jessika.clarke@live.ca
The December Man (L’homme de décembre)
By Colleen Murphy
Onstage: November 3rd – 13th 2021
Director: Alex Hawkins
Assistant Director: John Anderson
Stage Manager: John Anderson
Colleen Murphy’s play The December Man (L’homme de décembre) is based on a historical event. In December 1989, at the École Polytechnique in Montréal, 14 female engineering students were fatally shot by an armed intruder who objected to women trying to enter what he regarded as a male profession. The intruder prevented the male engineering students from intervening to stop these murders. In the play, the character Jean Fournier is one of the male students, and he is burdened by survivor guilt. Jean and his parents, Benoit and Kathleen, work hard to face this tragedy, and to help each other to recover from its effects on them as a family.
Cast:
Kathleen – Christine Gold
Benoit – J. Nelson Niwa
Jean – Filip Fufezan
Creative Team:
Director – Alex Hawkins
Stage & Production Manager Assistant Director – John Anderson
Set & Props Designer/Master Painter – Joan Hawkins
Costume Designer – Geri Dittrich
Sound Designer/Assistant Stage Manager – Cassandra Duval
Lighting Designer – Richard Hatfield
Model Designer & Builder – Pierre Valois
Co-Director of Publicity – Ed Medeiros
Kateri Delong – Lighting Board Operator