DION: A Rock Opera
By Ted Dykstra & Steven Mayoff
Directed by Peter
Hinton-Davis
Musical Director: Bob Foster
STARRING: Max Borowski, Saccha Dennis, Kaden Forsberg, Allan Louis, Allister MacDonald, Jacob MacInnis, SATE, Carly Street and Kelsey Verzotti
THE COAL MINE THEATRE // 2076 DANFORTH AVE
FEB 4 - MAR 3, 2024
PREVIEWS: Feb 4, Feb 6 & Feb 7 at 7:30pm // OPENING
NIGHT: Feb 8 at 7:30pm
PREVEW TICKETS:
$35.00 (+HST & $2.50 Box Office Fee) // GENERAL ADMISSION
TICKETS: $63.00 - $72.00 (+HST & $2.50 Box Office Fee)
70 Minutes - No Intermission
DION: A Rock Opera is a retelling of one of the most enduring Greek classics, The Bacchae. It takes place in the City State of Thebes. Dion (originally Dionysus), the non-binary "Demi God", (half God half human) and champion of wine and revelry, has come to punish their mother's family who refuse to believe they are the offspring of Zuess. They seduce their own relatives into joining a "cult" of disenfranchised revellers who have all abandoned Thebes for the woods, and then Dion allows themself to be captured by their furious cousin, the ruler of Thebes, Pentheus. What they convince Pentheus to do is not something anyone would have thought was possible...
BAND: Bob Foster, Kat McLevey & Haneul Li
CREATIVE PRODUCER: Diana Bentley // ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: Kiera Sangster // ASSOCIATE MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Haneul Yi
COSTUME & SET DESIGNER: Scott Penner // LIGHTING DESIGNER: Bonnie Beecher // SOUND DESIGNER: Tim Lindsay // ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER: Émilie Trimbee // WARDROBE AND PROPS ASSISTANT: JB Nelles
STAGE MANAGER: Fiona Jones // ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER: Dennie Theodore
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT PROVIDED BY: What by When (WxW) // SUPERVISING PRODUCTION MANAGER: Wes Babcock // PRODUCTION MANAGER: Erik Richards // TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Sebastian Marziali // HOUSE TECHNICIAN: Lilian Adom
SENSORY WARNINGS - STROBE AND HAZE
Please note, this production uses strobe lights and theatrical haze.
Other sensory warnings include stage blood and loud noises (popping balloons).
TRIGGER WARNINGS
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