Where the Blood Mixes

By Kevin Loring
Directed by Glynis Leyshon

CAST: 

Ben Cardinal as Mooch
Margo Kane as June
Billy Merasty as Floyd
Tom McBeath as George
Quelemia Sparrow as Christine
Jason Burnstick as Musician / Composer

PRODUCTION:

Set Design by Robert Lewis
Costume Design by Patricia Smith
Lighting Design by Itai Erdal
Visual Design by Carl Stromquist
Projection Design by Jamie Nesbitt 
Stage Manager: Carol Chrisjohn
Apprentice Stage Manager: Bronwyn Bowlby
Technical Director: Kelvin Bonneau

PREVIEW PERFORMANCES
Kay Meek Centre, West Vancouver
May 29, 20, 31 at 8PM
Tickets $30 / $25 student and senior
 
WORLD PREMIERE
LUMINATO 2008 Toronto Festival of Arts, Culture + Creativity
Factory Theatre, Toronto
June 7 at 4PM & 8PM | June 8  at 7PM
Tickets $35

WESTERN CANADA PREMIERE
Magnetic North Theatre Festival
Roundhouse Theatre, Vancouver
June 11 – 14 at 7pm | June 14 at 2pm & 7pm 
Tickets $29 | on sale May 1 
Festival Passes also available.

The Playhouse Theatre Company, in association with the Savage Society, is proud to announce the premiere of Where the Blood Mixes by Kevin Loring.

Where the Blood Mixes tells the story of Floyd, who spends his days fishing for sturgeon and his evenings drinking in the local bar. He and his friends Mooch and June are survivors of the residential school system, but not all their circle survived. Floyd’s wife, Anna, killed herself when their daughter Christine was just a baby. Floyd was unable to cope, and allowed Christine to be taken into care, but now, twenty years later, Christine wants to come home.

Says Mr. Loring, “Where The Blood Mixes speaks about the emptiness we desperately try to fill in our hearts, our longing for love and return to a place within ourselves that we can call home. Lytton's had its fair share of trauma associated with the legacies of residential schools and although the play doesn't directly implicate the residential school system, the title 'survivor' is a handle that all native communities are familiar with."

The play recently underwent an extensive workshop tour through the Okanagan with a series of staged public readings in Kamloops, Lytton, Vancouver, and Trail. These readings struck a palpable chord with audience members, many of whom were overwhelmed by the emotional resonance of the story. The development tour was co-presented with Western Canada Theatre, Kamloops, through the generous support of Arts Partners in Creative Development.