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CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS – how to drink Mate

**FESTIVAL UPDATE**

Unfortunately due to illness both performances of HOW TO DRINK MATE have been cancelled. The Directors Lab Sharings will continue with performances of Chitra and Weltamultiek as planned. 

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How to Drink Mate follows Peli and the woman in her family as they explore culture, identity and what it means to be home. From Argentina to Calgary, what can we bring with us and what gets left behind?

CONTENT AND SENSORY ADVISORIES: mildly mature themes

RUN TIME: 90 minute Triple-Bill, two 10 minute intermissions (paired with WELTAMULTIEK and Chitra)

MASK MANDATORY PERFORMANCE: Thursday May 16

ACCESS NOTE: Printed scripts will be available to patrons upon request

How to Drink Mate

  • Director : Autumn Davis
  • Playwright: Mariel Calvo
  • Stage Manager: Bella Szpala
  • Costume Designer: Scotia Cox
  • Lighting Designer: Natalia Cortes
  • Set Designer: Brenda Quỳnh Diep

Schedule

Part of the 2024 Festival

This production is made possible through lead support of the Stratford Festival. The Costume Design is made possible Young People’s Theatre as the Design Lab Wardrobe + Shop Partner

First developed at Tarragon Theatre Young Playwrights Unit 2022

Location

Native Earth Performing Art’s Aki Studio

250-585 Dundas Street East
Toronto, ON M5A 2B7
https://www.nativeearth.ca/akistudio/

Accessibility

Native Earth Performing Arts and Artscape strive to provide equal treatment to and equitable benefits of its services, programs and facilities in a manner that respects the dignity and independence of people with disabilities.

  • The Dundas Street entrance provides barrier-free access to the building
  • Two elevators are located in the South Lobby
  • All floors have accessible washrooms and stalls, as well as accessible drinking fountains
  • Signage throughout the building is written in Braille
  • A hearing enhancement system is available in Aki Studio and the Ada Slaight Hall

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Autumn Davis

Autumn Davis (She/Her) is a Des McAnuff award winning artist and actor. She obtained her BFA in Acting from TMU (Ryerson University) in 2022. Born and raised in Scarborough, she passionately attacks performance and creation with curiosity and joyful collaboration.

This enthusiastic mover and singer is simply jazzed to continually explore classic texts, dark comedies, directing, filmmaking and writing in whatever forms they may take.

Acting credits include:
Badhat’s Storybook Search (Bella/Ms.Locks), Obsidian’s Surviving a Widowed
Father (Alison), Guildwood Festival Theatre’s Alice in Wonderland (The Queen of
Hearts).

Directing/Writing credits include:
Paprika Festival – Mama Loves Her Pies
Human Lights Festival – All the Advice in the World
RHSA Fringe – Go Easy

Scotia Cox

Scotia Cox (she/her) is a Tkaronto-based stage manager, multi-disciplinary theatre designer and a recent graduate of TMU’s Performance Production program. Select theatre credits include: A Christmas Carol (Soup Can Theatre, Three Ships Collective), The Effect (Coalmine Theatre),

X and da Spirit (Theatre Passe Muraille), Trojan Girls and the Outhouse of Atreus (Outside the March, Factory Theatre), Art in Transit: Luminato on the Go! (Luminato Festival)