AfterImage
Based on a short story by Michael Crummey
Adapted by Robert Chafe
Directed by Jillian Keiley
Composed by Jonathan Monro
May 26 - June 6, 2010
St. John’s, Newfoundland
An accidental electrocution and an unexpectedly forged family. These two seemingly disconnected events intertwine to tell a story of connectivity and belonging in Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland’s AfterImage, based on the short story by lauded novelist and poet Michael Crummey (author of River Thieves, The Wreckage and Galore).
Composer Jonathan Monro designed a new instrument for the production that integrates guitar and piano wire into the copper wire set. A multi-tasking musical eight person cast tell the story on a stage literally flowing with live electricity.
Crummey’s original narrative hums with danger and possibility, much like the world upon which Artistic Fraud’s retelling unfolds.
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Afterimage earns director Jillian Keiley a nod from Now Magazine in its year in review roundup. Check it out!
http://www.nowtoronto.com/stage/story.cfm?content=173018&archive=29,17,2009