New Societies

• Details

  An interactive Experience for All Ages!
  

   
  Join us for a mega-game of collaboration, competition, and potential Utopia. New Societies draws together the forms of a strategic board game and a theatrical narrative, all shaped by the choices you make as you play. This new interactive digital performance has been a hit with audiences of all ages in cities across Canada. Join us from your home - as a single player, with kids, or with a partner (any combination is possible!) - for the first Toronto edition of New Societies. 

   

  “Re:Current Theatre has created an experience that is as immersive as it is interactive.”

  — Kingston Theatre Alliance, Steph Fung

   

  “The best online experience since the beginning of the pandemic, and even overall and before.”

  —Audience

   

  Guided by a set of facilitators, you’ll be placed in groups over Zoom to compete against or collaborate with other players in order to build your ideal society. Be careful, because as your choices shape the direction of your group, there are seven other societies also creating an ever growing and responsive landscape.

  Filled with humour and levity, New Societies is a playful challenge to reflect on how we operate within our current world, while giving players the opportunity to be the catalysts in crafting a better one.

  For ages 10+

   

  Created by Re:Current Theatre
  Direction by Brian Postalian
  Performed by Sena Cagla, Howard Dai, Patrick Dodd, Evan Medd, Hannah Meyers, Brian Postalian, Pascal Reiners, Amanda Sum, Meagan Woods, Montserrat Videla
  Dramaturgy by Evan Medd
  Scenography by Christian Ching
  Digital Programming by Howard Dai 
  Sound Design by Stefan Nazarevich and Liam Carsley
  Stage Management by Laura Coons

   

  Concept by Brian Postalian, created with the company: Sena Cagla, Howard Dai, Alexa Fraser, Evan Medd, Hannah Meyers, Pascal Reiners, Amanda Sum, Meagan Woods, Montserrat Videla, and Laura Coons. New Societies Online was made possible with the support from Upintheair Theatre’s eVolver Festival and Kingston’s Kick & Push Festival.

  

   

  New Societies made possible with support from:

  

   

  _{*Games are 110 minutes long.  *March 18, 19, 25, 26 @ 7pm.  *March 20, 21, 27, 28 @ 2pm}

• The Team

  CAST

  • Sena Cagla
  • Howard Dai
  • Patrick Dodd
  • Evan Medd
  • Hannah Meyers
  • Brian Postalian
  • Pascal Reiners
  • Amanda Sum
  • Meagan Woods
  • Montserrat Videla

  CREATIVE

  • Brian Postalian - Director
  • Evan Medd - Dramaturgy
  • Christian Ching - Scenography
  • Howard Dai - Digital Programming
  • Stefan Nazarevich - Sound Design
  • Liam Carsely - Sound Design
  • Laura Coons - Stage Management