Iphigenia and the Furies (on Taurian Land) by Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho) | A Saga Collectif, Architect Theatre and Theatre Passe Muraille Digital Co-Production
*Bring Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) to the classroom! Classroom ticket packages and private virtual screenings (including an online visit from artists/ TPM staff) are now available. For more information on our classroom offerings, please contact angelas@passemuraille.on.ca
Winner of Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award for Best New Canadian Play 2019
Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) unapologetically transforms a myth from the ancient past into a quick-witted, genre-bending theatrical experience, demanding our generation write a new narrative for our times.
Credits
Playwright
Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho)
Director/ Producer
Jonathan Seinen
Associate Producer
Cheyenne Scott
Dramaturge
Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman
Set/Costume Designer
Christine Ting – Huan 挺欢 Urquhart
Director of Photography & Editor
Steve Haining
Violence & Intimacy Director
Corey Tazmania
Original Music and Sound Design
Heidi Chan
Lighting Designer
Jareth Li
Stage Manager
Farnoosh Talebpour
Production Manager & Technical Director
Giuseppe Condello
Make Up Artist
Kat Matthews
Stunt Coordinator
Stephannie Hawkins
Assistant Camera
1. Dillon Lobo
2. Troy Sexto
3. Lennox Maximus
Cast
Virgilia Griffith | Iphigenia
Paula-Jean Prudat | Chorus
Kwaku Okyere | Orestes
Nathaniel Hanula-James | Pylades
Photo by Dahlia Katz | Set and costume Christine Ting – Huan 挺欢 Urquhart, Lighting by Jareth Li
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*Bring Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) to the classroom! Classroom ticket packages and private virtual screenings (including an online visit from artists/ TPM staff) are now available. For more information on our classroom offerings, please contact angelas@passemuraille.on.ca
Tickets & Show times
There are no access initiatives for this performance. Viewing link will be sent to you closer to the performance, and there will be a live post-show Q&A.
Link will be available for 36 hours.
This is a captioned and digital relaxed performance. The viewing link will be sent to you closer to the performance, and there will be a live post-show Q&A.
Viewing link will remain available for 36 hours, and an active listener will be available after the show.
There are 2 viewing options for this night. You will receive viewing link for both streams closer to the performance, and you can choose the viewing experience of preference.
- Captioned and Digital Relaxed Performance
- Digital Audio Described Performance
There will be a live post-show Q&A, and the viewing link will be available for 36 hours.
There are 2 viewing options for this night. You will receive viewing link for both streams closer to the performance, and you can choose the viewing experience of preference.
- Digital Performance without Access initiatives
- Digital Audio Described Performance
There will be a live post-show Q&A, and the viewing link will be available for 36 hours.
If you would like information on the topics or themes in our productions, or to determine the suggested age for attending a performance, please reach out to our Box Office staff at 416.504.7529 or by email at info@passemuraille.on.ca.
Saga Collectif, a collective of Virgilia Griffith, Stephen Jackman-Torkoff, Thomas Olajide, Tawiah M’Carthy, and Jonathan Seinen, came together in 2012 to dig deeply into our theatrical instincts to create work that is bold, honest, and contemporary. We wanted a company where diversity was at the centre of the artistic work and at the heart of the decision-making, determining the ‘vibe’ of our own space to dig deeper into the work. In our collaboration, we are dissecting and dismantling, posing questions to unravel one’s own identity and place in society in a way that is innovative, immediate, and undeniable. Our premiere production, Dora Award-nominated Black Boys, was co-produced with Buddies In Bad Times Theatre in the 2016/2017 season, toured Canada in 2018, and will be published in fall 2021 by Playwrights Canada Press. Next was Saga Collectif’s independently-produced premiere of ‘Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land)’ which garnered seven Dora Award Nominations in the Independent Category, and will be published by Playwrights Canada Press in the fall of 2021, coinciding with this new production.
Architect Theatre is a theatre and performance company formed in 2008 by Jonathan Seinen and Georgina Beaty. Through our history, we have created research-based plays that engage with the human stories behind contemporary issues. Based in Toronto since 2010, we work with artists from across the country to encourage cross-pollination of creative approaches, foster a national artistic dialogue, and to connect the stories of one community with those of another. We constantly re-invent our methodology so that the form of the play reflects the content at hand, and in this regard we are in the midst of expanding our mandate so that it includes both building original works and renovating classic pieces for the contemporary stage. Our productions include: Highway 63: The Fort Mac Show, a collective creation that combined documentary theatre and scripted fiction to explore the community at the heart of Canada’s oil sands, toured Canada from 2009-2013, and was part of Theatre Passe Muraille’s 2010/2011 season; This Must Be the Place: The CN Tower Show at Theatre Passe Muraille as part of their 2012 Season; Like There’s No Tomorrow, directed by Anita Rochon, was based on first-hand research into the Northern Gateway Pipeline and centred the voice of Gitxsan Nation Hereditary Chef Yvonne Lattie, premiered at SummerWorks in 2015.
Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) is an exciting adaptation of the Greek classic that challenges this generation to write a new narrative for our times. Our digital production is a perfect compliment to the Drama, Classical Studies, and Social Science and Humanities high school curriculum as well as post-secondary studies in Theatre and Classics.
Classroom ticket packages and private virtual screenings (including an online visit from artists/ TPM staff) are now available. For more information on our classroom offerings, please contact angelas@passemuraille.on.ca
To schedule an interview with the artist, or staff members at Theatre Passe Muraille regarding this production, please email Emily Jung at emilyj@passemuraille.on.ca. We will try out best to accommodate your media requests, however, they are not guaranteed.
We will be speaking with members of Shakespeare in the Ruff’s leadership collective, Patricia Allison and Jeff Yung, about what it’s like leading as a team, the importance of adapting Shakespeare from an intersectional lens, and why artists love retelling stories. Join us for a wide-ranging conversation on the work of updating “the classics” for a contemporary world.
The Prelude is our series of free community events that precedes each show in our season. Our hope is to provide more context, another perspective, or a deeper look into the themes of our productions.
This is an online event held over Zoom. Auto-captioning will be available. ASL-interpretation TBA.
Schedule:
Doors open at 1:45 PM
Event starts at 2:00 PM and will end at 3:00 PM
Saga Collectif and Architect Theatre would like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, and Lawrence Family Foundation
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Thank you
This production is sponsored by the Lawrence Family Foundation
