Cleave

Produced by Tiny Bear jaws and Presented by Fringe Theatre Adventures (Edmonton AB) in 2018

Production Management/Sound Design by Tori Morrison

CREATIVE TEAM
Written by Elena Belyea
Directed by Vanessa Sabourin
Production Design by Liza Xenzova  

FEATURING
Jordan Fowlie
Dave Horak
Emma Houghton
Natasha Napoleao
Elena Porter
Luc Tellier

ABOUT THE SHOW 
For 17-year old intersex Aaron, the new school year means a new chance at life. For Pina, another shot at head cheerleader. For Mark, open season. A stranger intersects with a family in exile from itself. Parents Paul and Carol struggle to keep secrets from their children, desperate to know the truth. Like a surgeon’s knife before a first incision, the scalpel is poised and ready to slice.

SELECTED PRESS
“Cleave: to hold together. Cleave: to separate. The latest from Tiny Bear Jaws and its agile resident muse Elena Belyea, plays with this thought, so full of potential for comedy and its darker dramatic brethren, in a piece that frames the ancient dual quest for identity and connection in a contemporary way. “-Liz Nichols

Cleave, a sense of possibility in contradiction: a review of Tiny Bear Jaws’ latest