The Pipeline Project

By Sebastien Archibald, Kevin Loring and Quelemia Sparrow

Vector

Peak oil, First Nations land claims, and climate change are all explored with humour and empathy in this timely, personal account of the ongoing battles over pipelines. The Pipeline Project brings three people together – two Indigenous and one white – to confront prejudices, while wrestling with their own fossil fuel dependency, cultural heritage and first world privilege.

 

A provocative yet comedic take on the political conflicts surrounding Canada’s oil industry.

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Awards

WINNER | Outstanding Sound Design, Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards (2017)

NOMINEE | 5 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards (2017)

Production Team

CO-PRODUCERS

Savage Society and ITSAZOO Productions

 

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Neworld Theatre with assistance from PTC

 

CREATED AND PERFORMED BY

Sebastien Archibald, Kevin Loring and Quelemia Sparrow

 

DIRECTED BY

Chelsea Haberlin

Creative Team

DIRECTOR

Chelsea Haberlin

Chelsea is an award-winning director and Co-Artistic Producer and founder of ITSAZOO Productions as well as Associate Artistic Director with Neworld Theatre. Chelsea holds an MFA in directing from UBC.

 

SET DESIGNER
Lauchlin Johnston

 

COSTUME DESIGNER
Carmen Alatorre

 

LIGHTING & PROJECTION DESIGNER
Conor Moore

 

SOUND DESIGNER
Troy Slocum

 

ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGNER
James Coomber

 

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
John Cooper

 

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Tai Amy Grauman

 

DRAMATURGY
Kathleen Flaherty

 

STAGE MANAGER
Lois Dawson

 

APPRENTICE STAGE MANAGER
Brody Halfe

 

PUPPETEERING
Shizuka Kai

 

DRAMATURGE
Kathleen Flaherty

Cast

WRITER/ACTOR

Kevin Loring

Kevin is a member of the Nlaka’pamux Nation from the Lytton First Nation in British Columbia. He is is an award winning Actor, Playwright and Producer, an award winning documentarian, and the Artistic Director of the new Indigenous Theatre at the National Arts Centre.

 

Quelemia Sparrow

Quelemia is an award-winning First Nations actor and writer from the Musqueam Nation. She recently participated in the Stratford Writer’s Retreat and appeared in Stratford’s 2017 season.

 

​Sebastien Archibald

Sebastien Archibald is a Jessie nominated actor and award winning playwright. He has been Co-Artistic Producer of ITSAZOO Productions since he joined the company in 2006.

 

  • … offers an encyclopedic array of arguments, cleverly and vividly theatricalized.

    - Jerry Wasserman, The Vancouver Sun

  • Intelligently directed and beautifully staged … there is passion and commitment in this show.

    - Jo Ledingham, On The Scene

  • … A sincere invitation to a dialogue … Haberlin’s direction is a textural feast.

    - Colin Thomas, colinthomas.ca

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