Holy Moly

Audience-congregants are immersed in semi-religious rituals inspired by pop culture icons of performer Jarin Schexnider’s 1980s childhood to recover a sense of holiness.

Production Credits

Created and performed by Jarin Schexnider
Stage Manager: Zain Khudhur
Costume Design by: Amy Spooner
Sound Design support: Stefan Nazarevich
Dramaturgical support: Juv Parasram and Christie Watson
Community Partner: Rumble Theatre
Produced by: What Lab (Vancouver)
Presented by: Upintheair Theatre

Production History

rEvolver Festival 2022, 25-29 May 2022

Photos credit: Sophia Mai Wolfe. Photo source: twitter.com

Read more in PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation: RITUAL

Photo credit: Sophia Mai Wolfe Photo source: Jarin Schexnider

Press

“Playful and insightful interactive piece that prompts a critical rethink of money and capitalism” -NOW Magazine

Awards

NOW Magazine Audience Choice Award (SummerWorks 2018)

Articles

Jarin Schexnider, “Holy Moly,” Canadian Theatre Review 197 (Winter 2024): 62-63.