Fragments / January 2009, PIVOT, Whitehorse, YK

In July 2008, Tanya Marquardt and dramaturge DD Kugler interviewed fifteenWhitehorse residents, recording their personal stories at the sites specific to where the stories occurred. Using the actual language of the interviews as inspiration for a new play, Fragments is about the intimacy of home and the often complicated search for belonging, resulting in a multi-voiced and episodic script where one actor plays fifteen different characters. As part of the PIVOT Festival, Craig Hall directed David Bloom and Marquardt, who performed the script alongside a Whitehorse production directed and performed by Celia McBride. The audience saw two versions of the same text, giving feedback to the creative team about contrast, performance style and design. Different voices, same words. One ticket. Same venue.

‘Tanya has used a very unconventional method –editing recorded voices- to create a dreamy, swirling and poetic world. The result is surprising and moving.’ - David Skelton, Artistic Director, Nakai Theatre / Pivot Festival

Fragments was created with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts and the BC Arts Council.