Chelsea Woolley world premiere to kick off 2025-26 Nightwood season
iPhoto caption: Liz Der, Vivien Endicott-Douglas, Philippa Domville, and Sofia Rodriguez. Photo by Dahlia Katz.
This September, Nightwood Theatre opens its 46th season with the world premiere of Chelsea Woolley’s Enormity, Girl, and the Earthquake in Her Lungs, produced in association with Tarragon Theatre.
Developed through Nightwood’s Write from the Hip program, the play will be directed by artistic director Andrea Donaldson and staged at the recently opened Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre.
The cast consists of Vivien Endicott-Douglas, Bria McLaughlin, Sofia Rodriguez, Philippa Domville, Emerjade Simms, and Liz Der, with Marta Armstrong and Noa Furlong alternating as Daisy.
The creative team features Raha Javanfar (lighting design), Cosette “Ettie” Pin (sound design), Ting-Huan 挺歡 Christine Urquhart (set design), Amanda Wong 黄婷婷 (costume design), Lisa Karen Cox (movement direction), and Christina Fox (intimacy and fight direction).
A highly physical and unexpectedly comedic work, Enormity, Girl, and the Earthquake in Her Lungs explores refuge, resilience, and survival. At its centre is Vic, a young woman who finds herself in a shelter under extraordinary circumstances.
“The shelter system isn’t something any of us assume we will have need of, yet gendered violence occurs indiscriminately,” wrote Woolley in a press release. “I hope this sentiment allows an audience to go on this journey together in collective empathy, hope, and joy.”
Enormity, Girl, and the Earthquake in Her Lungs runs from September 16 to October 5 at the Nancy & Ed Jackman Performance Centre. Tickets are available here.
Nightwood Theatre is an Intermission partner. Learn more about Intermission’s partnership model here.
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