EDMONTON, AB / CALGARY, AB

a Donkey Dog Theatre production
Written by Even Gilchrist
Directed by Sarah J. Culkin
Set, Costume, Video Design by Even Gilchrist
Original Lighting Design by Whittyn Jason

Featuring Geoffrey Simon Brown and Émanuel Dubbeldam

Photos by Brianne Jang

A trans man and his idealized cis self invite onlookers to a very brave thing on the best day, the most perfect day ever. A guided meditation, a group retreat, a paint night, whatever it takes — together, if they just erase the image there, remove a memory here, edit the names, refine the story, refine the story… maybe perfection will be attainable in the end after all.

Re:Construct is a personal, playful, and utterly irreverent interrogation into the perfect picture of masculinity.

Re:Construct is presented as part of Common Ground Arts Society & Why Not Theatre’s RISER
Edmonton, a collaborative producing model created by Why Not Theatre with the generous support of
RBC Foundation, the Government of Canada, and a community of Senior Partners. RISER Edmonton is
made possible with additional support from Canada Council for the Arts, the Edmonton Arts Council, and
the Edmonton Community Foundation.

2023 UPDATE: Re:Construct has had much success since its premiere with RISER Edmonton. It has gone to the Edmonton International Fringe Festival 2022, winning the Staff Pick of the Fringe 2022. For this iteration, Rory Turner was an associate director to help the transition into a new staging configuration in the director's absence. Re:Construct was later programmed in the High Performance Rodeo, Calgary's International Festival of the Arts, at the beginning of 2023. In June 2023, Re:Construct was part of the Playwrights Workshop Montreal Glassco Translation Residency in Tadoussac, Quebec, to begin its journey of being translated en Français.

It has been nominated for two 2023 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards: Outstanding Production and Outstanding New Work (Award to Playwright). It is currently being developed for a bilingual touring production.

Thank you so much for the love and support!