Richy, a young cyborg, has been tasked with decontaminating and rebuilding Ottawa decades after the 2026 earthquake precipitated an explosion at the Nuclear Power Plant in the ex-capital. Vanier, once a neighbourhood of Ottawa, is now an independent sovereign community. Many died in the aftermath of the apocalypse, while those who stayed mutated, growing moss and mushrooms on their skins. They became known as Pleasants, plant peasants, able to communicate with trees and plants. As Richy uproots trees and asphalts over plants to erect the cleanest city in the country, Selma, Aminata and Demi—Vanier’s elders—stand in his way. Can these two ways of being co-exist, and at what cost?

Written by Sanita Fejzic

Directed by Kate Smith

Dramaturg: Ric Knowles

Climate Dramaturg: Vicki Stroich

Sound Designer: Nick Di Gaetano

Coordinator: Jackie McCormick

Featuring: Mary Ellis, Sanita Fejzic, Ahmed Muslimani and Joy Mwandemange