REVOLVER FESTIVAL | MAY 2019
PRODUCED BY Killjoy Theatre IN ASSOCIATION WITH UPINTHEAIR THEATRE

Two estranged sisters reunite in an East Van backyard: one queer and polyamorous, the other monogamous and on the run from motherhood.

The Way You Carry On tells the heartfelt story of Kelly and Nic, two estranged sisters in their mid-thirties, who are women we don’t often get to see. Nic is queer, polyamorous and about to have her first child in a blended family of four co-parents. Kelly has just left her nuclear family – her husband and two young children – as a way of affirming her selfhood and her truth. Sitting in Nic’s backyard in East Van, on unceded coast salish territory, we witness two women on the brink of transformation as they confront the forces in their lives that both shaped and alienated them.

Dramaturgy by Heidi Taylor

Directed by Mika Laulainen
Assistant Direction by Sabrina Auclair
Stage Managed by Sammie Hatch
Set Design by Kimira Bhikum
Costume Design by Melicia Zaini
Lighting Design by Harika Xu
Sound Design by CJ McGillivray
Photos by Jayda Paige Photography

Performed by Michelle Martin & Sara Vickruck

Premiered as part of the 2019 Killjoy Play Series
SOLD OUT RUN