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ОглавлениеProduction History
The Supine Cobbler premiered in the Clay & Paper Theatre warehouse space at 35 Strachan Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, September 2015. It was produced by It Could Still Happen with the following cast and crew:
The Cobbler: Katie Swift
The Kid: Jackie Rowland
The Dancer: Chala Hunter
The Lover: Susanna Fournier
The Doctor: Leni Parker
Directed by Jill Connell
Movement and Assistance by Tedi Tafel
Dramaturgy by Brian Drader
Set and Lighting by Elizabeth Kantor
Video and Projection by Ishan Davé
Music Composition and Sound by Holger Schoorl
Stage Management by Angeline St. Amour
Technical Direction by Justis Danto-Clancy
Costumes by Jenna McCutchen
Produced by Sascha Cole and Jill Connell
The Band: Holger Schoorl, Cory Latkovich, Ishan Davé.
Also: Philip Nozuka (trailers), Tala Kamea (graphic design), Samantha Madely (photographs), Lena Suksi (drawings), Jeremy Kantor (graffiti), Amy Keating (Lindsay Hashknife), and Claudia Dey and Heidi Sopinka (select costume pieces exclusively designed by Horses Atelier).
A second production by The Maggie Tree took place in Edmonton, Alberta, April 2016, directed by Vanessa Sabourin and featuring Lora Brovold, Kristi Hansen, Jayce Mckenzie, Michelle Milen-kovic, and Melissa Thingelstad.
Personajes
The Cobbler. Grace Volonté Cordovan. A shoemaker and an outlaw.
The Kid. Everett ‘the Kid’ McMurtrett-Howley-Réjean-Cournoyer.
The Cobbler’s apprentice.
The Dancer / Nurse 1. Frankie (Francisca) Cordovan.
The Cobbler’s older sister.
The Lover / Nurse 2. Leigh Meloné. The Cobbler’s best friend.
The Doctor. Name unknown. The Cobbler’s abortion provider.
Setting
Present day, present city.
Locations that distill and morph:
1. The Theatre
2. The Wilderness
3. The Abortion Clinic
4. The City
Mood and landscape are supreme in the Western.
Physical Things
That which is elemental (fire, water, earth, plant, animal) or enfranchises action (digging, hanging, sitting, chopping, dressing).
Objects can be replaced by reading a stage direction, stating that you have an object, or feeling like you have an object.
Text
A slash indicates overlap. A strikethrough indicates something we are not allowed to hear. The text both is exacting and invites improvisation.
What to Wear
This is a contemporary Western. Hats and boots are important. Animal: leather, feather, fur. Accessories: kerchiefs, suspenders, charms. The women dress for the wilderness (changeable), more than the heat. They are fashionable, as outlaws tend to be.
Otras Cosas
The ensemble is always onstage, as players or as witness.
Sound is a live band. They play throughout, or they witness.
The technical elements are transparent. A performer-operated light can choose what it illuminates. We trade theatre magic for aliveness.
The film genre can be evoked throughout; however, the final film is the only film in the play.
The show is changeable. That which is repeatable and essential anchors that which is untamable and unknown.
The Cobbler is our centre; the play moves around her.
The Doctor is our wild card and our host. She can be used to solve most artistic challenges.
While the Dancer and Lover might be dead or missing, they must first be present and returned, with real demands and real bodies.
The Kid sees everything. She is heroic and sane, along with the rest of them.
It is both. Both contemporary and a Western. Both a clinic and the wild. Both objective and subjective. Both true story and legend. Stories, myths, histories are always thus. We can only see from our own eye(s).
