Adam Grant Warren

Playwright | Evan Chaulk

Originally from Newfoundland, Adam began his career as a radio columnist for the CBC Morning Show, at which time he also became Newfoundland’s youngest winner of both the Arts and Letters Award for Fiction, and the George Story Medal of Excellence in the Arts. A graduate and teacher at Vancouver Film school, his films have screened as official selections at California’s Newport Beach Film Festival, the National Screen Institute’s Online All-Star Reel, and the Vancouver International Film Festival – where his film Float took home the honours for Best Canadian Short. Conocerlos (Get to Know Them) earned him his first BC Film Leo Award Nomination for Best Screenwriting.

Adam is a frequent collaborator with Vancouver’s All Bodies Dance Project. He has appeared in stage productions of Frank Theatre’s All In, Real Wheels Theatre’s CREEPS, and Touchstone’s Kill Me Now — the latter two earning him Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. Following development as part of the National Writers’ Colony at Vancouver’s Playwrights’ Theatre Centre, his solo show, Last Train In, premiered at Victoria’s UNOFest, and went on to critical acclaim at Vancouver’s rEvolver Theatre Festival. In addition to Lights, he has a new project in early development with Boca Del Lupo’s SLaM program. With generous support from both the BCAC and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, he’s also currently pursuing a Master’s in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. To see more of Adam’s work or get in touch, visit adamgrantwarren.com

Susinn McFarlen

Nancy Chaulk

Susinn McFarlen is an award-winning actress and writer based in Vancouver. Some will recognize her from her recent work in Dirty Old Woman (The Cultch), The Taming of the Shrew and Shakespeare in Love (Bard on the Beach) and The Birds and The Bees (Arts Club Theatre) to name a few.

Susinn is one of the founders of Wet Ink Collective, whose mandate is to promote gender equity on the stage by mentoring and supporting women playwrights and screenwriters. Her first play, Since You Left Us, was hailed by critics in 2014 as one of the best shows in Vancouver.

She is thrilled to be back on stage directed by Roy in this amazing new play.

Leslie Dos Remedios

Sarah Sasaki

Originally from the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississsaugas of the Credit (aka Toronto), Leslie is a graduate of York University (2008) and Studio 58 (2012). Favourite credits include “Jane” in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, “Sam” in Thanks for Giving (Arts Club Theatre Company), and “Bap” in Baking Time (Presentation House Theatre). She is so happy to be working with Touchstone to bring this moving story to life – thank you Adam for the beautiful words. And as always, deep gratitude to SFB, Rosalind and my family, without whom, I couldn’t do what I do.