This is how
we got here
BY KEITH BARKER
NOVEMBER 9-20, 2022
Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts
36 King St W, Kitchener, ON N2G 1A3
“Playwright Keith Barker has written a down-to-earth drama that is as hopeful as it is mournful, full of life and lovable characters." -- Kelly Nestruck, The Globe and Mail
It’s the anniversary of Craig’s death and everyone is wrestling with it in different ways.
Paul buries his pain through drinking and suppresses his feelings.
Lucille breaks plates, sits in the dark, and is convinced the fox visiting her sister’s garden is a sign.
Jim refuses to talk about him or the guilt he carries as the last person Craig talked to before he took his own life.
Liset tries holding everything together for everyone.
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Tim Walker, Nicco Lorenzo Garcia
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Amy Keating
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Tim Walker
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Tim Walker
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Tim Walker and Natalie Robitaille
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Nicco Lorenzo Garcia
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Natalie Robitaille
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Amy Keating
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Tim Walker
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Tim Walker
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Amy Keating
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Nicco Lorenzo Garcia
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Tim Walker and Natalie Robitaille
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Amy Keating, Nicco Lorenzo Garcia
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Nicco Lorenzo Garcia, Tim Walker
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Nicco Lorenzo Garcia
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Nicco Lorenzo Garcia, Amy Keating
Photo by Conan Stark. Featuring Tim Walker and Natalie Robitaille
Photo by Jeremy Vessey on Unsplash
Keith Barker’s This Is How We Got Here shows a close-knit family working through the process of loss and grief. Simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming, the play moves back and forth in time, allowing audiences to piece together the fragments of these characters’ lives as they reconnect with one another through forgiveness, love, and hope.
Shortlisted for the 2018 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, nominated for the 2020 Carol Bolt Award, and winner of the 2020 Dora award for Outstanding New Play.
CONTENT WARNING: This play explores suicide, depression, and strained family relationships. Recommended for Ages 14+ Years.
Performance run 80 minutes long with NO INTERMISSION.
PRODUCTION TEAM
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*AMY KEATING
PERFORMER “LUCILLE”
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CARIN LOWERISON
PRODUCER
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*CHARLOTTE PETERS
STAGE MANAGER
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EMILY RADCLIFFE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
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JACQUELINE MELDRUM
MARKETING COORDINATOR
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JANICE JO LEE
SOUND DESIGNER
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KEITH BARKER
PLAYWRIGHT
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**KIRSTEN WATT
LIGHTING DESIGNER
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*MATT WHITE
DIRECTOR
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NADIA URSACKI
PRODUCTION MANAGER
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*NATALIE ROBITAILLE
PERFORMER “LISET”
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*NICCO LORENZO GARCIA
PERFORMER “PAUL”
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**PATRICIA REILLY
SET DESIGNER
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*TIM WALKER
PERFORMER “JIM”
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WANDA KIDD
COSTUME DESIGNER
*Appears courtesy of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association
**Appears courtesy of the Associated Designers of Canada
This is How We Got Here was first produced by Theatre Continuum and New Harlem Productions as part of the SummerWorks Performance Festival at Factory Theatre, Toronto in 2016. This is How We Got Here is produced by permission of the Author and Marquis Literary (Colin Rivers) www.mqlit.ca.
