New College and The School of the Environment Presents:

Broadleaf Theater in: Chemicall Valley

A breathtaking blend of documentary-theatre, innovative projection design, a charismatic script and playful solo-performance engage and implicate audiences in The Chemical Valley Project. This urgent production delves gracefully into difficult conversations on Indigenous treaty rights, the nature of contemporary Canadian identity and values, and Canada’s notorious “Chemical Valley”.

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Located in Sarnia, Ontario, the Aamjiwnaang First Nations reserve and its 900 residents are smothered by one of Canada’s largest petrochemical corridors: the Chemical Valley. Siblings Vanessa Gray and Beze Gray have dedicated their lives to fighting the pollution that threatens their community’s health, safety, and future. Theatre makers and friends Julia Howman and Kevin Matthew Wong document Vanessa and Beze’s vital activism and journeys as land defenders and water protectors. Through an innovative blend of projection design, object puppetry, and solo-performance, The Chemical Valley Project seeks to spark conversations on Canadian environmental policy, treaty rights and Indigenous relations, and the current nature of Canadian identity and values.

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aamjiwnaangsolidarity.org

The Team

Co-created by: Kevin Matthew Wong and Julia Howman

Writer / Performer: Kevin Matthew Wong

Production Design / Projections Operation : Julia Howman

Dramaturgy and Advisement: Vanessa Gray

Dramaturgy and Advisement: Beze Gray

Lighting Design: John Cabanela and Julia Howman

Sound Design: Frank Incer and Kevin Matthew Wong

Sound Design Assistant: Aidan O’Brien

Original Compositions by: Minha Lee, with contributions from Michael Henley

Stage Management: Heather Bellingham

Producer: Emma Westray