As Ukraine enters the fifth year of Russia’s ongoing invasion, Christopher Morris presents a powerful new work inspired by the artists who survived the March 2022 bombing of Ukraine’s historic Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre in Mariupol.
The play follows two actresses, best friends whose lives are forever changed by the bombing. One collaborates with Russians in the rebuilt Mariupol Theatre. The other creates theatre for injured Ukrainian soldiers in Western Ukraine. Both are haunted by the choices they made that day to survive.
The Ghosts of Mariupol confronts impossible questions about survival, collaboration, truth, and resistance. It asks: when war shatters moral clarity, what’s the true cost of survival? And how do you hold on to yourself when war has changed you forever?
A Human Cargo and Royal Manitoba Theatre Company Co-production in Association with Crow’s Theatre and Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre (Mariupol)
Cast : Amy Matysio (with additional cast to be announced) Playwright and Director : CHRISTOPHER MORRIS
Productions
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Human Cargo is a Toronto-based theatre company devoted to the creation, production and touring of new theatrical works.
MISSION STATEMENT
Human Cargo is dedicated to the creation of theatre that explores the extremes of the human condition. It’s our goal to bring new voices to the world stage, offer diverse perspectives of the human condition and celebrate our evolving Canadian identity.
We collaborate with theatre artists and companies in Canada, and around the world, to create our work. We develop our plays over long periods of time, in the countries and communities the play is set in, and present these multi-lingual productions, with international casts, in Canada and the places they were created in.
We strive to create innovative, theatrical experiences that will inspire audiences to re-evaluate their personal and global perspectives of the human condition. We provide a safe environment for audiences to engage in a thorough and thought-provoking discussion of ideas. We implement a touring/presentation model that reaches out to a new generation of viewing public and embraces the diverse make-up of our ever-changing society.
Devoted to the empowerment of youth, we strive to present their stories in our work and create opportunities for youth to excel.
Supporters
Human Cargo is grateful for the generous support of these founding donor organizations
We would also like to pay tribute to our generous corporate sponsors for their charitable support of the performing arts
We would also like to thank the individuals who have made a contribution to help bring our stories to life
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$50-$99
Maureen Blackie
Majdi Bou-Matar
Itai Erdal
Sara Farb
Natalie Harrower
Nathan Medd
Michelle Ramsay
Esther Purves-Smith
Elizabeth Plunkett
Vicki Stroich
Shannon Taylor
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$100-$249
Nicole D’Aoust
Alison Dewis
Andrew & Wendy Eakins
Tara Nicodemo
Gordon Rand
Govind Rao
Jules Scott
Ann Stuart
Rosemary Thompson
Dorothea M Moore
Harveen Sandhu
Tim Fort
Heather Daley
Julia Morgan
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$250-$499
Alon Nashman
Paul Garfinkel
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$500-$999
Steve A Cosens
Charles Christie Hill
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$1000 +
Who We Are
Though Human Cargo works with a diverse group of theatre professionals from several different continents, we function thanks to the dedication of the following core members:
Committed to the empowerment of youth, Human Cargo runs theatre mentorship and educational workshops for youth.
These workshops aim to strengthen the student’s skills in group work, public speaking and creating theatre.
Since 2007, Human Cargo has worked extensively in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Recently, this has extended to the Arctic communities of Kugluktuk, Cape Dorset, Cambridge Bay, and the Curve Lake First Nation.
