Cahoots Theatre Company presents
SIA
by Matthew Mackenzie
March 24 – April 15, 2012
Studio Theatre
ENGLISH
SIA by Matthew MacKenzie
The day Canadian volunteer Nick Summers is scheduled to fly home from Ghana, he wakes up hung over and tied to a chair. His new friend Abraham, a former child soldier from Liberia, has taken him hostage in a desperate bid to stop a war crimes trial at the International Criminal Court. If Abraham does not succeed, Nick will not survive. This is the story of how personal choices can have global consequences. SIA shatters our First World illusions, forcing us to face the harsh truth: we are all prisoners of our own sense of entitlement.
FRENCH
SIA de Matthew MacKenzie
Le jour où le bénévole canadien, Nick Summers, doit quitter le Ghana pour rentrer au pays, il se réveille avec une gueule de bois et il se trouve attaché à une chaise. Son nouvel ami Abraham, ancien enfant soldat du Libéria, lui a pris en otage dans un effort désespéré d’empêcher un procès pour crimes de guerre à la Hague. Si Abraham rate son coup, Nick ne survivra pas. C’est une histoire qui démontre comment les choix personnels peuvent avoir de conséquences globales. SIA fait sauter nos illusions du Premier monde et nous oblige à faire face à une dure réalité : nous sommes tous prisonniers de nos sens gonflés de droit personnel.
SPANISH
SIA por Matthew MacKenzie
El día que el voluntario Canadiense Nick Summers está listo para regresar a Canada desde Ghana, se despierta borracho y amarrado a una silla. Su nuevo amigo Abraham, quien fué un niño soldado en Liberia, lo a secuestrado en un desperado atento por parar un proceso criminal de guerra en la corte Criminal Internacional. Si Abraham no lo logra, Nick no sobrevivirá. Esta es una historia de como una decision personal puede tener consecuencias globales. SIA destruye nuestras ilusiones Primer Mundista, forzándonos a encarar la dura verdad: todos somos prisioneros de nuestro propio sentido de derecho.
TAGALOG
SIA by Matthew MacKenzie
Noong araw na nakatakdang umuwi si Nick Summers, isang Canadian na kusang loob na nagkakawanggawa sa Ghana, nagising na lamang na nakagapos sa isang upuan. Si Abraham, ang kanyang bagong kaibigan, at dating batang sundalo ng Liberia ang bumihag sa kanya dahil sa malubhang hangarin ipatigil ang isang paglilitis sa isang krimen sanhi ng digmaan ng Pandaigdigan Hukuman Criminal (International Criminal Court). Kapag si Abraham ay hindi magtagumpay sa kanyang masidhing layunin, kamatayan and tiyak na haharapin ni Nick. SIA ay isang kuwento na kung paano ang isang personal o pansariling hangarin ay magkaroon ng pandaigdigang kahalagaan. Ang dula na ito ay tiyak na babaguhin ang ating pananaw sa mga mayayamang bansa at pilit ipinamumukha ang mapait na katotohanan ng tayo ay bilanggo ng sarili nating pananaw sa ating mga karapatan.
For tickets call 416.504.9971 or book online. For more information visit www.cahoots.ca
Directed by
Nina Lee Aquino
Starring
Jajube Mandiela
Brendan McMurtry-Howlett
Thomas Olajide
Set & Costume Design
Lindsay Anne Black
Lighting Design
Michelle Ramsay
Sound Design
Reza Jacobs
Stage Manager
Kai-Yueh Chen
Production Manager
& Technical Director
Douglas J. Morum
Producer
Sandra Lefrançois
VENUE
Factory Studio Theatre
125 Bathurst Street
DATES
March 24 - April 15, 2012