OUR LAST TREE
The World Premiere of a New Play Written and Directed by Valerie Methot
in collaboration with Diverse Metro Vancouver Youth and Artists
April 30 – May 3
Roundhouse Performance Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews)
Performance Dates: April 30 & May 1 at 11am & 1pm for school groups | May 2 at 7:30pm | May 3 at 7:30pm
Tickets & Reservations: Free at www.someassembly.ca
(Vancouver, B.C.) – Celebrating its 25th anniversary season, Some Assembly Theatre Company’s collaborations between youth and professional artists aim to promote awareness, wellness, dialogue, and positive social change around social issues and issues faced by youth. The company is the recipient of the City of Vancouver Youth Award for outstanding contribution to the youth community and the Deryck Thomson Award for exceptional contribution to community building and well-being.
Some Assembly Theatre Company is thrilled to launch its 25th season with OUR LAST TREE from Wednesday, April 30 to Saturday, May 3 at the Roundhouse Performance Centre in Vancouver.
A raging storm has taken the lives of many, including three at a climate protest. Observed by a ghostly figure, will this Spirit Guide invoke the deal that could give us the chance to change everything? You can inspire positive change, OR, watch the world implode. Which do you choose?
Written and directed by Valerie Methot with a creative team of diverse youth and artists, OUR LAST TREE stands in a world where youth bring us the news, alerting us to the urgency to save our planet and each other. A stunning interconnection of artistry, humanity and care, this apocalyptic theatre production symbolizes the fate of this world with one special tree whose branches entwine with lifelines of countless hands.
OUR LAST TREE brings brilliance of life where the future of the planet is the people.
Credits for OUR LAST TREE
Playwright/Director/Set & Sound Design: Valerie Methot
Youth Artists: Ayden Ramzan, Alastair Hamann, Arlo Lim, Ariyan Ramzan, Phoenix Lee, Skyler Lee, Vienna Wu, Camille Kang, Jen Belen, Charli Kemper-Bird, Ivy Pina, Von Lochan, Victor Chow, Ryleigh Pascua, Aaryaki Parsekar, Hannah Wong, and Greta Bradsher
Video Artist/Filmmaker: Sally Zori
Set Designer/Visual Artist: Duane Murrin
Original Music Composer/Musician/Performer/Sound Designer: Patrick Graham
Movement Director/Physical Dramaturg: Susan Bertoia
Script Consultants/Acting Coaches/Mentors: Tina Biello, Allen Morrison, Susan Bertoia, and Matt Clarke
Costume Designer: Nik McLaren
Music Mentor/Singer/Songwriter/Musician/Script Consultant/Facilitator: Sophie Labrie
Expressive Arts Support: Heather McCrae
Indigenous Cultural Expression Mentor/Script Consultant: Lauren Preissl
Musicians/Mentors: Alison Jenkins and James Moore
Technical Director: Jeremy Baxter
Lighting Designer/Technician: Anna Brancato
QLab/Technician: Chantele Fry
Script Research: Youth from Lord Roberts Elementary, Admiral Seymour Elementary, Lord Nelson Elementary, and Cedar Walk Program
Photographers: Emma Chan and Gaetan Nerincx
Social Media Assistant: Brogan Ho
For more information on Some Assembly Theatre Company, please visit the following platforms:
Website: www.someassembly.ca
Facebook: www.facebook.com/rhytag
Instagram: www.instagram.com/someassemblytheatre
Key Partners: Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre and Vancouver Coastal Health.
Community Partners and Sponsors: Sarah McLachlan School of Music, Vancouver School Board, Methotical Productions, Scene Ideas Inc., Caliper Print & Signage Solutions, and media sponsors The Georgia Straight and Stir Vancouver.
Funders: City of Vancouver, Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation, BC Arts Council, Ministry of Children & Family Development, Province of British Columbia, Canada Council for the Arts, Metro Vancouver, TELUS the future is friendly, Foundations: CLICK, Johansen Larsen, Hamber, Lohn, Harivad, Deux Mille, GMR, Al Roadburg, Zack Family, Westminster, as well as Grosvenor and Private Donors.