PL AYBILL THE THIRST OF HEARTS
THE THIRST OF HEARTS THOMAS MCKECHNIE ADAPTED FROM WAR AND PEACE BY LEO TOLSTOY }{
approximate running time: 1 hour 45 minutes. there will be no intermission
ARTIST NOTE: THOMAS MCKECHNIE Before we wipe ourselves out as a species we should send a copy of War and Peace and a math-based Rosetta Stone for understanding Russian into space. This could be our apology, “Yes, something in our ideological systems or basic nature led us to destroy the perfect little life-sustaining marble we found ourselves on, BUT WE ALSO MADE THIS!” Aliens might read it and if there is even a shred of us in them, if we aren’t completely alone in this universe, then they will know us. The possibility that someday, someone will look at us and know the awful loneliness of our walk through existence. And that the pain of that walk might be met with recognition and empathy, is a little light glittering in the great dark…
So here we are, in this room, about to watch my attempt to bring Tolstoy to the stage for you. An attempt I made in hopes that we might know each other a little more… that passing through the crucible together, witnessing each other, knowing each other, we might be refined… we might emerge cleaner. We might be angels somewhere, maybe angels.
THOMAS MCKECHNIE, Play wright of The Thirst of Hearts s t u dio s e r i e s s p on sor
CREATIVE TEAM
THE THIRST OF HEARTS
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Frank Cox-O'Connell Andrey
Mac Fyfe Anatol
Maggie Huculak Marya
Mikaela Davies Natasha
Katherine Gauthier Sonya
Richard Lam Gavrillo, Timikhon
Peter Fernandes Pierre
Hailey Gillis Dunyasha, Mlle George
Colin Palangio Dolokhov
Thomas McKechnie Playwright
Simon Rossiter Lighting Designer
Kelly McEvenue Alexander Coach
Guillermo Verdecchia Director
Richard Lam Sound Designer
Janet Gregor Stage Manager
Shannon Lea Doyle Set & Costume Designer
Peter Fernandes Movement Coach
PRODUC T ION
SOULPEPPER PRODUC T ION
Geoff Hughes Cutter
Barbara Nowakowski First Hand
Greg Chambers Props Builder
Due to an error, the artist bio list includes an incorrect bio for Thomas McKechnie. It is corrected below: THOMAS MCKECHNIE born in Rimbey, Alberta, and raised near Red Deer, Alberta. SOULPEPPER ACADEMY, SOULPEPPER 2015: Adaptor: The Thirst of Hearts. OTHER THEATRE:
Writer: Valkyrie, ...and the aeroplanes fall into the sea, 4 1/2 (ig)noble truths. Creator/Performer: A Wake for Lost Time, there/GONE with [elephants] collective. FILM & TELEVISION: Writer: One More Night (Short). FACEBOOK.COM/ SOULPEPPERTHEATRE
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Thomas Mckechnie. photo nathan kelly.