A Zuppa Production
Co-produced and Presented by Theatre Direct, York University – School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, and York University Library
“The Archive of Missing Things was founded in order to collect, catalogue and store all missing objects that are in the world. The Archive was built around a secret.”
The Archive of Missing Things is a live/digital show for libraries, as well as an online game available at home. You have 90 minutes to explore a maze-like archive in search of the secret at its centre. Toggling between different views can reveal clues: if you look and listen closely enough, you may just notice them.
A meditative quest for the age of rising sea levels.
UPCOMING PERFOMANCES 2026
May 20-23: Scott Library @ York University
CREATIVE TEAM
A Creation of Zuppa
Starring (in alphabetical order)
Ursula Calder*
Cash Gallant-McLean (voice)
Miranda Jones*
Stewart Legere
Lead Writer/Conception
Kate Cayley
Director/ Conception / Chief Archivist
Alex McLean
Technical Director / Wanderer
Jessica Lewis
Original Musical Score
Stewart Legere
Sound Design and Additional Score
Brian Riley
Web Development and Design
Ned Zimmerman
Illustrations
Colleen MacIsaac
Costume Consultation
Andrea Ritchie
Producers
Sophie Schade
Shayle Didur-Simon
Original 2017 production created by (alphabetical order)
Kate Cayley
Miranda Jones
Susan Leblanc
Stewart Legere
Kathryn McCormack
Alex McLean
Brian Riley
Ben Stone
Special Thanks
Lea Ambros
Claire Gallant
Polly and Ida Gallant-McLean
Ben Stone
Sarah Stevenson
Marlo McKay
The Staff of the Killam Memorial Library
The North Branch Memorial Library, Halifax
Funders
The Canada Council for the Arts
Arts Nova Scotia
Arts Halifax
Nova Scotia Communities, Culture and Heritage
Zuppa works in Mi’kma’ki, the traditional, unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people.
*The participation of these Artists is arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance•Opera•Theatre Policy.
