Squeamish

Northern Light Theatre | Squeamish
Northern Light Theatre | Squeamish
Northern Light Theatre | Squeamish
Northern Light Theatre | Squeamish

BY AARON MARK

October 21 – November 5, 2022
Studio Theatre Inside Fringe Theatre Adventures
10330 – 84 Ave


“…A horror-laced monologue about the aftermath of a suicide that will likely twist your innards and disturb your sleep… Theatre at its most provocative. Consider yourself warned.”


Featuring: Davina Stewart as Sharon
Director & Costume/Set Designer: Trevor Schmidt
Sound Designer: Mason Snelgrove
Lighting Designer: Chris Dela Cruz
Stage Manager: Liz Allison-Jorde


WARNING: Adult Content and Language

Single tickets now on sale!


Program


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Performance Dates

Thursday, October 20 – Preview 7:30pm, PWYC and Students Free

Friday, October 21 – Opening 7:30pm

Saturday, October 22 – 7:30pm

Sunday, October 23 – 2pm Matinee, 1pm Director’s Circle Event

Tuesday, October 25 – 7:30pm, 2 for 1 Tickets

Wednesday October 26 – 7:30pm

Thursday, October 27 – 7:30pm, Salon/Talkback Event following the performance

Friday, October 28 – 7:30pm

Saturday, October 29 – 7:30pm

Sunday, October 30 – 2pm Matinee
Sunday, October 30 – 10:30pm BONUS Late night show

Tuesday, November 1 – 7:30pm, 2 for 1 Tickets

Wednesday, November 2 – 7:30pm

Thursday, November 3 – 7:30pm

Friday, November 4 – 7:30pm

Saturday, November 5 – 2pm Matinee
Boxed brunch available!
Saturday, November 5 – 7:30pm, Closing

Add A Meal to Your Squeal!
Squeamish Saturday Matinee Brunch Boxes from Under the High Wheel are available for the November 5th matinee. Please purchase with your ticket before Wednesday November 2nd.

Brunch Box — $23
Belgian Waffle, Fresh fruit, Chantilly cream, maple syrup, chocolate sauce, Crispy bacon, Scone smoked salmon sandwich, Yogurt

Continental Box — $15
Croissant with jam & butter, Fresh fruit, Scone BLT & egg sandwich

Sharon, an Upper West Side shrink, longtime recovering alcoholic, and world-class hemophobe, finds herself in the South Plains of Texas—off her psychotropic drugs—after her nephew’s sudden death. SQUEAMISH is a grotesque tale of phobia and compulsion, a minimalist work of psychological horror about craving what terrifies us most.

CAST & COMPANY

Trevor Schmidt

Director, Costume & Set Designer

Trevor Schmidt

Director, Costume & Set Designer

Trevor is the Artistic Director of Northern Light Theatre as well as a performer, designer of set and costume, a published playwright and a multiple award winner. He has been awarded twice for playwrighting (THE WATERMELON GIRLS, and CHANGE ROOM),for directing the Canadian premieres of Carol Anne Duffy’s THE WORLD’S WIFE and Sean Graney’s THE 4TH GRADERS PRESENT AN UNNAMED LOVE-SUICIDE and the outstanding production award for the Canadian premiere of Elise Forier Edie’s THE PINK UNICORN. For Guys In Disguise, where he is an Artistic Associate, he has also performed the one-man show COFFEE DAD, CHICKEN MOM, AND THE FABULOUS BUDDHA BOI, penned by Nick Green in New York as part of the FRIGID FESTIVAL for which he also received the award for Outstanding Performance, and the Outstanding New Fringe Play (co-written and created with Darrin Hagen) for FLORA & FAWNA’S FIELD TRIP (both at the Sterling Awards), and Outstanding Touring Production at the Critic’s Awards in Calgary. Also for Guys In Disguise, he received an Orlando Fringe award for his performance for Bette Davis in the much-lauded BITCHSLAP.

Davina Stewart

Sharon

Davina Stewart

Sharon

Davina (she/her), is an award winning actress, improviser, director and graduate of the U of A BFA Acting program. She’s been fortunate to have worked with many of Edmonton’s theatre companies selected credits include; Sexy LaundryDeathtrap (Mayfield Dinner Theatre) Cottagers and Indians, Vanya, Sonia, Mash and Spike (Shadow Theatre); Something Unspoken, (Northern Light Theatre); Pia & Maria (Concrete Theatre); Witch Hunt At The Strand (Workshop West Theatre) Cocktails At Pam’s, Pith, The Vile Governess (Teatro Quindicina); Marion Bridge, A Beautiful View (Theatre Network); BitchSlap! (Guys In Disguise); An Ideal Husband (Citadel Theatre).

Most recently she directed The Hunchback VariationsAll In The Timing- Sure Thing, Salsa Lesson (Edmonton Fringe), Prettier Woman (Spotlight) and appeared in; It’s A Wonderful Christmas Carol (Spotlight) Woman Caught Unaware (Edmonton Fringe & Victoria Fringe).

Davina is one third of the hit info-tainment extravaganza Hey Ladies! which will be returning to live in person performances in 2022/23 find out more at Hey Ladies! on Facebook.

Mason Snelgrove

Sound Designer

Mason Snelgrove

Sound Designer

Mason is grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this show through sound design. Previous sound designs include: The Great Whorehouse Fire of 1921 (Northern Light Theatre), Woman Caught Unaware (Davina Stewart/Fringe), Destination Wedding (Whizzgiggling), and Destination Vegas (Whizzgiggling). Mason is an accomplished instrumentalist, composer and performer.

Chris Dela Cruz

Lighting Designer

Chris Dela Cruz

Lighting Designer

Chris has spent the last 12 years making theatre things happen for many amazing theatre people. He couldn’t be more excited to be working with NLT once again. Enjoy the show!

Liz Allison-Jorde

Stage Manager

Liz Allison-Jorde

Stage Manager

Elizabeth was born and raised in Edmonton and has spent most of her adult life here, working in theatre with almost every theatre company in town. Primarily a Stage Manager and Administrator, she has also worked as a Costume Designer/Builder, Props Master, Director, Producer, and every once in a while an Actress. After attending both the Theatre Production and Theatre Arts programs at MacEwan University, she spent the better part of her first year out of school playing the role of Jan in GREASE across Canada.
Her history with Northern Light Theatre also goes way back. One of the first performances she remembers seeing as a child, was a production of WINNIE THE POOH, which was a part of NLT’s inaugural season, this was just the beginning of her love of Edmonton Theatre. She was on the board of NLT from 1995 to 2003, including the role of Board President for two years and she has stage managed many productions for them over the last two decades including, LOVE, SPEECH AND DEBATE, THE 4th GRADERS PRESENT AN UNNAMED LOVE-SUICIDE, SLUT, 19-WEEKS, ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES, BARONESS BIANKA’S BLOOD SONGS, EVERYBODY LOVES ROBBIE, SQUEAMISH, ENOUGH, A HUNDRED WORDS FOR SNOW, DONNA ORBITS THE MOON, and A PHOENIX TOO FREQUENT.
In 2016 she co-founded NextGen Theatre with her daughter, a company committed to keeping the different generations creating theatre together. She is a Sterling Nominated Costume Designer for PEACE, LOVE AND ROCK’N’ROLL 2, at The Mayfield Dinner Theatre, has Stage Managed several Sterling nominated and winning shows and last year the Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Committee honoured her with The Margaret Mooney Award for Outstanding Achievement in Administration.
Thank you for supporting live theatre and enjoy the show!