre, KIAC, Town of Watson Lake, Explore Atlin (Globe Theatre), Haines Junction Jam
Community supporters: Explore Atlin, Northern Vision Development, Yukon Hotels, Air North Yukon’s Airline, Bearbait Design, Manu Keggenhoff Photography, Bombay Peggy's, Whitehorse Motors, Budget Car Rentals, K&K Truck Rentals, Wykes Independent Grocer, Omni Productions, Meadia Solutions, Tait Trailers, Tangerine Technology, SMRT Popups, Mobile Maintenance Service, Wayfarer Oyster House
Pictured: Calvin Laveck as Andrew and Ben Charland as William in The Resurrectionists
Artistic Team
Meg Braem: Playwright
Brian Dooley: Director
Kathleen Weiss: Dramaturge
Cast
Featuring (in alphabetical order):
Ben Charland - William
Eric Epstein** - George
Calvin Laveck** - Andrew
James McCullough - Dr. Hade
Roy Neilson -Tom
Alita Powell - Magda
Michael Rolfe** - Officer Tompkins
Crew
Set/Props Design: Linda Leon
Assistant Set Design: Susie Anne Bartsch/Lee Ann McNally
Lighting Design and Technical Direction: Katherine Kellner*
Costume Design: Kaori Torigai and Audrey Sawyer
Music Composition and Sound Design: Matthew Lien
Artistic Executive Producer: Katherine McCallum
Associate Producer: Simone Kitchen
Stage Manager: Evan Stepanian
Assistant Stage Manager: John Dagostin
Production Assistant: Ella Peschke
* Katherine Kellner appears courtesy of a generous contribution from the Yukon Arts Centre
** Appears courtesy of Canadian Actor's Equity Association
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Choreography by Sarah Murphy & Britt Small
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