Water Park

LIVE ACTS Vol.1

a festival of BFA capstone projects in performance

November 4 – 6, 2021 | Studio D, T, & elsewhere in Vancouver

SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver

With Hassan Babar, Claire Brown, Rebecca Kabesh, Megan Lane, Brittany Martyshuk, Eve Middleton-Meyer, Haylee Turner, Samantha Walters, Sterling Weran, Liam Wilkins, Jordyn Wood, and Alexander Zavorotny.

Note: as per the provincial health mandate, performers will be masked except if they are able to maintain appropriate physical distancing.

Live Acts Production Team

Directors: Jessica Chambers (Lecturer, Production & Design), Kyla Gardiner (Assistant Professor, Production & Design), and Ryan Tacata (Assistant Professor, Performance)

Production Coordinator: Gillian Hanemayer

Production Manager: Alex Clancy

Assistant Production Manager: Ali McDougall

Studio D Venue Stage Manager: Bernice Paet

Studio D Projection Operator: Jenny Min

Studio D Sound Operator: Jammi Sze

Studio D Lighting Operator: Theo Ewanchook

Studio T Venue Stage Manager: Gabriella Hu

Studio T Lighting Operator: Colleen Bayati

Studio T Sound Operator: Georgia Turner

Graduate Assistants: Torien Cafferata and Emira Ugun

An apocalyptic fungi cult

A domestic archive of personal relics

A reenactment of courtroom hysteria

A séance for imagined futures

A confrontational act of exhibitionism

A durational activity for male intimacy

A work on the comfort of water

A Greek tragedy on feminine rage

A processed dissection

An answer

A gift

Claire Brown, Water Park

When is the last time you can remember jumping in a puddle or bringing a rubber duck into the bath with you? Drifting on a raft, in this world where coral reefs come to life and waterfalls change colour, a collage of childhood toys is there to greet you. Full of nostalgia, the performance is a reflection of the inner child being given a space to come out and play. A whimsical mixture of performance and installation, this show features the live creation of sculptures that form an underwater fantasy world and musical vocalization inspired by whale song. Water Park casts its net and hopes to catch you!

Water Park is a collaborative devised piece that explores the comfort and relief given to us over the pandemic by water and catering to our inner child; we hope to give that same comfort and relief to you using sculpture, projection, and musical performance.

Director/Creator - Claire Brown

Performers/Co-Creators - Jae Gonzales, Ruby Maher, Aisha Wewala, Alexander-Bird Zavorotny

Stage Manager - Sydney Bevilacqua

Venue Stage Manager - Bernice Paet

Projection Operator - Jenny Min

Sound Operator - Jammi Sze

Lighting Operator - Theo Ewanchook

Production Manager - Alex Clancy

Assistant Production Manager - Ali McDougall

Production Coordinator - Gillian Hanemayer

Performance Faculty - Ryan Tacata

Production & Design Faculty - Kyla Gardiner and Jessica Chambers