it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now

November 26 to 30, 2019

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Murdoch Schon (Directing 2, Montreal QC) will be directing "it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now" by Lucy Kirkwood, a play that accompanies a young woman after a following a series of traumatic events who seeks to piece together her fragmented memories to make sense of her pain and move towards the future.

  • November 26 to 30, 2019
  • At the National Theatre School of Canada
  • In English

Poster Design by Jawon Kang SCD3 (Toronto, ON / Seoul, S. Korea)

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About the Show

"it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now" by Lucy Kirkwood is more than a play about sex trafficking. With poetry, beauty, pathos and even humour, we see a woman fight for survival in the face of extreme abuse. Piecing together fragmented memories, Dijana seeks to make sense of her pain in order to find a way towards the future.  

CW: sexual violence

Team

CAST

Amelia Sargisson as Dijana

Robine Kaseka as Gloria

CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM

CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM

GRADUATING STUDENTS

Director
Murdoch Schon D2
(Montreal, QC)

Costume Designer and Poster Designer
Jawon Kang SCD3
(Toronto, ON / Seoul, S. Korea)

Lighting Designer
Ryan Wilcox PT3
(Saint John, NB)

Production Manager and Technical Director
Patrick Fitzsimmons PT3
(Calgary, AB)

PROFESSIONALS

Set Designer
Marie-Eve Fortier (Set and Costume Design, 2017)

Sound Designer
Troy Slocum

Stage Manager
Danielle Skene

STUDENTS

Assistants to the Set Designer
Marinette Couture Pelletier SCD1
(Neuville, QC)
Fiona Larnder-Besner SCD1
(Senneville, QC)
Claire Macaulay SCD1
(Mississauga, ON)

Assistants to the Costume Designer
Vivienne Angelique Worotnik SCD1
(Germany)
Sarah Chabrier SCD1
(France)

Assistant Stage Manager
Willian Aidan Lake Sparks PT1
(Salmon Arm, BC)

Head of Lighting and Sound
Brianna Unger PT2
(Ajax, ON)

COACHES

Directing
Tanja Jacobs

Costume Design
Josee Bergeron-Proulx

Production Coach 
David-Alexandre Chabot

Production Management
Andrea Lundy

Head of Wardrobe
Audrey Lee

Performances

  • Tuesday, December 26, 2019 at 7:30pm
  • Wednesday, December 27, 2019 at 7:30pm 
  • Thursday, December 28, 2019 at 7:30pm
  • Friday, December 29, 2018 at 7:30pm
  • Saturday, December 30, 2019 at 2pm

Venue

André-Pagé Studio
National School of Theatre of Canada
5030, rue Saint-Denis
Montréal

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