Productions

Hello

HELLO is a story built on the bones of factual truth. The facts are:

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World famous playwright Arthur Miller and his last wife, Austrian photojournalist Inge Morath, married in 1962 and had a beautiful daughter. In 1966 they had a son who was born with Down Syndrome.  They named him Daniel.  Daniel never lived with his family.  Instead, he was shut away in an overcrowded, understaffed institution akin to bedlam.  For over forty years the general public never knew there was a Daniel Miller. 

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Why did Mutti say nothing?  Why did nobody, including the powerful cultural and artistic community that surrounded the Miller family, say anything? Does this matter?

What if Daniel could step back in time, before he was born, to his birth and onward?  What if Daniel could watch the family story unfold? What would Daniel see, what would he say and what might have happened?

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HELLO is a work of intimate family discovery through the eyes of Daniel. There is singing, dancing, family feuds, friends, food, and furniture moving, all woven together with moments of astounding truth paired with equally astounding denial.  Ultimately, when all is said and done, the final questions are:

Does this matter?...and if so why?

Or

Does this not matter...and if so why not?

Breath-Ahhh

CREW

Director/Collaborative Creator: Susanna Uchatius

Stage Manager: Kathleen Gordon

Music Director/Composer: Angelo Moroni

ASL Theatre Interpreter: Landon Krentz

Poster Design: Bebe Zhang

Costumes, lighting, marketing and technical aspects are a combined crew effort.

CAST

BREATH-AHHH:

Tyson Aubin

Caroline Hebert alternating with Susanna Uchatius

FEAR:

            Daryl Dixon

            Alex Edwards

            Ryan Ollis

            Edna Rendaje

ANGER

            Katrina Costello

            Robin Holmes

            Jonah Killoran

JEALOUSY

            Lianne Crowe

            Shannon Emeruwa

            Simran Gill

SORROW

            Calum Bente

            Willow Eady

            Patti Palm

DIRECTORS NOTES

Breath-Ahhh. What is breath?...something that we do every living minute of our life... and yet pay little attention to. We are born and our first breath opens the world to us. Everything is wondrously new. We breathe with wide-eyed joyful gusto. As we grow, life takes sharp turns igniting fear, anger, jealousy and sorrow, all of which causes us to tighten, quicken and abandon the full breath we were born with.

This amazing group of artists of difference dove into physically exploring the essence of breath. How we use it, lose it and why we should embrace our breath fully. BREATH IS FREEDOM!

“We live in an ocean of air like fish in a body of water. By our breathing we are attuned to our atmosphere. If we inhibit our breathing we isolate ourselves from the medium in which we exist.” – Alexander Lowen, The Voice of the Body

Being with Elders

THE ELDERS VOICES PROJECT looks to theatre and the art form in a way that brings the “art” to those who may never have had the opportunity to participate, meaning the elderly who are marginalized due to age, physical and mental health challenges in residential homes where they are often isolated from community interaction.

This project will bring the audience into a space that is often thought of as a place of waiting, non-contribution, burden and death. Audience, including relatives, family and the general public, if not already aware, may come to see it as a rich depository full of life, purpose, relationship and meaning.

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Elders have decades of experience in family, relationships, love, home and the life issues we all struggle with. That said, this is not a theatre project about educating the public; rather it is about welcoming inclusiveness, connection, interaction, sharing, questioning, imagination, creation, recognition and value for the immense life treasures our elders have to share.

Above all, the purpose and reason that Theatre Terrific wishes to pursue this project is the building of relationships, respect and connection between our elders, family, friends, the younger generation and perhaps those who do not have the connection to elders from which to benefit.

We seek to stitch together a quilt of many textures, colors, movements, voices, writings, art and song. We will collaboratively create with Elders, family and actors seeking to celebrate, honor and publicly present within the Elders home, the riches of our shared humanity.