— ABOUT THE PROJECT

Greenhouse Arts Collective, an Ad-Hoc started by Ryan Wilcox, produced a workshopped adaptation of Michel Tremblay’s Hosanna with an exclusively genderqueer creative team. The goal of the production was to explore the potential of producing Hosanna using a contemporary lens with proper community consultation, and provide creative and developmental opportunities for the Trans+ artists in Kjipuktuk/Halifax.

Hosanna expresses uncomfortable truths about the actions of oppressed individuals. The characters are abusive and use their oppressions as an excuse. Examining these actions in a group of genderqueer artists will involve high emotional stakes on the part of the artists. We are excited to see what those high stakes and self-reflection will produce artistically. We are also cognizant of the risks involved in this sort of undertaking. For these reasons we will create a safe creative environment for the artists to converse with unsafe themes and experiences within.

— BIOGRAPHY

Ryan Wilcox (Production Design and Technical Arts, 2020) is a queer, multidisciplinary artist with a love of collective creation. Their goal in theatre is to create a catalytic environment for new Canadian work that focuses on the voices that have yet to be heard and the questions that have yet to be answered. Through their training in Production Design and Technical Arts, they hope to enhance the creative companies they work by using collaborative approaches that see beyond the traditional structures of theatre. Before attending NTS, Ryan completed Dalhousie University’s Technical Scenography program.

While at the National Theatre School, Ryan trained under the guidance of inspirational artists such as David-Alexandre Chabot, Brian Kenny, Maria Popoff, Craig Putt, Andrea Lundy, Rick Rinder, and Debashis Sinha among many others. On Productions, Ryan has worked as a stage manager, lighting designer, and sound designer while collaborating with such acclaimed directors as Eda Holmes, Danielle Irvine, and Krista Jackson.

Ryan’s highlighted experience includes sound design for Little Thing Big Thing (Neptune Theatre), Penny’s Home Projects (Alinea Theatre), and The PEACE Project (Transitus Theatre); apprentice stage management (Festival Antigonish) and stage management for The Colour of Courage (Anthony Sherwood Productions).