Huff
Confronted by the character Wind who is attempting suicide by anoxia, the audience is forced to consider what their culpability in this situation might be. Can Wind be saved?
Production History
Stanford Live: 27-28 January 2022
Grand Theatre: Kingston, ON 26 November - 1 December 2019 FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre: St. Catharines, ON 21-23 November 2019 CBC PlayMe podcast series: uploaded April 2019 Read more in PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation: FUTILITY, BOUNDARY VIOLATIONS, PHONY MULTIPLICITY
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Press
"Huff is the first play I’ve encountered over the course of COVID-19 that’s been able to grab my attention and not let go for even a second, forcing me to take notice of both its sheer calibre and its disturbing content; it’s haunted me since I first encountered it." - The Fulcrum.
Awards
Buddies in Bad Times’ Vanguard Award for Risk and Innovation
Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding Performance and Outstanding New Play
RBC’s Emerging Playwright Award
The Lustrum Award (Edinburgh Fringe Festival)
shortlisted for Amnesty International’s Freedom of Expression Award
Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding Performance and Outstanding New Play
RBC’s Emerging Playwright Award
The Lustrum Award (Edinburgh Fringe Festival)
shortlisted for Amnesty International’s Freedom of Expression Award
Script
Cliff Cardinal, Huff, in Huff & Stitch (Playwrights Canada, 2017).