While Beatriz Pizano's upcoming play, La Comunión is the culmination of years of research and testimony with child soldiers in Colombia, it is also the beginning of many bridges built between the Latin and Canadian communities. These are bridges built with the understanding of what change Aluna Theatre is hoping to inspire with this riveting production. 

We are happy to announce the following community partners who are pitching in to make this production a message that is heard, loud and clear.

In partnership with Fundacion Imaginacion and Kahaniya, Aluna Theatre worked with youth affected by over 50 years of armed conflict in Colombia, teaching them theatre and photography workshops. The result is a multi-sensory exhibit including video, sound and photos created by the youth themselves. Come see what they have created before the each show of La Comunión.

 

Created with the support of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada/ avec l'appui d'Affaires étrangères et Commerce international Canada

To understand the intense preparation and research involved in this project, click on the video links below. If you've seen Aluna Theatre's Dora award-winning production of Madre or For Sale, you know that the sky is the limit to what the creative team dreams up.

Watch the video trailer.

 

 

Watch what they've been up to in rehearsals.

 

 

Watch as Aluna Theatre works with youth affected by over 50 years of armed conflict in Colombia, culminating in a multi-sensory art exhibit at the theatre.

 

Watch this expedition's impact on a five-year-old Canadian girl.

 

Find out what inspires lead actress Zarrin Darnell-Martin as she prepares to portray ex-child soldier, Pantera.

 

 

 

 

Aluna Theatre presents

A new play written & directed by Beatriz Pizano about one girl’s desperate search for hope and redemption. Based on the testimony of child soldiers in Colombia.

In English and Spanish.

Tickets: 416.975.8555 or click here.

 

Info: www.alunatheatre.ca

Come early to visit our exhibition of photography by youth caught in the armed conflict in Colombia.

*No latecomers.

Starring:

Carlos Arellano, Micheline Calvert, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Luis Delgado, Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, Rosa Laborde, Sam Malkin, Natalia Naranjo Moncada, Marilo Nunez and Michelle Polak.