“It wasn't about making a "high school show" but instead making a show with high schoolers how they wanted to. I've never experienced anything quite like it before or since - and it has certainly helped shape me to be the artist I am today.”
Elizabeth Page – Performer, Co-Creator
If I Could Tell You Everything
8 actors | 60 minutes
Created with and for the Theatre Junction GRAND High School Mentorship Program. Culmination of a two year residency working alongside an ensemble of Calgary teenagers.
A group of teenagers building a city from the shattered scraps of the world that’s been left behind. An exploration of revolution, society, and our relationship to truth. What does it mean to grow up in the age of misinformation?
“Working on a show about young people wanting to live in a world different than the one we’ve been given has inspired me to keep moving in that direction, to create theatre that imagines and creates space for limitless possibilities, something that Geoff continues to do in his work.”
Yousuf Liepert – Assistant Director, Performer, Co-Creator
Julia Jelinek, Kensley Holden, Dana Prather, Mac Wood, Rain Marie, Anahita Gupta, & Elizabeth Page, at Theatre Junction GRAND (2018) • Design by Anton DeGroot • Direction by Geoffrey Simon Brown • Assistant Direction by Yousuf Liepert • Photo by Chantal Wall
2016 – Commissioned and developed through Theatre Junction GRAND
2016 - 2018 – Two year creation residency working with the TJG Mentorship Program
2018 – Production at Theatre Junction GRAND, Directed by Geoffrey Simon Brown
Dramaturgy by Elena Eli Belyea and Raphaele Thiriet
Mac Wood, Rain Marie, Anahita Gupta, Elizabeth Page, Yousuf Liepert, Julia Jelinek, Dana Prather, & Kensley Holden at Theatre Junction GRAND (2018) • Rehearsal photo by Geoffrey Simon Brown
Anahita Gupta: Performer, Co-Creator – Photo by Geoffrey Simon Brown
Yousuf Liepert: Assistant Director, Performer, Co-Creator – Photo by Geoffrey Simon Brown
Dana Prather: Performer, Co-Creator – Photo by Geoffrey Simon Brown
Mac Wood: Performer, Co-Creator – Photo by Geoffrey Simon Brown
Evelina Groll: Performer, Co-Creator – Photo by Geoffrey Simon Brown
Kensley Holden: Performer, Co-Creator – Photo by Geoffrey Simon Brown
Rain Marie: Performer, Co-Creator – Photo by Geoffrey Simon Brown
Elizabeth Page: Performer, Co-Creator – Photo by Geoffrey Simon Brown
Julia Jelinek: Performer, Co-Creator – Photo by Geoffrey Simon Brown
Geoffrey Simon Brown: Writer, Director – Photo by Serena Olfert