SAMCA is a dark, immersive folktale play with original music. Set in the late 1800's in Hoia Baicu Forest, the most haunted forest in the world, we meet two sisters, Mihaela and Prava; and the Zâne, fertility forest spirits that guide us through pockets of memories found in the forest. It is said that the Romanian mythological figure, 'Samca', attacked pregnant women and their unborn babies. SAMCA is an interdisciplinary experience that includes conversations and themes of fertility, abortion, and fear of the 'feminine' body.

cast

KATHLEEN WELCH ......................................................... PRAVA
NATALIA BUSHNIK ........................................................ MIHAEHLA
ANDRA ZLATESCU ..............................................................VESTITIA
MADELINE ELLIOT KENNEDY ............……………........SLALO
JENNA GEEN .............................................................................GLUVIANA
CAMILA FARAH ........................................................................TIHA
SYDNEY NICHOLSON ...................................................VALNOMIA
ELIF COSKUN ........................................................................SCORCOILA BEATRICE KWAN ...................................................................SINA
FAE ALEXANDER ......................................................................NICOSDA

crew

BRENDAN KINNON ....................DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/SET DESIGN
NATALIA BUSHNIK ....................PLAYWRIGHT/PRODUCER
KATHLEEN WELCH ......................PLAYWRIGHT/MUSIC COMPOSER/COSTUME DESIGN
SKYE ROGERS.................................... CHOREOGRAPHER
ALEX VERGE.............................................STAGE MANAGER
FRANCO PANG.................................... LIGHTING DESIGNER/PRODUCTION MANAGER
CIARAN CONNAIRE....................SET DESIGN