30 Neo-Futurist Plays

at the 2022 Vancouver Fringe

A poster for 30 Neo-Futurist plays with the cast of 30 Neo-Futurist Plays holding numbers and pointing at each other with flashlights
This show is based on Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind created by Greg Allen and the Neo-Futurists. The show premiered in Chicago in 1988 and went on to be the longest-running show in the city (1988-2016). The show gained notoriety and was performed by Neo-Futurist branches in New York, San Francisco, and London. Various volumes of the published plays have been released over the years, leading to productions being done all over the world, and to our production! Our unique production of the show features 30 hand-picked plays from Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes) by Greg Allen.In keeping with our mandate, we created a unique directing structure where five directors worked together to create a single artistic vision. This provided opportunities for new directors and allowed for a collaborative space that includes a range of perspectives in the work and the rehearsal space. This produced a space for learning from each other, developing artistically, and creating a new non-hierarchical directorial structure.Our directors personally selected the 30 plays used in our production, based on which they felt drawn to direct and that suited the ensemble they had cast. Each director directed six plays individually, which gave actors the opportunity to work with five unique directorial styles. then collaborated on bringing all the parts together to create the final product we are presenting at the Vancouver Fringe 2022.

Cast:

Maheem Bista - ActorClaire deBruyn - Actor/ProducerDeanica Galo - Actor/ProducerAlexa McKee - ActorEmily Saint - Actor/ProducerKirstin Shale - ActorOliver Spilsbury - Actor/ProducerDavid Volpov - ActorAmanda Wong - ActorJessica Wong - Actor/Producer/Fight Captain

Crew:

LY Chan - Assistant Stage ManagerGrace Chang - Technical DirectorBrownyn Damm - Assistant Stage ManagerHannah Dyck-Chan - Props and Set DesignerAnita Jian - Lighting DesignerElsa Yuan - Stage Manager/Producer

Creative:

Paolo Camia - DirectorMatthew Rhodes - Facilitating DirectorSophia Saugstad - DirectorJoel Stadie - DirectorVarsha Subramanian - Director