Performing on Sunday, March 12th @ 2pm
Last Planet Standing
Written by Hebert Poll Gutiérrez
Directed by Ursula Pattloch
40 minutes
About the Playwright
Hebert Poll Gutiérrez is a Cuban Canadian author, storyteller, poet, and playwright with 16 years of experience currently based in Calgary. He believes in the power of stories and theatre to shape realities. He has published nine books in several genres (poetry, theatre, and short fiction). His latest book is Whispers from the Black Gods (Poetry) (Elite Lizzard Publishing, 2022).
| Play Summary |
| Racism? Be ourselves even if we are rejected? Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Based on the writer’s short novel for young people The Moon Killer, Saga Egmont Publishing House, Denmark, 2022. |
| Character Name | Actor |
|---|---|
| Griot | David Bodnar |
| Moon, Halley’s Comet, Child, Herald, Female | Holly Henderson |
| Sun | Bob Klakowich |
| Leo | Kingsley Leung |
| Pisces, Prisoner, Infinity | Shawn Marshall |
| Pluto, Jupiter, Flight Attendant, Protestor | Blaine Newton |
| Narrator | Lily Davies |
| Virgo and Journalist | Erin Raine |
| Mercury and Jailer | Kaitlynn Eve |
| Setting |
| In the future, year 6538, but the situation could happen in the present day |
| Acknowledgements |
| Gladys Felicia Gutiérrez Rodríguez Brenda Poll Gutiérrez |