PRESS RELEASE:
Fringe New Play Prize Winner - The Girl Who was Raised by Wolverine
MEDIA CONTACT: Davey Calderon | 778-888-6379 | [email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 10th – September 18th, 2016
A difficult life. An impossible choice. The Girl Who was Raised by Wolverine.
September 9th – 18th, 2016 in the Waterfront Theatre
Vancouver, BC (August 10th, 2016) – Vancouver Fringe Festival 2016
presents the winner of the
2016 Fringe New Play Prize: The Girl Who was Raised by
Wolverine, at the Waterfront Theatre from September 9th – 18th,
2016. The play is written and directed by Deneh’Cho Thompson.
SHOW DESCRIPTION: A dystopic future, resources are depleted,
overpopulation is destroying the earth. A militant government keeps
people locked away in individual living quarters as the population
continues to grow. The time of the culling is near. Stephanie, like so
many others, has been confined since she was a child. She holds on
dearly to the memories of her childhood, her mother and father.
She is isolated and alone - until Wolverine appears.
The Girl Who was Raised by Wolverine is a story of reawakening and
self identity. By exploring the deceptive qualities of memory and the
descriptive qualities of cultural identity this play hopes to
uncover space to challenge prescribed identity and encourage the
practice self-identifying.
(Tai Amy Grauman as Stephanie. Photo credit Melanie Orr Photography)
The Girl Who Was Raised by Wolverine was developed with support of DD Kugler, Playwrights Theatre Centre, and Full
Circle: First Nations Performance.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT: Deneh’Cho Thompson (Dené) is an emerging director, actor and playwright based in
Vancouver. Deneh’s artistic practice uses devised theatre as its principal component, blurring the lines that define the
roles of director, actor and writer. Recently Deneh travelled to Spain to perform in Tant per Tant's production of Marie
Clements' Burning Vision, presented at Barcelona's Grec Festival. Additionally, Deneh is Associate Producer at Full Circle:
First nations Performance and the Talking Stick Festival and Producer at The Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre
Alliance. In 2015 Deneh joined both the Full Circle First Nations Performance Ensemble and the Urban Ink Collective.
Cast & Crew: The Girl Who Was Raised by Wolverine features Tai Amy Grauman as Stephanie, Jessica Hood as actor,
John Cook as actor, Pedro Chamale (production manager), Kathleen Flaherty (Dramaturge), Lindsay Lachance
(Dramaturge, Stefana Fratila (sound design) and Jenn Wilson (stage manager).
TGWWRBW at Vancouver Fringe Festival 2016
The Waterfront Theatre, 1412 Cartwright Street
50 minutes Ι General Admission
Friday, September 9th, 2016 @ 6:45 pm– ½ Off!!
Tuesday, September 13th, 2016 @ 5:10 pm
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Saturday, September 10 , 2016 @ 2:45 pm
Friday, September 16th, 2016 @ 10:35 pm
Sunday, September 11th, 2016 @ 7:40 pm
Sunday, September 18th, 2016 @ 6:30 pm
Box 203 – 1398 Cartwright St.
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
V6H 3R8
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