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Toronto: Crow’s Theatre announces the cast of “Wights”

Friday, November 22, 2024

We are thrilled to unveil the cast for the highly anticipated world premiere of Liz Appel’s WIGHTS. This exceptional ensemble includes Ari Cohen (Infinite Life, Coal Mine Theatre), Sochi Fried (The Game of Love and Chance, Shaw Festival), Richard Lee (The Orphan of Chao, Shaw Festival), and Rachel Leslie (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Broadway).

Making her Crow’s Theatre debut is Liz Appel, an acclaimed New York-based Canadian writer and journalist with an MPhil from Cambridge (Modern and Medieval Languages), and an M.A. and MPhil from Yale (English).

The production is helmed by Crow’s Theatre Artistic Director Chris Abraham, whose recent successes include The Master Plan, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 and Rosmersholm.

“Universities are at the epicenter of today’s cultural and political clashes, and Wights brings this charged environment into sharp focus,” explains Chris Abraham. “Liz Appel has written a play that explores the conflicts surrounding race, identity, and power that have come to define our cultural moment. It’s both deeply personal and profoundly political, and we’re excited to bring this story to the stage.”

WIGHTS follows English Professor Anita Knight on the eve of a pivotal job interview for leadership at Yale’s newly formed Center for Reparative Thought and Justice. As her friends and husband gather to help her prepare, a sense of unease fractures their seemingly ordered world.

While an ideological battle rages inside, an unknown future looms just beyond the window, pressing to get in. Wights delves into the intricate power of language and its profound influence on our connections, society, and the very fabric of reality.

Don’t miss this bold, provocative exploration of our current times.

ON STAGE BEGINNING JANUARY 7

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