A shipment of alcohol is dumped on an icy shore, along with four young stowaways. As bleak as Wuthering Heights, with the wind tapping at a door, blood-stained bedclothes, and filled with a looming presence.
The Concordian : It "will have you twisting in your seat as the playwright explores the perversion of the human mind and the extremes it is capable of ...the play has a profound message about solitude and the human mind"— Enrico Quilico, 2009‑10‑13.
Text / Texte : Marilyn Perreault;
Translator / Traduction : Nadine Desrochers;
Director / Mise en scène : Emma Tibaldo.
A shipment of alcohol is dumped on an icy shore, along with four young stowaways. As bleak as Wuthering Heights, with the wind tapping at a door, blood-stained bedclothes, and filled with a looming presence.
Mielke : Julie Tamiko Manning;
Nox : Rockne Corrigan;
Ali : Stefanie Buxton;
Taymore : Alex McCooeye;
Sola : Lucinda Davis.
Set / Décor : Lyne Paquette;
Costumes / Costume : Fruzsina Lanyi;
Lighting / Éclairage : David Perreault Ninacs;
Sound / Son : Michael Leon;
Movement / Mouvement : Rasili Botz.
This translation is commissioned and developed by Playwrights' Workshop Montreal's Cole Foundation Emerging Translator program.
ACQT : "We are pleased to announce that our English-language premiere of Marilyn Perreault's Rock, Paper, Jackknife... translated by Nadine Desrochers, has been nominated for the 2009 ACQT prize in the category 'Théâtre anglophone'." — 2009‑10‑25. More / Plus...
John Abbott College : "Recently, I took a group of my theatre students to see Rock, Paper, Jackknife.... This play presents us a difficult, disturbing and beautifully poetic text, as Perreault attempts to create a new hybrid language for her characters to traverse the labyrinth of their dysfunction. In the discussing the play in the subsequent week in class, the students grappled with how the author is asking us to question the very nature of language, and—even though the play was set in a nebulous time and place—she is making a comment on a volatile political and cultural topic that affects each of my students' daily lives. I was once again struck how vital a medium theatre is to our society." — Andrew Cuk, 2009‑10‑25. More / Plus...
The Hour : "The world is full of people who spend their time quietly doing amazing things. ...Emma Tibaldo is one of these subtle superheroes. ...Leaping building-sized themes is what theatre does best, but Rock, Paper, Jackknife... goes even further. The script stretches language itself by twisting grammar and using words in unconventional ways. The result is a more visceral and innocent form of expression."— Brett Hooton, 2009‑10‑01. More / Plus...
The Gazette : "Over 32 days following the arrival of the stowaways, everyone descends deeper and deeper into Arctic hell, within a beautifully designed, corrugated metal shack that doubles as a classroom and a living space. ...the performaces are admirably ernest and energetic. Manning and Davis, in particular, are often riveting."— Pat Donnely, 2009‑10‑14. More / Plus...
Rover Arts : "This is a play which goes to a very dark place in human experience and it resonates with the worst and most savage results there. It is an edgy and very postmodern work which challenges the audience to follow the drama down to its horrible conclusion. It was Lord of the Flies on ice with alcohol and glue sniffing thrown into the mix."— Anna Fuerstenberg, 2009‑10‑13. More / Plus...
The Concordian : "Rock, Paper, Jackknife... ...will have you twisting in your seat as playwright Marilyn Perreault explores the perversion of the human mind and the extremes it is capable of ...the play has a profound message about solitude and the human mind. Originally written in French, the play is masterfully translated by Nadine Desrochers and well directed by Emma Tibaldo."— Enrico Quilico, 2009‑10‑13. More / Plus...
