Takwahiminana

[“TAK-wa-HI-mi-na-na” A Cree and Michif word for chokecherry]

Takwahiminana is a darkly funny, deeply moving new play by award-winning playwright Matthew MacKenzie (First Métis Man of Odesa, Bears).

Sharon—a Métis woman born in India, who moved back to her ancestral home in Alberta as a teenager, has always been caught between cultures.Now an adult, at a lavish foodie dinner party hosted by her longtime paramour, she’s marking the unofficial 20th anniversary of their extramarital affair.  But as this complicated love simmers, her Indigenous knowledge is appropriated and fetishized.  

Blending biting satire with stunning Bharatanatyam choreography, this world premiere is a theatrical feast you won’t soon forget.

MICHAELA WASHBURN

Prithvi Castelino

Vanessa Mangar

Kajaanan Navaratnam “KJ”

Swetha Pararajasingam

Naveeni Rasiah

MATTHEW MACKENZIE

Playwright

Mike Payette

Director

Anoshinie Muhundarajah

Choreographer

Andre du Toit

Lighting Designer

Dawn Marie Marchand

Set Designer

Jolane Houle

Costume Designer

Amelia Scott

Video Design

Aaron Macri

Sound Designer

Noor Dean Musani

Composition

Daniela Masellis

Set Design Consultant

Bharathy Vivekanantham

Costume Design Consultant

Andy Cohen

Creative Producer

Sheiny Satanove

Producer

Lore Green

Stage Manager

Trent Crosby

Production Manager/Technical Director

Erik Richards

Assistant Production Manager

Alyson Dicey

Punctuate! Marketing & Communications

Kathy Le

Production Support