About The Show
A one-person performance that blends bouffon, clown, storytelling, and spectacle.
who will save the night sky is an interactive performance that reminds us of the importance of our relationship to the stars and sky world.
Did YOU know there are nearly 4000 satellites already in the sky, with hopes of 42,000 in the near future? DID you know in 1958 we nearly nuked the moon? Did you KNOW that when satellites stop working, they are left to float in the outer atmosphere of earth…alone…hapless, hopeless, helpless :(
ENOUGH FACTS!
allow me to take you on a celestial journey, snacks provided, to a big board room in the sky. plleeeaaassee, allow me to whisk my tail and weave you a tale and tattle tale on the tell tale signs of a GOOD STORY! a long time ago, in the future an important group of star beings got together to discuss the fate of earth and the two leggeds…and the party begins. ;)
Developed with support from the Ontario Arts Council
Residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts Indigenous Dramaturgies Exchange 2023
Performance at Native Earth Performing Arts Weesageechak Begins to Dance Festival, 2023 and Indigenous Presenters Gathering, 2024.
workshop direction by deisrée leverenz
dramaturgy by Jill Carter
mentorship by Sky Dénommé-Welch
CONTENT CONSIDERATION: mature content, coarse language, satirical content, audience participation welcome
Philip Geller
performer and creator
Philip Jonah Logan Geller (they/them) is Jewish (Ashkenazi) and Red River Michif (Métis) with Logan, Dupuis, Vandal ancestors, and roots to the historic Métis community of Rooster Town. Philip is a theatre/performance artist, educator, and scholar who is focused on decolonizing their process by listening to and dialoguing with ancestral and cultural knowledge. Their practice includes land-based creation, circular storytelling, and destabilizing hierarchical power structures in the rehearsal process, with a focus on anti-oppressive/anti-racist modalities. They are a SSHRC funded Master of Fine Arts Directing graduate from York University, a top 30 under 30 York University Alumni, and a Ken McDougall Award recipient for promising emerging director. As a storyteller they have worked across Turtle Island as an actor, director, dramaturg, producer, clown, creator, and community worker with companies and festivals including Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Native Earth Performing Arts, Indigenous Arts Knowledge Exchange, Stratford Festival, Theatre YES, Gwaandak Theatre, Toronto Metropolitan University, Centre for Indigenous Theatre, Made in Exile, Citadel Theatre, Nextfest, Play the Fool Festival, Edmonton Fringe Festival, and Paprika Theatre Festival. They are a graduate of the BFA Acting Program at the University of Alberta. Although, more importantly, they learn from all the incredible relations – human and more than human – they have the fortune of visiting with.
