“ ‘Love for gas, gas for cash, cash for living, living for love.’ It is simple, heartbreaking, and summarizes the play perfectly.” Crystal Wood, Mooney on Theatre

PRODUCTION CREDITSPRODUCTION CREDITSPRODUCTION CREDITSPRODUCTION CREDITS

Playwright: Donna-Michelle St. Bernard

Director/Dramaturge: Philip Adams

Actors:

Peter Bailey (Mr. Man) Jamie Robinson (Chickn) Nawa Nicole Simon (Lola) Dienye Waboso (Gigi)

Set and Costume Designer: Jackie Chau

Design Assistant: Isidra Cruz

Lighting Designer: Michelle Ramsay

Sound Designer: Nicholas Murray

Choreographer: Vivine Scarlett

Stage Manager: Stephanie Nakamura

Production Manager: Aiden Nagle

Publicist: Raine Liliefeldt

Graphic Design: Keith Barker

Production Photography: Nir Bareket

“That longing gives a strong heart to Donna-Michelle St.

Bernard’s writing, and it also inspires Philip Adams’

direction; all four actors capture that heart with quiet

passion.”

Jon Kaplan, NOW Magazine

SYNOPSISSYNOPSISSYNOPSISSYNOPSIS

Gigi and Lola are teenagers, friends and sex trade

workers in a border town, playing out their role in

a depressed economy

love for gas gas for cash cash for living living for love.

~ ~ ~

Lola’s brother, Chickn, ekes out his own living

while, keeping an ever watchful eye for Gigi’s

affections and Lola’s safety.

~ ~ ~

Lola and Gigi prove that love is not a luxury, but

an inevitability that endures all circumstance. They

lift each other up through story, song and play,

making space for joy around the edges of survival.

“Dark, ponderous, and stirring, it’s an impressionable story-

telling vehicle that gets surprising mileage from a cast that

holds on tight and simply doesn’t let go”

Steve Berketo, Torontostage.com

LOGISTICSLOGISTICSLOGISTICSLOGISTICS

Cast size: 4

Crew size: 2

Duration: 75 minutes

Set: The set design, created for Theatre Passe

Muraille’s cozy backspace is flexible, portable,

unique, strong and adaptable to presenter spaces,

creating anew the evocative atmosphere that caused

more than one patron to remark that it felt like they

were “back there all over again,” although few were

referring to the same “there.” It is our preference

to play in studio theatres with a capacity no larger

than 200 in order to preserve this intimate feel.

Outreach: The company actively reaches out into

various communities to create networks, alliances,

receptive audiences for our own work and intercul-

tural/interdisciplinary work in general. As a result,

we can contribute to outreach in many communities

across the country to solicit audiences from relevant

cultural communities.

“Coupled with St. Bernard’s poignant language are four

stunning performances which make Gas Girls a vivid

theatrical experience.”

Amanda Campbell, TWISI Theatre Blog

GAS GIRLS PEDIGREEGAS GIRLS PEDIGREEGAS GIRLS PEDIGREEGAS GIRLS PEDIGREE

Alberta Theatre Projecst Enbridge 2009 Emerging

Playwrights Award

2nd in Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition

Four Dora Award Nominations for

Outstanding New Play - DM St. Bernard

Outstanding Male Actor - Jamie Robinson

Outstanding Female Actor - Nawa Nicole Simon)

Outstanding Set Design - Jackie Chau

Development supported through Ontario Arts

Council's Theatre Creator’s Reserve Program.

Recommender: bcurrent theatre

Excerpts were presented at Theatre Passe

Muraille’s BUZZ Festival 2009

“A strong production that’s both brash and sensitive.”

Jon Kaplan, NOW Magazine

ABOUT NEW HARLEM PRODUCTIONSABOUT NEW HARLEM PRODUCTIONSABOUT NEW HARLEM PRODUCTIONSABOUT NEW HARLEM PRODUCTIONS

New Harlem Productions is an artist centred

company based in Toronto whose directive is

• to represent marginalized voices

• to contribute to vital dialogues through artistic expression

• to create a platform for necessary stories to be told

Artistic DirectorArtistic DirectorArtistic DirectorArtistic Director

Donna-Michelle St. Bernard

Advisory CommitteeAdvisory CommitteeAdvisory CommitteeAdvisory Committee

Brenda St. Bernard, David Yee, Joan Kivanda,

Isaac Thomas, Kern Albert, Philip Adams, Raine

Liliefeldt, Sandra LeFrancois, Tara Beagan

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newharlemproductions@gmail.com

416-804-1702

The work of New Harlem Productions is

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