We Live Here (2008/09)
We Live Here was the culmination of 3 years work by Liz Rucker, Lisa Marie DiLiberto and Eric Schwindt, who met in 2006 as Jumblies Studio interns and formed the We Live Here Collective. We Live Here was a lively, mobile outdoor play, combining puppetry, poetry, a noise orchestra, the Parkdale Choir, visual art and design, sound installations, and theatre to explore the adventures of living in the city, performed over 3 days, in the grounds of Pelham Park Gardens, a Toronto Community Housing complex, across the road from Davenport Perth Neighbourhood Centre.
Written by: Liz Rucker
Directed by: Lisa Marie DiLiberto
Musical Direction and Composition: Eric Schwindt
Scene Directors: Dan Watson, Coleen MacPherson, Elizabeth Helmers, Meghan Deere
Movement Coach: Mayahuel Tecouzaulta
Set & Props Design: Catherine Campbell
(Coordinator), Emma Manchester (Puppets), Faten Toubasi
Costume Designer: Marianne Alas (Costumes)
Assistant Designers: Yeavior, Nur M Zalali, Fatmir Biba, Doris Purchase, Doug Moore, David Bishop
Stage Manager: Hillari Blumfald
Musicians: Treasa Levasseur (Accordian), Steve Bijakowski (Saxaphone), Eric Schwindt (Percussion), The Parkdale Singers.
Food Coordinator: Amanda Lindsay
Publicity: Amanda Lynne Ballard
Box Office: Grace Walsh
Crew: Mark Samms, Norm Buffery, Antonietta Cuozzo, Tony Lamanna and many others
Cast: Edmond Chano, Laura Szilagyi, Iole Bianchi, Tiina Leivo, Diana Giardino, Charlie Murdoch, David Bishop, Keith McNair, Emma Manchester and many others.
Funded by: the Social Investment Fund (TCHC), the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Canadian Heritage Celebrate Canada, the George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation.
