Main stage
Sponsored by: Rosie Porter Realty
A modern love story versus the snowstorm of the century. Late January 2020, the City of St. John's issues a state of emergency during Snowmaggedon.
Inside their basement apartment, long-term couple Abe and Samson are in the midst of their own storm. They battle Canada's alleged well-regulated immigration system & each other, while their seaside town is relentlessly pummeled. As the snowdrifts grow, the storm rages on both out in the world & inside their home.
Can they find a way through the tempest together? Will love be enough? A tender, loving, romantic drama oozing with heart-felt comedy.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Strong language, mature content, loud noises, pulsing projections.
STARRING Jamal Weekes as Samson Blake Pyne as Abe
DIRECTOR Santiago Guzmán
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Xaiver Michael Campbell
INTIMACY DIRECTOR Robyn Huxter
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Cassandra Munroe
STAGE MANAGEMENT Sophia Molnar
LIGHTING DESIGNER Bob Stamp
SET & PROPS DESIGNER Brenda Duran
PROJECTION DESIGNER Pat Dempsey
SOUND DESIGNER Daniel Fusch
COSTUME DESIGNER Mariia Kero
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Sarah White
SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUTREACH COORDINATOR Lydia Makaga
Wednesday, April 23 @ 6 : 00 pm
Thursday, April 24 @ 7:30
* Saturday, April 26 @ 8: 45 pm
(* ASL provided)
Sunday, April 27 @ 1 : 30 pm
🕒 | 75 MINS
* Due to scheduling, performances will only hold for 5 minutes
Early Bird $20
General Admission $30
The Bus Stop Theatre
2203 Gottingen St, Halifax, NS B3K 3B5
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
Winter 2020 Selected as part of TODOS Productions’ First Writing Mentorship (dramaturgy by Robert Chafe and Santiago Guzmán)
September 2020 Online reading at the 5th Annual St. John’s Short Play Festival (directed by Santiago Guzmán)
November 2022 Workshop and Public Reading through PARC NL New Play Workshops and Reading Series (dramaturgy by Santiago Guzmán)
April 2023 Online reading at OutFest, Halifax, NS (directed by Santiago Guzmán)
May 2023 Selected as part of Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre playwright’s retreat (dramaturgy by Santiago Guzmán)
March 2024 Workshop and open presentation funded by ArtsNL with TODOS Productions (dramaturgy and direction by Santiago Guzmán)
February 2025 World Premiere produced by TODOS Productions in association with Resource Centre for the Arts, St. John’s, NL (dramaturgy and direction by Santiago Guzmán)
Sponsors & Funders TODOS Productions gratefully acknowledges financial support from Canada Council for the Arts, the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, the City of St. John’s, and Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre, RCAT, Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, White Rooster Theatre
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