Soulpepper Theatre's 25th Year Celebrates its 2022 Opening

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Here is Soulpepper’s 2022 announcement opening:

The Golden Record (running February 9 – February 27) – A Soulpepper Concert

Created by Divine Brown, Frank Cox-O’Connell, Beau Dixon, Raha Javanfar, Travis Knights, Andrew Penner, Mike Ross and Sarah Wilson

How do we explain humanity and life on our planet as we know it? This Soulpepper concert is inspired by The Voyager Golden Record, a phonograph message that NASA sent out into space in an effort to communicate our world to any extraterrestrials who might find it. The album contained sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth.

The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale by Haley McGee (running February 11 – March 6)

Haley McGee was on the phone with Visa, promising to pay off her bill by having a yard sale, when she realised the only things she could sell were gifts from her exes. Inspired by this call, The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale is a hilarious and daring show about calculating the cost of love… or what love costs us. 

Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau (running April 7 – May 8) – Canadian Premiere

‘Pipeline’ is a deeply moving story of a single mother’s fight to give her son a better future. Nya is an inner-city teacher who is desperate to give her son the opportunities she knows aren’t available in the public school system. When an incident at his private school threatens to get him expelled, she must confront her son’s rage and her own choices that led him there. 

Where the Blood Mixes by Kevin Loring (running May 26-June 26)

Where the Blood Mixes takes us to the place where the rivers meet, to the heart of a family. After decades apart, Christine returns to her First Nations community to reconnect with her father. Her return provokes his memories of the Residential School system and together they must confront that legacy and its effect on their family. With beautiful heart and great humour, this is a celebration of resilience and the healing power of stories.

Kamloopa by Kim Senklip Harvey (running June 23 – July 24) – Toronto Premiere

With brilliance, irreverence, and fearless wit, three Indigenous women hit the road on their way to the largest powwow on the West Coast – and to self-discovery. But how do you discover yourself when Columbus allegedly already did that? Come along for the ride to connect with the ancestors on this mind bending and boundary blurring adventure.

Queen Goneril by Erin Shields (running August 25 – Oct 2 in repertory with King Lear) – World Premiere

Set seven years before Shakespeare's legendary play King Lear, Queen Goneril is seen through the eyes of his three daughters fighting a patriarchal system at odds with their aspirations. In Goneril, Regan and Cordelia we find a natural-born leader, a boundary pusher and a reluctant peacekeeper trying to survive and find their voices in their father’s kingdom. But how can they when no one is listening? Queen Goneril brings the background into focus, and a previously deafening silence to an irresistible crescendo.

King Lear by William Shakespeare (running August 27 – Oct 1 in repertory with Queen Goneril)

Sovereignty is a young man’s game, and it’s time for this aging monarch to fade into the background with one final demand - that his daughters profess their love for him before dividing the kingdom among them. This proves more complicated than anticipated, sending the family spiraling into madness and an unquenchable thirst for power. 

Bad Parent by Ins Choi (running September 15 – October 9) – Rolling World Premiere

While most people get to keep their parenting struggles behind closed doors, Charles and Norah are laying theirs bare. As the young couple navigate their life as parents of a toddler, they also try to figure out who they are in relation to each other, their son, and the audience. From the creator of ‘Kim’s Convenience’ comes a humorous and honest story about the rocky rite of passage into parenthood.

To learn more about Soulpepper, its upcoming season, how to purchase tickets and other information, please visit www.soulpepper.ca.

Soulpepper performances take place in the Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane in Toronto’s Historic Distillery District.