Ceremony, tradition, and fraud. In an imagined future a capricious girl prepares for her symbolic role in annual rites that renew commitments to inquests of old. Will she toe the line?

Written by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard

direction & dramaturgy by Yvette Nolan*

performed by:

Kris Alvarez (Alora)

Kris Sandoval (Marli)

sound design, recording and audio production by Tim Bratton 

production dramaturgy by Yvette Nolan

stage management by Stephen Waldschmidt & Brooklynn Bitner

original music by Darryl Dozlaw, Jordan Daniels, Marc Okihcihtaw and Donny Speidel 

image design by Brooklynn Bitner & Stephen Waldschmidt 

Gratefully created on Treaty 6 Territory and the traditional homeland of the Métis.

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*The participation of this Artist is arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance Opera Theatre Policy (DOT), and under ACTRA's National COVID-19 Response Initiative.