Caretakers

2021 / Performance, Port Credit

The Caretakers of Joy

A project with Frog in Hand

In Collaboration with the Frog in Hand Summer Company, The Caretakers wandered the streets of Port Credit with two tasks: (i) during the day they would simply interact with those enjoying the parks and the streets, on a hunt to learn and collect the joy of those they come across. Any answers they were given they would ask if they could hold onto it for the day, writing the answer on a card, catching it in a net, celebrating it with a dance, and being its caretaker for the day.

(ii) At night, the Caretakers would return with large puppets of light and music, celebrating the joy they had collected during the day, bringing light back to the nights after a long, dark year.

Cast:

Ankita Alemona
Erin Eldershaw
Sierra Household
Annalise Grammacione
Stephanie Harkness
Daniela Jezerinac
Zoe Kwan
Maria Riano
Kaitlyn Seibold
Eilish Shin-Culhane

Assistant Costume Designer:

Mariana Sandoval-Angel

Production Assistant:

Angela Xu

BIG THANKS:

Colleen Snell
Alice Cavanagh
Jessica Cen

Puppets:
Andrew Gaboury
Alice Cavanagh
David Anderson
Tamara Romanchuk