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The Solitudes

Aluna Theatre in association with Nightwood Theatre

January 7, 2020 – January 18, 2020

Harbourfront Centre Theatre

90 minutes

I return to the place where I was born, and realize that it is no longer home

Eight women follow the thread of history and the bloodlines that brought each of them to this land, to this moment in their journeys towards home. Is home a house? Is home a “homeland?”

Their offering: eight recipes for transforming our solitudes and an invitation to sit at the table.

Inspired by the women of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Solitudes is a provocative, humorous, and visually charged experimental performance that conjures the many forces of separation that have overtaken our lives.

This is a protest. This is an act of claiming space. This is a call to action: because a house can be invaded, but home can never be taken away.

* Nominated for three 2020 Dora Awards in the Indepent Category: Vanessa Magic (Costume Design), Rebecca Vandevelde (Lighting Design) & Trevor Schwellnus (Scenic & Projection Design).

Lead Creator / Director

Beatriz Pizano

Co-Creators / Performers

Lara Arabian, Brefny Caribou, Liliana Suarez, Janis Mayers, Rosalba Martinni, Michelle Polak, Sofia Rodriguez, and Rhoma Spencer

with contributions from

Jenn Forgie, Bruce Gibbons Fell, Asha Vijayasingham

Movement Director

Victoria Mata

Scenic and Projection Design

Trevor Schwellnus

Lighting Design

Rebecca Vandevelde

Sound Design and Original Composition

Brandon Valdivia

Costume Design

Vanessa Fischer

Stage Manager

Victoria Wang

Apprentice Stage Manager

Emie Sabandal

Production Manager

Suzie Balogh

Technical Director

Frank Donato

Associate Artist / Dramaturg

Anita La Selva

Producer

Sue Balint

Photo

Tanja Tiziana

Photo Costuming

Vanessa Fischer

Photo Make-up

Joseph Hinds