TRIBES! (NO MATTER WHAT)
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Tribes! (No Matter What) is an unrelenting interrogation written for these times when people seem to have forgotten the lessons learned from war. We are generally treating each other with less kindness every day…Why does it take a war to make us rediscover our civility?
What is in the news? What is not? What do you believe? Why do you believe it? Why do debates rarely change anyone’s beliefs, even when confronted with facts? Why is science ridiculed? How are our identities rooted in our belief systems? Is changing our minds so difficult because of our fear of losing what we think of ourselves?
Tribes! (No Matter What) is an absurdist piece written in the traditions of Beckett & Brecht. With a combination of light & sound to build the world of the play, we seek to disorient the audience long enough to plant a seed to challenge their perceptions of the world and perhaps even begin to soften the rigidity of our paradigms. Inclusivity can often prove difficult, but it must be addressed. Without it, equal rights for all remains a fantasy.
- Access for persons with mobility impairment
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- Free for Accompanying Person
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Tribes! (No Matter What) is an unrelenting interrogation written for these times when people seem to have forgotten the lessons learned from war. We are generally treating each other with less kindness every day…Why does it take a war to make us rediscover our civility?
What is in the news? What is not? What do you believe? Why do you believe it? Why do debates rarely change anyone’s beliefs, even when confronted with facts? Why is science ridiculed? How are our identities rooted in our belief systems? Is changing our minds so difficult because of our fear of losing what we think of ourselves?
Tribes! (No Matter What) is an absurdist piece written in the traditions of Beckett & Brecht. With a combination of light & sound to build the world of the play, we seek to disorient the audience long enough to plant a seed to challenge their perceptions of the world and perhaps even begin to soften the rigidity of our paradigms. Inclusivity can often prove difficult, but it must be addressed. Without it, equal rights for all remains a fantasy.
- Access for persons with mobility impairment
- Yes
- Free for Accompanying Person
- Yes
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Simon Pelletier
Born and raised in Montreal, Simon Pelletier has always had a propensity for acting, alongside writing, making and drinking pretentious coffee, and memorizing collective nouns. He graduated from Concordia's Acting program in 2017 where he began to truly understand what it means to be other people. Some of his public performances include We Are One Theatre’s META-nominated production Smackhead, Geordie Productions’ The Tales of Robin Hood and Theatre Ouest-End’s What Rough Beast, just this past March. Simon always seeks to approach his characters with empathy and understanding and is both excited and daunted to embark on this wild ride that is Tribes!
Sophie-Thérèse Stone-Richards
Sophie-Thérèse Stone-Richards (she/elle) is a bilingual, biracial and multicultural performer & theatre artist and a graduate of Concordia University’s Theatre Performance BFA (Fine Arts Valedictorian, Summer 2018). In 2019, she was part of PWM's Young Creators Unit cohort. Recent appearances and collaborations include performing in Teesri Duniya Theatre's 2023 production of Counter Offense, performing in and co-creating Boulouki Theatre's the future is another country at M.A.I. (2021), acting in and co-directing Amy Berryman's short play Winner (and its French translation Gagner) at the Festival tout' tout court (2020) and performing in Hooks and Crooks' Tomorrow at Centaur Theatre’s 2020 Wildside Festival. Sophie-Thérèse is driven to making theatre she cares about and can connect to others with. She is happy and grateful to be collaborating with Teesri Duniya Theatre for a second time this year in their tribute production of Tribes! for and by Rana Bose, following his passing this year.
Howard Rosenstein
Howard Rosenstein, director, B: Born and based in Montreal, Howard has appeared in over one hundred professional film, television, web and theatre productions across Canada, the United States, Germany, Scotland, China and Japan, most notably as Redpeter in Infinitheatre’s production of Kafka’s Ape. Tribes! (No Matter What) also marks Howard’s professional debut as a director. Please visit howardrosenstein.com for demos and more detailed credits, or to make contact.