Challenging the Sea
Produced by Helen Posno
Wrecking on shores of past impossibility, the ship of the present encounters the waves of future possibility. Ambitious Science envelops Suspicious Doubt to further its questioning into the workings of nature. Anguished Remorse shares and relieves the despairing Mystery of human illness. Courageous Passion comforts the rages of Rancor with the sensitivity of comprehension. Humankind transcends the emotional debris of its isolating limitations to grow into the compassionate evolving universe.
With:
Bill Bissett as Petla’s ‘Compassion’
Philip Cairns as Cedric’s ‘Rancor’
Linda Carter as Sybil’s ‘Doubt’
Genady Gavlehov as Frank’s ‘Ambition’
Peter Lynch as Karl’s ‘Remorse’
Dominique Phillimore as Zephyr’s ‘Mystery of Human Illness’
Assistant Director: Durango Miller
Audio: Pete Chapman
Costume: Susan Spagnuolo
Lights: David Sweeney
Music: Sistah Lois
Stage Manager: David Bateman
Playwright: Helen Posno
Thank you to the Ontario Arts Council Deaf and Disability Program for their support of Challenging The Sea.
January 18, 2018
to January 28, 2018
Tickets are Senior/Differently Abled $15 | Student/Arts Worker $22 | Adult $25
The Theatre Centre
Thursday, January 18 – 7:00pm
Friday, January 19 – 7:00pm
Saturday, January 20 – 7:00pm
Sunday, January 21 – 2:00pm
Tuesday, January 23 – 7:00pm
Wednesday, January 24 – 7:00pm
Thursday, January 25 – 7:00pm
Friday, January 26 – 7:00pm
Saturday, January 27 – 7:00pm
Sunday, January 28 – 2:00pm
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