WINDS Stages 'SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER' at University of Toronto This Week

A moving and vital adaptation of Kerry Kennedy's book, this chamber production of Ariel Dorfman's play SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER: VOICES FROM BEYOND THE DARK details the true stories of a variety of human rights defenders.

Maxim Basu and Jacqueline Siuco­ direct a show which is international in scope but which uses inventive, minimalist staging to illuminate these subjects' engagement with injustice in a manner that is intimate, provocative, and ultimately hopeful. A WINDS production, it will play this November 5-­7th at Kruger Hall, University of Toronto [119 St. George Street]. Tickets are Pay What You Can (suggested $10).

As part of this production's radically minimalist engagement with the dramatic form, traditional notions of 'roles' have been obliterated. Instead, the cast have all been given equal voices through which these stories are told. The show features the performing talents of (in alphabetical order): Nicole Bell, Lily Che, Katy Czajkowski, Megane Degousee, Buke Erkoc, Melissa Fearon, Armon Ghaeinizadeh, Anna Halvorsen, Krystyna Hunt, Shane Kennedy, Konstantin Knezic, Alevtina Lapiy, Audrey Lee, Aleksandra Maslennikova, Yasmin Mostafa, Quang Ngo­Trong, Veronika Ressina, Nikki Sampson, Maher Sinno, and Danielle Thompson.

Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Darkis stage managed by Nisha Malhotraand Assistant Stage Managed by Sila Elgin.Maxim Basu acts as the dramaturg with Jacqueline Siu as the movement consultant. The Production Manager is Shak Haqwho is also the Associate Director for this production.

The Woodsworth Innis New College Drama Society (WINDS) represents a partnership between the Woodsworth Performing Arts Collective (WolfPAC), New Faces, and Innis College. WINDS aims to provide opportunities in the performing arts for Woodsworth College, Innis College, and New College students, as well as members of the greater University of Toronto community. As a new initiative at the University of Toronto, WINDS strives to follow the University's tradition of excellence in theatre by staging inclusive, ground­breaking, and engaging productions which are both entertaining and socially relevant. Read more at www.windramasociety.com.

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