Wastelands
“Let me tell you a tale of a world full of trash…”
Wastelands is the story of Hero, the last remaining human on earth, stranded on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Castaway-style, Hero has populated the island with garbage puppet citizenry to keep them company and ingenious – if improvised – inventions to keep them alive. But the doomsday clock is ticking down to the end of the world, and this patchwork community is running out of time. An apocalyptic comedy about garbage and the pieces of trash who produce it.
A one-person clown and puppet show performed with junk in an immersive/interactive environment constructed with single-use plastics.
Digital Theatre – Interactive Media – Puppetry – Animated Objects – Found Objects – Clown – Immersive – Interactive – Single-Use Plastics – Art as Climate Action
Content Warnings: coarse language, ecogrief, puppet violence, death, drug-use
Safety Warnings: Wastelands is built out of salvaged plastics destined for the landfill, including many food, beverage, and cosmetic containers. These items have been cleaned, but we cannot guarantee they are completely free of trace-amounts of allergens (ex. nuts, scented cosmetics, etc.)
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2022 PREMIERE The Festival of Animated Objects,
Calgary, AB
2020 Old Trout Puppet Workshop – Creation
Residency, Calgary, AB
2020 Calgary Animated Objects Society & The
Festival of Animated Objects – Creation
Residency, Calgary, AB
2018 Vancouver Fringe – Workshop Performance,
Vancouver, BC
2018 Ignite! Festival, Provocation Series by
Swallow-a-Bicycle – Workshop, Calgary, AB
2018 Gravity Cabaret of Political Art by Theatre
Yes & Green Peace – Excerpt Performance,
Edmonton, AB
2018 Alberta Playwrights’ Network – Script
Development, Edmonton, AB
Credits
Writer: Savanna Harvey
Director: Savanna Harvey
Created with: Lindsey Zess
Production Designer: Lindsey Zess
Performer: Jamie Tognazzini
Assistant Director/Production Manager: Dee Kern
Director of Photography: Joel Varjassy
Editors: Mike Gallant and Savanna Harvey
Lighting Technician/Costume Builder: Nancy Janzig
Sound Designers: Kyle Hinton and Savanna Harvey
Sound Engineer: Jordan Usselman
Set and Machine Builder: Lane Shordee
Build Team (The Plastic Fantastics): Lindsey Zess, Monica Ila, Ali DeRegt, Trevor Gieske, KP Smith, Jamie Tognazzini, Nancy Janzig, Geneviève Paré, Teigan Blondin de Boer
Digital Media and Interactive Designer: Mackenzie Parrott
Poster Design: Kelsi Kalmer
Executive Producer: Savanna Harvey with Great Canadian Films
Associate Producer: Mackenzie Parrott
Awards
2020 Ideas 2 Action Award, Innovation@Ucalgary, Calgary, AB
