In a remote village, Yerma longs for a child but cannot conceive. The simplicity of this story offers a multitude of meanings and explorations into the human condition. Lorca described this play as a poem in three acts and six scenes. Poetic, theatrical, and deeply human, the play asks us all to consider our own yearnings and the construction of the world around us.
Sarma’s adaptation strips the text down to the poetic core of Lorca’s words in all their epic glory. Vibrant and sweeping, combining elements of movement and song, Yerma is an exhilarating theatrical event.
Yerma. As Lorca describes it, “A poem in three acts and six scenes.”
It is best encapsulated in another quote from Lorca:
“To burn with desire and to keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.”
Yerma. The name’s translation means “barren.”
What’s so beautiful and profound about this play is that it asks artists and audiences to contemplate life.
What is a life?
How do we live in the world?
What gives us freedom?
What gives us life?
What stifles us and makes the (literal and metaphorical) ground infertile?
This beautiful poem has been given breath and life by the extraordinary students at the National Theatre School of Canada. Each of them bringing their own life, their voice, and their perspective to the story.
These students, these cohorts, are full of life.
They are the future of theatre.
What a joy to witness them discover this play in a way that could only come from them.
Yerma. Thank you for coming on the journey.
Thomas Morgan Jones, Director
Duration: Information coming soon.
Ludger-Duvernay Theatre
Monument-National Campus
(St-Laurent metro)
1182 Saint-Laurent, Montréal
The show is in English.
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Bay Roberts, NL
Located on the unceded, traditional territory of the Beothuk and the Mi’kmaq peoples, on the island of Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland).
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Dolores, Chorus, Lunch Girl 1, Laundry Woman 2
Calgary, AB/Moh’kinstsis
Traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy — including the Siksika, Piikani, Amskaapipiikani, and Kainai First Nations — as well as the Îethka Nakoda Wîcastabi First Nations, comprised of the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations, and the Tsuut’ina First Nation.
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Yerma
Lake Temagami, ON
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Chorus, Laundry Woman 4, 2nd Old Woman, Young Girl
Toronto, ON
Located on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples.
Nikola MasriA3
Juan, Younger Sister-in-law
Burgas, Bulgaria
Sophie Mae ReppertA3
Chorus, Old Woman, Older Sister-in-law
New York, USA
Located on the ancestral homelands and unceded territory of Lenapehoking, the traditional lands of the Munsee Lenape people.
Brendan RushA3
Chorus, Younger Sister-in-law, Laundry Woman 5, Male Mask
Newmarket, ON
Located on the traditional territories of the Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and Anishinaabe peoples.
Jessica Rose (Acting, 2024)
Chorus, Lunch Girl 2, Laundry Woman 3, 1st Old Woman, Female Mask
Cameron Fraser-MonroeIAR2
Assistant Director
Vernon, BC
Cameron is a member of the Tla’amin Nation and grew up on the unceded territory of the syilx people
Nezren Pittoors-McMahonIR1
Costume Design Assistant
Aylmer, Gatineau, QC
Sephora N’KosiPDTA3
Lighting Designer
Toronto, ON / Congo (RDC)
Dani RoyerPDTA3
Sound Designer
Scarborough, ON
Scarborough inhabits many traditional territories, including but not limited to the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples.
Shivonne StevensPDTA3
Production Manager
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Duncan GouldIR
Technical Director
Guelph, ON
Katie WebbPDTA3
Assistant Technical Director
Ottawa, ON
Located on the unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation.
João VelosoPDTA3
Stage Manager
Gama-DF, Brazil
Thomas Morgan Jones
Director
Nikki Mabias (Set and Costume Design, 2024)
Set Designer
Jill Thomson
Costume Designer
Deanna Choi
Composer
Kathleen GreeningPDTA2
Assistant Lighting Designer
Anne UemuraSC1
Costume Assistant, Dresser
Ian RoachSC1
Set and Props Assistant, Dresser
Molly Bowden CummingsPDTA1
Assistant Stage Manager
Kyra MevisPDTA1
Assistant Stage Manager
Kate Munro-BergfeldtPDTA2
Associate ATD, Asst. PM
Tehatkatonnions BushPDTA2
Head Carpenter
Aydin DezellPDTA2
Head of Lighting
Sara StarlingPDTA2
Head of Sound
Vanessa MarionPDTA1
Carpenter/Flyperson
Julie PaterPDTA1
Carpenter/Flyperson
Zoé Cajelait-AschPDTA1
Carpenter/Sound Assistant
Will IsenorPDTA1
Carpenter/Lighting Assistant
Caitlyn GrantPDTA1
Carpenter/Crew
Andrea Lundy
Program Director and Production Management
Rebecca Harper
Movement
Nancy Benjamin
Voice
Jonathan Patterson
Music
Henrique Santsper
Fight Director
Marjorie Lefebvre
Technical Coach
Eve-Lyne Dallaire
Properties
Véronique Pagnoux
Scenic Painting
Guillaume Simard (Création et production, 2010)
Head Carpenter – Scene Shop
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Scene Shop Carpenter
Guillaume Ménard-Crête
Monument-National Stage Carpenter
Camille Pilon-Laurin
Monument-National Head of Lighting
Bianca Bernier
Monument-National Head of Sound
Julia Metzger
Costume Project Manager
Michael Slack (Set and Costume Design, 2001)
Costume Project Manager
Nick Blais
Lighting Design
Deanna Choi
Sound Design
Maria Popoff
Stage Management
Craig Putt (Production Design and Technical Arts, 2000)
Technical Direction
Marieke Séguin
Rigging
Nadine Jaafar (Set and Costume Design, 2020)
Eco Project Manager
Stéphane Scotto di Cesare
Hair
Véronique St-Germain
Makeup
Alain Spooner
Cutter
Raphaëlle Rieux and Marie-Hélène Gervais
Stitchers
Hugues Auguste
Wardrobe clerc
Floriane Vachon
Head dresser
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