Photo by Dahlia Katz
Wildfire
by David Paquet, translated by Leanna Brodie
A dark comedy about a family overcoming a difficult childhood. Claudette, Claudia, and Claudine are triplets who live in the same triplex. They are reeling from being raised by an unloving mother. They do what they can to get by. Claudette keeps her young son in a cage, Claudia has developed an unhealthy interest in her mailman, and Claudine has taken to befriending baked goods. The three sisters live nearby but never see each other and only communicate by phone. That is until Claudia leaves her apartment one day, reuniting the sister and forever altering their lives.
Cast & Creative
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Paul Dunn
Claudine/Callum
Paul’s career has spanned three decades and eight provinces. He spent the years before the pandemic touring Mark Crawford’s hit two-hander Bed and Breakfast nationally. Before that, he co-created and starred in The Gay Heritage Project at Buddies and Bad Times, and on national tour. Recent Theatre Credits: Bed and Breakfast (Arts Club & tour, Globe, GCTC, Belfry, Centaur); TomorrowLove (Outside the March); Bang Bang (Magnus); Tartuffe (NAC Newfoundland tour); The Gay Heritage Project (BIBT, The Cultch, Citadel, Belfry); Pig (BIBT)
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Soo Garay
Caroline/Claudette
Soo Garay's accomplished career has taken her across Canada, the U.S. and Europe, touring on stage and shooting in some unforgettable locations. She has been called “Mesmerizing” by John Kaplin, “Magical” by Chris Dupuis, “Magnetic” by Richard Ouzounian, and “Graceful” by H.J. Kirchhoff. Soo is proud to be part of this production. www.soogaray.net
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Zorana Sadiq
Zorana Sadiq is an award-winning Toronto-based actor, playwright and classical musician. A multidisciplinary artist of Pakistani descent, her work spans different types of performance from theatre, verbatim theatre, radio and television to chamber music, modern opera and new music.
Performance: A Sense of Place (Music Gallery), MixTape (Crow’s Theatre-Dora Mavor Moore nomination for Outstanding Performance, Grand Theatre), Into the Woods (STC), Wildfire (Factory Theatre), Towards Youth (Crow’s Theatre), CHILD-ish (Summerworks Lab), Eleven Moons (Boston Musica Viva), Bend it Like Beckham (Starvox), Helen’s Necklace (Canadian Rep Theatre), , The Enchanted Loom (Cahoots Theatre), , Sultans of the Street (Young People’s Theatre- Dora Mavor Moore for Best Ensemble), as well as appearances with Necessary Angel Theatre, Soulpepper’s Global Cabaret, Vancouver’s Turningpoint Ensemble, Soundstreams Canada, The Tanglewood Music Centre, Bad New Days, Banff Summer Arts Festival, Calgary Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Boston Musica Viva.
Television: Strays, In the Dark, Designated Survivor, Kim's Convenience, The Mulroneys, Burnt Toast.