Finale Part 1: Quarantine

The year is 2187. A group of strangers gather outside of x̌ʷay̓x̌ʷəy̓ in time for the Equinox. They must first quarantine themselves before entering the sphere. The travelers are met by the famous Archivist Phe, who ushers them in with news of a mysterious and impending message from the Fungal Intelligence. 

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Creative Team:

Rae Takei as Phe

Mela Pietropaolo as the Fungal Intelligence

Derek Chan as Huilo

Yoshie Bancroft as Doctor Eli Wong

Tiffany Ayalik as Pijujuq

Inuksuk Mackay as Uqhuuyaq

Raugi Yu as Coyote

Stephanie Wong as the Myconet Computer Voice.

Original music by Benton Roark & Jessica McMann.

Directed by Stephanie Wong.

Written by Jessica Schacht & Paolo Pietropaolo with contributions from Melanie Yeats, Benton Roark, Stephanie Wong & Debi Wong.

Dramaturgy and Casting Direction by Melanie Yeats.

Sound Design by Rebecca Nolan.

Audio Producers, Rebecca Nolan and Olivia Quan.

Creative Producer, Stephanie Wong.

Executive Producer, Debi Wong.

Original concept by Debi Wong & Benton Roark. 

Artistic Directors, Debi Wong & Benton Roark.

This project was produced by re:Naissance Opera.

reopera.ca/the-apocrypha-chronicles/

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Music from the Apocrypha Chronicles was performed and recorded by Jessica McMann and Benton Roark, with additional performances by Jae-won Bang on violin, Daniel Morphy on percussion, Ellen Marple on trombone, Carole Bestvater on violin, Kate Read on viola, Vernon Regehr on cello, and Bill Brennan on percussion and piano. Additional recording engineering by Michelle LaCour.Excerpts of original works by the following artists:

Renae Morriseau

Modern Biology

Desiree Dawson

PIQSIQ

Kyle Gryphon

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In E6, you listened to an excerpt of the original work 'Hyphae' by Ruby Singh.

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Special thanks to the following people who contributed their stories about leaving to grow:

Waubgeshig Rice

Renae Morriseau

Modern Biology

Cassandra Blondin Burt

Angie Eckel

Debi Wong

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Very special thanks to Victor Guerin of the Musqueam for sharing his knowledge of the Hun’q’umi’num language and to Cassandra Blondin Burt for sharing their imagination. 

This podcast was produced on the stolen lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

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The Apocrypha Chronicles was made possible through generous support from The Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of British Columbia. 

This season is dedicated to the memory of Olivia Quan.