Peace Country Team

Performers: Angus Yam, Sofía Rodríguez, Manuela Sosa, Kaitlyn Yott, Sara Vickruck

Playwright & Director: Pedro Chamale

Dramaturg: Heidi Taylor

Assistant Director: Teddy Ngkaion

Costume Designer: Michelle Thorne

Lighting Designer: Jonathan Kim

Sound Designer: Cindy Kao

Set/Props Designer: Kimira Reddy

Set/Props Design Assistant: Monica Emme

Video Designer: Andie Lloyd

Video Design Assistant: June Hsu

Stage Manager: Julia Lank

Production Manager: Kayleigh Sandomirsky

Join us for Peace Country at the

Firehall Arts Centre October 12th-22nd!

Inspired by playwright Pedro Chamale’s growing-up in Chetwynd, BC, Peace Country is an examination of intercultural friendship, the realities of northern living and the vilification of northern communities in the fight against the climate crisis. Set in a small rural town in BC’s Northern interior, a new political party has swept into office with the promise of big changes: changes that could put the nail in the coffin for a little carbon-economy town, that is, if climate change doesn’t wipe it out first. In a time where it feels easy to spit rhetoric and blame each other, a familiar face in the party forces childhood friends to have tough conversations and work together for change. Through Peace Country, we see a plea for dialogue around climate action, in a time of great division.

This production is presented by the Firehall Arts Centre and produced by rice & beans theatre. It is developed in association with Playwrights Theatre Centre, in association with Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre and created with support from the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.