First Production. University of Toronto Hart House Drama Festival 2024. Production video available upon request.
Written by Anya Reynolds-Swannie. Directed by Maggie Tavares.
Winner of the Technical Achievement in Worldbuilding Award. Festival adjudicated by Kevin Matthew Wong.
SYNOPSIS:
Flesh. Blood. The humming of a million electrical hearts. In a dystopian future, the environment is decimated and technology wears a bloody crown. Melody is left isolated with nothing but an old television for company, while her older sister Eva works exhausting shifts at the slaughterhouse to provide for them. The more Melody and the slaughterhouse employees lean into the static, the more it bites away at their humanity: soon, everyone must make a choice, between each other and the blue light.
CAST:
Abby Wolfe (MELODY)
Shahed Ebesh (EVA)
Ola Olupinyo (TESS)
Sofia Garcia (JUDE)
Ishita Chawla (RILEY)
Shriyanshi Quanoongo (ONE)
Emma Scoble (TWO)
CREW:
Hasti Asarizadeh – Stage Manager)
Shunsho Ando Heng – Technical Director/Lighting Designer
Olivia Sgambelluri –Movement/Fight Director
Teodora Vekovic – Costume Designer
Maggie Tavares 