Late Company - Pride Night

Event Details

Event type: Ages 12+

This is a special performance of Late Company in honour of our 2SLGBTQI+ community.
A talk-back with Director Kwaku Okyere and the cast of Late Company will immediately follow the performance. 

LATE COMPANY

WRITTEN BY JORDAN TANNAHILL
DIRECTED BY KWAKU OKYERE

MAY 15-26, 2024

VENUE: Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts
36 King Street W, Kitchener, ON N2G 1A3

ABOUT THE SHOW:

“We came here with good intentions.”

Debora and Michael, grappling with the loss of their son, Joel, make an unconventional decision in an attempt to find closure. Their path towards healing involves a tense dinner gathering with surprising guests. As the evening unfolds, questions of forgiveness and revenge come to the forefront, blurring the lines between acceptance, accountability, and retaliation.

Written with sensitivity and humour by the Award-winning author and playwright, Jordan Tannahill, Late Company explores the complexities of human relationships and the challenges of finding peace balanced with the need for retribution.

Kwaku Okyere who starred in GLA’s 2019 presentation of The Seat Next To The King returns to the Region to make his solo-Directorial debut with this production. He recently received the Montreal English Theatre Award as Associate Director, Redbone Coonhound and co-directed the acclaimed production, Fairview in Vancouver and is completing his time as part of the distinguished Langham Directors Workshop at the Stratford Festival where he was Assistant Director on Richard II.

The cast includes Ryan Hollyman (Mirvish, National Arts Centre, Tarragon Theatre), Tanisha Taitt (Obsidian Theatre, Soulpepper, and current Artistic Director, Cahoots Theatre), Dieter Lische-Parkes (2024 George Brown theatre graduate) and Green Light Arts Co-Founders, Carin Lowerison and Matt White.

The show runs May 15 to 26th at the Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts in downtown Kitchener.

“Tannahill's script makes his characters abandon their pretenses, pick them up again, and then set them on fire." — Mooney on Theatre

“This is theatre in its purest form: a cathartic cleansing ... a palpable mix of hostility and pity on all sides ... Late Company weighs heavily on your mind in the days following the performance.” — The Independent (UK)

“Late Company … is excruciatingly good theatre: it feels like open heart surgery.” —Vancouver Courier

 
AUDIENCE ADVISORY: This play deals with discussions of suicide, queerness, bullying, and features strained family relationships. Recommended for Ages 13+ years.

RUNNING TIME: 75 minutes with NO INTERMISSION.

ABOUT GREEN LIGHT ARTS

Green Light Arts uses theatre to help make sense of the world, explore the challenges of contemporary society, illuminate hope, fuel possibility, and ignite imagination.

Founded in 2014, Green Light Arts is a theatre company based in Waterloo Region. We deliver well-crafted, provocative theatrical projects and pair artistic programming with purposeful outreach events to deepen community conversations about the ideas we put on stage. To date, we have delivered 25 theatrical productions to Waterloo Region and beyond. Recent productions include Izad Etemadi: Let Me Explain, This is How We Got Here, WE COULD BE, Guarded Girls. For more information, visit: www.greenlight-arts.com.

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VENUE

The Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts

36 King St W, Kitchener, ON N2G 1A3

PRODUCTION TEAM

Playwright JORDAN TANNAHILL
Director KWAKU OKYERE
Assistant Director MISHA SHARIVKER
Performers CARIN LOWERISON*, DIETER LISCHE-PARKES*, MATT WHITE*, RYAN HOLLYMAN*, and TANISHA TAITT
Set & Props Designer JUNG A IM**
Lighting Designer ANDREI MAMAL
Costume Designer NICOLE DEL CUL
Sound Designer & Composer JANICE JO LEE**
Stage Manager TARA MOHAN
Production Manager CAMERON SLIPP
Producer SAMAREH JONES
Associate Producer ANGELO FELICIANO
Technical Director SERGE PHILLIPS
Head Carpenter GILL LESPERANCE

*Appears courtesy of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.

**Appears courtesy of the Associated Designers of Canada.

SHOW SCHEDULE

• Thur. May 16, 2024 | 8:00PM
• Fri. May 17, 2024 | 8:00PM
• Sat. May 18, 2024 | 8:00PM
• Sun. May 19, 2024 | 4:00PM (pay-what-you-can)
• Wed. May 22, 2024 | 8:00PM (Pride Night)
• Thur. May 23, 2024 | 8:00PM
• Fri. May 24, 2024 | 8:00PM
• Sat. May 25, 2024 | 8:00PM
• Sun. May 26, 2024 | 4:00PM (pay-what-you-can)

 
ACCESSIBILITY

The Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts is equipped with power doors, an elevator, accessible washrooms, and accessible seating to accommodate persons requiring mobility assistance. Guide dogs or other service animals are always welcome. We welcome all patrons with disabilities. Support persons will receive a complimentary ticket. Please contact Steven Jackson (steven@greenlight-arts.com) to coordinate any specific accessibility needs for your visit.

COVID-19 PROTOCOLS

The Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts does not currently have a COVID-19 policy in place, but GLA welcomes audience members to wear masks if preferred. GLA will be responsive to any public health guidelines surrounding COVID-19 and update this section accordingly. 

PARKING

• 2-hrs of FREE STREET PARKING on many DTK streets
• Duke Street parkade – access from Duke Street West
• Water St. S. lot - access from Water St S. (FREE after 5pm Mon-Sat, and all-day Sun)
• Charles & Benton garage – access from Charles St. E.

TRANSIT

• Closest LRT stops to the Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts are KITCHENER MARKET STATION, FREDERICK STATION, and QUEEN STATION

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