A Theatre Direct Production
created by Animacy Theatre Collective
Presented in Partnership with Common Boots Theatre
A Raccoon Solstice is a family friendly, outdoor, winter show with original live music and vocal arrangements, mask, clown, and puppetry. The play tells the story of five urban raccoons, who, despite their differences, must come together to save the Winter solstice and bring peace, darkness, and rest back to raccoons and humans alike.
In this season the show will undergo three weeks of development, culminating in a presentation of the workshop production for invited audiences. A Raccoon Solstice will premiere as part of Theatre Direct’s 26/27 season.
CREATIVE TEAM
WRITERS Alexandra Simpson & Morgan Brie Johnson
DIRECTOR Lisa Marie DiLiberto
FEATURING Alexandra Simpson, Morgan Brie Johnson, Maddie Bautista, Djennie Laguerre, & Derek Kwan, with the VIVA Singers Toronto and Kids Chorus (Louis Saborin, Ben Negroni, Zevon Ketchabaw, Duncan Sibley, Carmel Ketchabw, & Oscar Santillan)
MUSICAL DIRECTION John Millard
LIGHTING DESIGN Trevor Schwellnus
DRAMATURGY Derek Kwan & Lisa Marie Diliberto
MOVEMENT DIRECTION Susie Burpee
MUSIC CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH Sabine Ndalamba
MUSICIANS Matti Pulkki & Germaine Liu
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Rebecca Ballarin
PRODUCTION MANAGER Carlos Varela
SOUND OPERATOR Will Innes
SOUND CONSULTANT Charles Ketchabaw
PRODUCER & ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Brian Postalian
CO-PRODUCERS
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
A Raccoon Solstice was developed with the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council and Bad Hats Theatre’s New Bad Ideas program.
