Production Photo from Spine - A spiralled, green, set with actors onstage.
Co-Produced with the University of Alberta

Spine

by Kevin Kerr

Spine

Premiered February 14-13, 2010 | Timms Centre for the Arts | Edmonton, AB

 

March 12-20, 2010 | Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre | Vancouver, BC

 

 

While traveling the universe of avatars, inhabiting online realities and identities, a man discovers the intriguing possibility of reinventing his physical body through a blend of ambitious, cutting-edge technologies and ethically questionable experiments.  Spine is a thrilling hunt for the body that best defines us, in a world where the virtual can be more real than real itself.

 

Co-commissioned by the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.

 

Production Photo from Spine - Full cast on stage, all except one in wheelchairs.
Production Photo from Spine - Two actors in wheelchairs onstage.
Production Photo from Spine - Five actors onstage, four looking excited, the fifth in a wheelchair with a laptop.
Production Photo from Spine - An actor in a red wig standing in front of a wheelchair
Production Photo from Spine - Three actors in anime-like costumes standing onstage.
Production Photo from Spine - Projection Design with text that reads: "Step Two: Choose an Avatar"
Production Photo from Spine - Four actors, one with a laptop, one with a VR headset, one with a bike helmet. They hold hands in pairs.

James Sanders as JAMES

Mary Hulbert as MARY

Carmela Sison as CARMELA

Sarah Sharkey as SARAH

Darren Paul as DARREN

Delia Barnett as DELIA

Andrea Jorawsky as ANDREA

Tatyana Rac as TATYANA

Adam Cope as ADAM

Robert Markus as ROBERT

Elliot James as ELLIOT

Nikolai Witschl as HOKUTO, NIKOLAI

Aryn Mott as KARYN

Directed by Bob Frazer

 

Original Score and Sound Design by David Rhymer

Lighting Design by Adrian Muir

Second Life Designer by Joanna Robinson

Dramaturgy by Kim McCaw

Choreography & Movement Design by Lin Snelling

 

Set Design by Robert Shannon

Assistant Set Design by Hojin Kim

Assistant to Set Design by Nicholas Blais

 

Projection Design by Jamie Nesbitt

Assistant Projection Design by Lynn Goodacre

 

Costume Design by April Viczko

Assistant Costume Design by Katherine Jenkins

Associate Costume Design by Sheena Haug

Assistant to Costume Design by Haley Reap

Production Manager — Alan L. Welch

Technical Director — Larry Clark

Stage Manager & Company Manager — John Raymond

Assistant Stage Managers — Emma Deobald, Jen Jones

 

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