Forgiveness January 18 - Feb 12, 2023
Yoshie Bancroft as Mitsue Sakamoto & Griffon Cork as Ralph Maclean on the Arts Club Stanley Alliance Stage for Forgiveness.
We have opened Forgiveness the adaptation of Mark Sakamoto's memoir by the same name by playwright Hiro Kanagawa directed by Stafford Arima at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. This is a co-production with Theatre Calgary and the Arts Club Theatre. It has been a heralding and delightful process working on the animations, illustrations and projections for this epic show. I am pleased to team up with Sammy Chien of chimerik who has designed the new media systems design to support the projections of the original animation and artwork. Shows run until February 12 and can be purchased here. Honoured to be part of this huge amazing team.
Stafford Arima Director
Stephen Drover Dramaturg
Pam Johnson Set Designer
Joanna Yu Costume Designer
John Webber Lighting Designer
Joshua D. Reid Sound Designer
Reza Jacobs Original Compositions
Cindy Mochizuki Video Designer & Animation
Chimerik 似不像 Collective New Media System Projection Design Team
Sammy Chien New Media System Projection Designer
Vanka Salim Chimerik Intern Assistant Designer
Mike Kovac Fight Director & Stunt Coordinator
Jessica Anne Nelson Intimacy Director
Julie Tamiko Manning Cultural Consultant & Dialect Coach (Japanese Canadian)
Yayoi Hirano Japanese Language Consultant
Jane Macfarlane Dialect Coach (East Coast Canadian)
Peter Colenutt Military Consultant
Howard Dai Assistant Director
Ryan Cormack Assistant Set Designer
Melicia Zaini Assistant Costume Designer
Bronwyn Bowlby Assistant Sound Designer
Cherry Wen Wen Lu Animation Assistant
Erika Morey Stage Manager
Peter Jotkus Assistant Stage Manager
Evan Ren Apprentice Stage Manager
Rachel Ross Apprentice Stage Manager
Yoshie Bancroft Mitsue Sakamoto
Jerod Blake Mortimer/Father/Recruiter/Mr. Archibald
Griffin Cork Ralph MacLean
Daniel Fong Stan/Pat
June Fukumura Miyoko/Mrs. Yamamoto
Manami Hara Tomi
Alana Hawley Purvis Phyllis/Darlene/Mother/Mrs. Rutt
Fionn Laird Cooper/Hastings Guard
Jacob Leonard Deighton/Adams/Wedding Officer
Isaac Li Ron/Ichiro
Allison Lynch Diane/Socialite/Nurse/Woman on Train
Jovanni Sy Yosuke/Kato/Launderer
Kevin Takahide Lee Hideo Sakamoto