Petawawa

Afghan/Canadian Actor Kawa Ada and Artistic Director Christopher Morris in Herat – October, 2008.

See the workshop presentation of Petawawa on Sunday March 27th at 1:30pm in the Fermenting Cellar, Distillery District, Toronto. For more information and to reserve your spot contact Caitlin Weld: caitlin@humancargo.ca

Petawawa is an international creation that will explore how the war in Afghanistan is affecting the families of soldiers in combat. The material for the play will come from interviews with Canadian, Afghan and Pakistani families of soldiers. Created in collaboration with Pakistan’s Ajoka Theatreand Kabul’s Foundation for Culture and Civil Society, Petawawa will be created by Canadian, Afghan and Pakistani actors, Canadian playwright Jonathan Garfinkel and Human Cargo’s Artistic Director Christopher Morris. The first creation workshop was with Canadian actors in Petawawa, Ontario, the second creation workshop was with the Pakistani actor in Lahore, Pakistan and the third workshop was in Kabul, Afghanistan. Now in the fourth and final creation workshop in Toronto, Canada the three stories are being brought together to create the final production. When complete it will be performed in English, Dari and Urdu, and will tour to Petawawa, Toronto, Lahore, Islamabad and Kabul.