OPEN stage

Carlos is a Community Care Coordinator who facilitates a weekly support group for gay men who are refugees, and for those seeking asylum in Halifax.

Over the past year, the program has seen a dramatic rise in attendance, and draws the attention of his boss. Skeptical that not everyone using the service is Queer, Carlos is tasked with weeding out those suspected of abusing the system - or else risk losing his job.”

This project aims to push back and tackle misinformation and misconceptions about refugees and asylum seekers, while highlighting the fact that everyone deserves a safe place to live, access to health care, food, and water.

This story will also draw on the increasing threat of climate change, specifically here in Mi’kma’ki / Atlantic Canada, and will challenge us to ask ourselves - what does it mean to be a refugee?

What does it mean to seek asylum?

WHAT TO EXPECT

Strong language

Writer + Director Isaac Mule

Dramaturgy Annie Valentina

Cast TBA