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CompanybioAmberHeartProductionsfounder,KristineGreenaway,isaplaywrightwhoseearlierworkincludessite-specificplaysthathavebeenstagedatchâteauxinSwitzerlandandFrance.Motherland,setinadark,dampurbanapartment,marksadecideddeparturefromthosefairy-talesettings!TheMotherlandcastfeaturesfourtalentedactors.
• ErikMrakovcic(Davit),agraduateoftheNationalTheatreSchool,wontheMaximMazumdarLegacyawardforperformingintheStephenvilleTheatreFestivalwhereheplayedinafolkoperaTheNobleman'sWeddingdirectedbyLoisBrownandappearedinaplayforyoungaudiencesJackMeetstheCatdirectedbySarahTilley.Hisactingcreditsinclude:TheFatherinWajdiMouawad’sTidelineandShatteredmaninDreams,bothdirectedbyKenGass.
• SusanQWilson(Ana)returnedtothethespianworldin2010.Duringthe
pasteightyears,shehasappearedin23stageproductions,22shortfilms,afeaturefilm,andanaward-winningwebseries.InDecember2016,SusanwontheBestLeadFemaleawardfromInternationalOnlineWebFest(basedinLondon,UK)forherroleasBeatriceinACloudtoWalkOn,directedbyAdamPedersen;thefilmitselfwonIOWF’sBestShortFilmaward.AtUofTinthe1960s,sheplayedatHartHouseTheatreunderthedirectionofthelegendaryRobertGill.Website:susanqwilson.workbooklive.com.
• KonstantinaMantelos(Line)isanactor,writer,andfilmproducerwhohas
trainedinToronto,EdinburghandNewYork.Heractingcreditsinclude:AliceSycamore,YouCan’tTakeItWithYou,RyersonUniversity;andJuliusCaesar,Caesar,WolfManorTheatreCollective.Sheisaco-founderofthefilmproductioncompanySpinningTopPictures.
• JeffreyKennes(Arman)isanactoranddirector,aswellasthefounderofthe
SMCTroubadours,atheatrecompanyattheUniversityofToronto.Hisactingcreditsinclude:MilesGloriousinAFunnyThingHappenedonthewaytotheForum(2017),HerrSchultzinCabaret(2016),ShigalovinThePossessed(2015),andFerdinandinTheTempest(2009).
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Theproductionteamisadynamicduo.
• AndrejaKovačisanaward-winningdirectorfromSloveniawithmorethan15yearsofprofessionalexperienceinEurope.Herdirectingcreditsincludelarge-scaleproductions,contemporaryplaydevelopment,andopera.KovačdirectedtheMotherlandpremièreatAlumnaeTheatre’sFireworksFestivalinNovember2016.
• Stagemanager,AmaleaRuffett,isanactor,playwright,andtheatrecreator
basedinToronto.AmaleagraduatedfromMcGillUniversity’sDramaandTheatreprogramin2016whereshegainedacomprehensiveknowledgeofphysicaltheatreandcollectivecreation.