November 8-23, 2025 | Vancity Culture Lab | 1895 Venables Street
Preview: Friday, November 7 at 7:30pm
Opening Night: Saturday, November 8 at 7:30pm
Performance Times: Tuesday-Saturday at 7:30pm (excluding November 11)
Matinees: Saturday & Sunday at 2:00pm
VocalEye Described Performance: Saturday, November 22 at 2:00pm
Tickets: From $25 | Available September 12 at www.glitchtheatre.ca or 604.251.1363
(Vancouver, B.C.) – Glitch Theatre, formerly known as Realwheels Theatre, is thrilled to share its evolution with audiences and the national theatre community. Embracing a name that captures the moment of transformation, Glitch Theatre is committed to creating works that challenge expectation, spark innovation, and invite new perspectives.
“Glitch isn’t a flaw – it’s the spark of what’s next,” says the theatre company’s artistic team, which includes Shawn Macdonald as Managing Co-Artistic Director, Adam Grant Warren as Co-Artistic Director, and Jordyn Wood as Company Producer.
“For us, the Glitch is where artistry meets accessibility. It’s where D/disability-identified artists take the things that make the world work against them – against us – and turn those things into engines of creativity, innovation, and ingenious life. As a digital metaphor, ‘glitch’ critiques rigid societal norms around ability and embodiment, signaling that our company doesn’t simply operate within existing systems—it questions, rewires, and remixes them. By embracing what is traditionally seen as a flaw, Glitch Theatre becomes an act of radical redefinition, transforming perceived error into a vibrant source of artistic possibility.”
The first piece to be produced and presented by Glitch Theatre is the world premiere of Alex K. Masse’s Faye’s Room this fall from Saturday, November 8 to Sunday, November 23, 2025 at Vancity Culture Lab here in Vancouver.
Faye’s Room is the story of Faye Murphy, an autistic lesbian who works at a queer cafe… and happens to have the power to summon and hide in a magical sensory room at will. When she becomes trapped in this room with her least favourite co-worker, son of the founder and token heterosexual Chase McLure, an unlikely bond forms and the two find themselves with a bit more in common than they had thought.
“Faye’s Room marks a long list of firsts for us,” says Co-Artistic Director, Adam Grant Warren. “It’s our first play as Glitch Theatre, and the first mainstage production we’ve put up since the pandemic. It’s Alex’s first produced work, and the first time we’ve backed a D/disability-identified playwright with a team of a majority of neurodiverse directors, designers, and cast. That kind of representation – artists with lived experience of D/disability leading from multiple key positions and embedding access practice in creative process – that’s the heart of Glitch Theatre. And Faye’s Room felt like the perfect opportunity to really embody that value right out of the gate.”
Faye’s Room is a moving exploration of neurodivergent solidarity, intergenerational bonds, and internalized ableism.
Credits for Faye’s Room:
Produced & Presented by: Glitch Theatre
Written by: Alex K. Masse
Directed by: Mily Mumford & Angelica Schwartz
Performers: Hailey Conner (as Faye), Mason Temple (as Chase), Sabrina Symington (as Mina), & Marlee Michael Pearl (as Ari)
Set & Props Design by: Stephen Field Elgar
Costume Design by: Alexa Fraser
Lighting Design by: Christian Ching
Sound Design by: MJ Coomber
Projection Design by: June Hsu
Production Technical Direction by: Paula Viitanen Aldazosa
Workshop Technical Direction by: Nico Dicecco
Dramaturgy by: Mily Mumford
Stage Management by: Samantha Pawliuk
Apprentice Stage Management by: Brianna Bernard
Production Management by: Jordyn Wood
About Glitch Theatre:
Glitch Theatre creates contemporary, compelling performances driven by D/disability-identified artists. Our work is D/disability-led: not defined by disability, but shaped by it. We develop and produce work where D/disability forms the creative landscape on which we explore complex facets of identity, community, and human connection. Whether we’re designing a creative process with neurodivergent artists, or inventing techniques that enable performers with physical disabilities to defy gravity on stage, every Glitch project is a fusion of artistry and authenticity. Every access need – even the friction between them – is an offer of creative potential in an environment rarely built with us in mind. A glitch isn’t a flaw. It’s the spark of what’s next.