This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Winnipeg-based playwright Mitch Krohn to talk about his play, Captain Ted: Disabled Astronaut.
Captain Ted: Disabled Astronaut is a comedy that satirizes Sci-fi tropes. It's a sequel to Mitch Krohn's first play Captain Ted: Disabled Pirate. It follows the story of Captain Ted, a Disabled space traveller, and his crew featuring a variety of characters who live with various disabilities, that work together on a mission.
Content Forecast: Ableism
Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.
Cast:
ARANKA “BOBY” LUKACS as CHATTERS
ANDY KALIRAI as CAPTAIN TED
NYX DEBOGORSKI as TWO, FOLEY, COMMANDER
JULIA ABREU as PIPP & EYE-HORN GENERAL
KAITLYN YOTT as DOCTOR, ABBY & LOUIE/ANNE
SARAH PEGUERO as SCALES & STAGE DIRECTIONS
Host: Natasha Nadir
Playwright: Mitch Krohn
Original Compositions and Sound Design: Finka Wood
Production Management: Jordyn Wood
Poster Graphic Design: Samantha Walters
This podcast is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Hamber Foundation.
This production was recorded and broadcast from the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations at GGRP Sound Studios, as well as remotely from Treaty One Territory.
