Brantwood Co-Created by Julie Tepperman and Mitchell Cushman
An immersive site-specific musical set in an old high school.
April 14th - May 3rd, 2015
An immersive site-specific musical set in an old high school.
April 14th - May 3rd, 2015
CREATORS, WRITERS, DIRECTORS: Mitchell Cushman and Julie Tepperman
MUSIC & LYRICS: Bram Gielen, Anika Johnson, and Britta Johnson PRODUCER: Michael Rubinoff ORIGINAL MUSIC: Christopher Thornborrow MUSICAL DIRECTOR: James Smith SOUND DESIGN: Christopher Thornborrow SET AND PROPS: John Grosz and Ken MacKenzie LIGHTING DESIGN: Nick Blais COSTUMES: Nina Okens CHOREOGRAPHY: Nicola Pantin
GUEST CAST: Suzanne Bennet, Claire Calnan, Sadie Epstein-Fine, Ben Hayward, Dayna Miller, Mark Palinski, Ralph Small, and Andy Trithardt
CMTP CAST: Nevada Banks, Scott Barker, Lea Beauvais, Greg Borris, Daniel Bowen, Ryan Burda, Eric Dahlinger, Tom Davis, Rachel Delduca, Quinn Dooley, Cameron Francis, Samantha Gaetz, JJ Gerber, Shane Gramlich, Laura Harding, Robyn Harrison, Aisha Jarvis, Alex Kelly, Laura Larson, Kabir Mahjoori, Chris Mayo, Nik Murillo, Lauran Olmstead, Lucas Popowich, Teale Poirier, Reece Rowat,
Bryden Rutherford, Vanessa Sears, Colin Simmons, Melissa Torelli, Jeff Toste,
Luc Trottier, Kim Truong, Amelia Welcher, and Alison Wither
MUSIC & LYRICS: Bram Gielen, Anika Johnson, and Britta Johnson PRODUCER: Michael Rubinoff ORIGINAL MUSIC: Christopher Thornborrow MUSICAL DIRECTOR: James Smith SOUND DESIGN: Christopher Thornborrow SET AND PROPS: John Grosz and Ken MacKenzie LIGHTING DESIGN: Nick Blais COSTUMES: Nina Okens CHOREOGRAPHY: Nicola Pantin
GUEST CAST: Suzanne Bennet, Claire Calnan, Sadie Epstein-Fine, Ben Hayward, Dayna Miller, Mark Palinski, Ralph Small, and Andy Trithardt
CMTP CAST: Nevada Banks, Scott Barker, Lea Beauvais, Greg Borris, Daniel Bowen, Ryan Burda, Eric Dahlinger, Tom Davis, Rachel Delduca, Quinn Dooley, Cameron Francis, Samantha Gaetz, JJ Gerber, Shane Gramlich, Laura Harding, Robyn Harrison, Aisha Jarvis, Alex Kelly, Laura Larson, Kabir Mahjoori, Chris Mayo, Nik Murillo, Lauran Olmstead, Lucas Popowich, Teale Poirier, Reece Rowat,
Bryden Rutherford, Vanessa Sears, Colin Simmons, Melissa Torelli, Jeff Toste,
Luc Trottier, Kim Truong, Amelia Welcher, and Alison Wither
Awards: 2015 Dora Mavor Moore Audience Choice Award for Outstanding Production, 2016 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Canadian Public Relations Society Excellence in Research Communications Award
“The show unfolds with more than 10 storylines, one for each decade of the school’s history, including a 1920s teacher-student affair; 1930s anti-Semitism; 1940s gender and racial segregation; a 1950s teen pregnancy; a 1960s LSD trip; a 1970s foray into amateur porn; a 1980s film-noir narcotics thriller; a 1990s talent show and the dreams of a transgendered student; a 2000s musical exploring a story from the school’s sordid past; a 2015 student’s attempt to save the school from developers; and a 2020 condo story centered on a young gay couple haunted by the ghosts of Brantwood’s past.”
“Spectators can decide which story lines they’d like to follow as they wander through classrooms and halls. There is no ‘backstage.’ Crew members are incorporated into the show.”
“Julie Tepperman and Mitchell Cushman are set to debut what’s believed to be the largest production of immersive, site-specific musical theatre in Canadian history – a show that boasts 40+ actors portraying as many as 90 characters in 200 scenes in 11 separate storylines with 15 hours of material unfolding simultaneously all over the building, meaning a person can return again and again and always experience new things"
“The show unfolds with more than 10 storylines, one for each decade of the school’s history, including a 1920s teacher-student affair; 1930s anti-Semitism; 1940s gender and racial segregation; a 1950s teen pregnancy; a 1960s LSD trip; a 1970s foray into amateur porn; a 1980s film-noir narcotics thriller; a 1990s talent show and the dreams of a transgendered student; a 2000s musical exploring a story from the school’s sordid past; a 2015 student’s attempt to save the school from developers; and a 2020 condo story centered on a young gay couple haunted by the ghosts of Brantwood’s past.”
“Spectators can decide which story lines they’d like to follow as they wander through classrooms and halls. There is no ‘backstage.’ Crew members are incorporated into the show.”
“Julie Tepperman and Mitchell Cushman are set to debut what’s believed to be the largest production of immersive, site-specific musical theatre in Canadian history – a show that boasts 40+ actors portraying as many as 90 characters in 200 scenes in 11 separate storylines with 15 hours of material unfolding simultaneously all over the building, meaning a person can return again and again and always experience new things"
Brantwood Trailer from Julie & Mitchell on Vimeo.
