The Effect

By Lucy Prebble
Directed by Mitchell Cushman

STARRING: Leah Doz, Jordan Pettle, Aris Athanasopoulos and Aviva Armour-Ostroff

THE COAL MINE THEATRE // 2076 DANFORTH AVE
JULY 9 - JULY 30, 2023

PREVIEWS: July 9, July 11 & July 12 at 7:30pm // OPENING NIGHT: July 13 at 7:30pm
PREVEW TICKETS: $35.00 (+HST) // GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS: $60.00 - $70.00 (+HST)

2 Hours and 15 Minutes + 15 Minute Intermission

The Effect is a clinical romance. Two young volunteers, Tristan and Connie, agree to take part in a clinical drug trial. Succumbing to the gravitational pull of attraction and love, however, Tristan and Connie manage to throw the trial off-course, much to the frustration of the clinicians involved. This funny, moving and perhaps surprisingly human play explores questions of sanity, neurology and the limits of medicine, alongside ideas of fate, loyalty and the inevitability of physical attraction.

LIGHTING, SET AND PROPS DESIGN: Nick Blais // PROJECTION DESIGN: Jack Considine // COSTUME DESIGN: Cindy Dzib // SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION: James Smith // HEAD OF PROPS: Alannah Dzijacky and Daniela Aguilar // WARDROBE ASSISTANT: Camila Salcedo // PSYCHIATRY AND MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTANT: Eloise Ballou // INTIMACY COORDINATION: Aria Evans // FIGHT DIRECTION: Matt Richardson // STAGE MANAGEMENT: Jeff Soucy // ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGEMENT: Scotia Cox // PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: Leighton Smith // TECHNICAL DIRECTION: Wes Babcock