The Effect

By Lucy PrebbleDirected by Mitchell Cushman STARRING: Leah Doz, Jordan Pettle, Aris Athanasopoulos and Aviva Armour-Ostroff THE COAL MINE THEATRE // 2076 DANFORTH AVEJULY 9 - JULY 30, 2023 PREVIEWS: July 9, July 11 & July 12 at 7:30pm // OPENING NIGHT: July 13 at 7:30pmPREVEW TICKETS: $35.00 (+HST) // GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS: $60.00 - $70.00 (+HST) 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. SET, PROPS AND LIGHTING DESIGN: Nick Blais // PROJECTION DESIGN: Laura Warren // COSTUME DESIGN: Cindy Dzib // SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION: James Smith // STAGE MANAGEMENT: TBA // PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: Wes Babcock