WCT Show Program I Echoes of the Homesick Heart (2024 25 Season)

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

12:00 - 12:15PM

- Reception and Refreshments

- Live Music from Jeremy Kneeshaw

12:15 - 12:30PM

- Prayer

- Introduction

- Bursary Announcement

12:30 - 2:00PM

- Echoes of the Homesick Heart – On Screen

2:00 - 3:00PM

- Panel Discussion: The Role of Theatre and the Arts in Language Reclamation and Truth & Reconciliation

*Lobby art from Shay Paul and the Indigenous Resurgence Project

ECHOES OF THE HOMESICK HEART BURSARY

100% of the proceeds from this event will go towards this bursary, which reflects the principles of responsible communitybased research, it prioritizes community involvement and ensures that research initiatives create mutual benefit for Indigenous communities.

Rooted in reciprocity and cultural revitalization, the bursary aims to support Post Secondary Students pursuing Secwepemctsin Studies.

For more information about the bursary, contact Laura Michel - lmichel@wctlive.ca

ECHOES OF THE HOMESICK HEART

Produced with support from NAC Indigenous Theatre

June 22, 2025 I 12pm to 3pm

PARAMOUNT THEATRE

ECHOES OF THE HOMESICK HEART On Screen

and the present

Produced with support from NAC Indigenous Theatre

This is an edited recording of the Western Canada Theatre Production, filmed during two live performances at the Pavilion Theatre in June, 2022.

CAST

CHRIS BOSE Abe

ISSIAH BULL BEAR Sunec

MEREWYN COMEAU Emily

GLORIA MAY ESHKIBOK Bernadette

LORI MARCHAND Bernadette Understudy

CREATIVE TEAM

LAURA MICHEL Playwright

ERIC COATES Director

KIRK SMITH Videography & Editing

HAILEY VERBONAC Set, Lighting, and Projection Designer

BONNIE ACKO Costume Designer

JEREMY KNEESHAW Sound Designer

ANDREW KUSHNIR Dramaturge

KELSEY RAE Stage Manager

DONNA SHARPE Assistant Stage Manager

DANI FOISY

& DANIEL JEWISON Camera Operators

ASHLEY HIIBNER

& KENDRA MARTIN Lighting & Sound Technicians

JAMES BEFURT Video & Video Sound Technician

2025 SCREENING PANELISTS

JANICE E. BILLY

MEREWYN COMEAU

JEREMY KNEESHAW

LORI MARCHAND

PAUL MICHEL I Moderator

View the full program from WCT’s 2022 theatrical production.

Echoes of the Homesick Heart is a verbatim theatre project that tells a multi-generational story exploring one family’s connection and disconnection between language, culture, and community. In order to rediscover what was lost, and to move forward in understanding, each generation must learn from the other with the help of wily trickster and teacher Seklép (coyote).

Based on over 40 in-person interviews conducted directly by Laura Michel across Secwepemcúl’ecw, Echoes of the Homesick Heart shares stories of this land by incorporating lived experiences and the real-life voices of various community members ranging from youth to elders.

THANK YOU

Thompson Rivers University-Community University Research Alliance

Canada Council for the Arts

First Peoples Cultural Council for financially supporting the development phase of the script

MENTORS

Marie Clements, Andrew Kushnir, Valerie Planche

INTERVIEWEES

Alec Christian

Anne Michel

Paul Michel

Art Michel

Chanelle Celesta

Clayton Felix

Colten Roberts

Darrell Dennis

Darrell Jones

Donovan Felix

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Brown

Gabriel Archie

Jerry Jules

John Jones

Kateri Koster

Loretta Eustache

Seth Armitage

Martin Camille

Mary Fortier

Esme Parsons

Neskie Manual

Travis Christian

Tyler Christian

Tyson Thomas

Annie Williams

Bobbi Gallanger

Donna Williams

Dorry Williams

Julie Peters

Kathy Michel

Louise Alphones

Lucy Williams

Rob Matthew

Tony Bell

Yvonne Fortier

Kathy Manual

Lawrence Michel

Stacey Michel

Janice Michel-Billy

..and many, many more for anecdotal contributions

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