Waveforms

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Montreal-based playwright deidre “d-lishus” walton to talk about her play, 8x10.In 8x10 by deidre “d-lishus” walton, a Black woman grapples with a surreal spiritual experience that leaves her vulnerable to the machinations of the mental health system. Which version of reality will prevail?Content Forecast: Involuntary institutionalization, discussions of suicide.Help is available. Call or Text the National Suicide Crisis Helpline (24hr/day): 9-8-8Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.Cast:JULIA ABREU as GIRL & DEITYSARAH PEGUERO as GODDESS & ANCESTORNYX DEBOGORSKI as FRIEND & ORISHAKAITLYN YOTT as STAGE DIRECTIONSHost: Natasha NadirPlaywright: deidre “d-lishus” waltonOriginal Compositions and Sound Design: Finka WoodProduction Management: Jordyn WoodPoster Graphic Design: Samantha WaltersThis podcast is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Hamber Foundation.This production was recorded and broadcast from the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations at GGRP Sound Studios, as well as remotely from the unceded Indigenous lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation.

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Winnipeg-based playwright Mitch Krohn to talk about his play, Captain Ted: Disabled Astronaut.Captain Ted: Disabled Astronaut is a comedy that satirizes Sci-fi tropes. It's a sequel to Mitch Krohn's first play Captain Ted: Disabled Pirate. It follows the story of Captain Ted, a Disabled space traveller, and his crew featuring a variety of characters who live with various disabilities, that work together on a mission.Content Forecast: AbleismWaveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.Cast:ARANKA “BOBY” LUKACS as CHATTERSANDY KALIRAI as CAPTAIN TEDNYX DEBOGORSKI as TWO, FOLEY, COMMANDERJULIA ABREU as PIPP & EYE-HORN GENERALKAITLYN YOTT as DOCTOR, ABBY & LOUIE/ANNESARAH PEGUERO as SCALES & STAGE DIRECTIONSHost: Natasha NadirPlaywright: Mitch KrohnOriginal Compositions and Sound Design: Finka WoodProduction Management: Jordyn WoodPoster Graphic Design: Samantha WaltersThis podcast is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Hamber Foundation.This production was recorded and broadcast from the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations at GGRP Sound Studios, as well as remotely from Treaty One Territory.

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Toronto-based playwright Kate McArthur to talk about their play, un/REAL.Bonkers is a clown comedy in which Clown who lives with depression and bipolar disorder faces an appeals panel after being denied disability support.Content Forecast: Discussions of suicide.Help is available. Call or Text the National Suicide Crisis Helpline (24hr/day): 9-8-8Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.Cast:KAITLYN YOTT as CLOWNANDY KALIRAI as STAGE DIRECTIONSHost: Natasha NadirPlaywright: Kate McArthurOriginal Compositions and Sound Design: Finka WoodProduction Management: Jordyn WoodPoster Graphic Design: Samantha WaltersThis podcast is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Hamber Foundation.This production was recorded and broadcast from the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, at GGRP Sound Studios, as well as remotely on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples.

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Winnipeg-based playwright Ethan Stark to talk about his play, Sinking Ship.Sinking Ship by Ethan Stark is a queer and modern re-imagining of Charon, the ferryman featured in Greek mythology. Since the beginning of humankind, they have been tasked with emotionally preparing the newly dead to go to the place you never come back from. Over and over again they get attached and over and over again they end up alone. One day, it is Charon’s childhood best friend, Arlo who ends up on the boat and Charon can’t bear to be parted from them again.Content Forecast: Discussions of death and grief.Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.Cast:JULIA ABREU as CHARONNYX DEBOGORSKI as ARLOANDY KALIRAI as STAGE DIRECTIONSHost: Natasha NadirPlaywright: Ethan StarkOriginal Compositions and Sound Design: Finka WoodProduction Management: Jordyn WoodPoster Graphic Design: Samantha WaltersThis podcast is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Hamber Foundation.This production was recorded and broadcast from the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations at GGRP Sound Studios, as well as remotely from Treaty One Territory.

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Montreal-based playwright Anna Burkholder to talk about their play, Skye High.Skye is new to town, and no one notices her—not even her mom. As she struggles to settle in, a wildfire destroys her childhood home in B.C., thousands of miles away. Left alone with her stepdad while her mom deals with the crisis, Skye becomes consumed by loneliness, grief, and recurring nightmares. She turns to urban exploration, sneaking into abandoned buildings and posting her adventures online. But when her latest stunt—climbing to the top of a mysterious pink house in the sky—goes wrong, Skye finds herself at the center of a high-stakes 911 call, forced to confront everything she’s been hiding.Content Forecast: Strong language.Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.Cast:KAITLYN YOTT as SKYEHost: Natasha NadirPlaywright: Anna BurkholderOriginal Compositions and Sound Design: Finka WoodProduction Management: Jordyn WoodPoster Graphic Design: Samantha WaltersThis podcast is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Hamber Foundation.This production was recorded and broadcast from the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations at GGRP Sound Studios, as well as remotely from the unceded Indigenous lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation.