PAST PRODUCTIONS














Sebastian Kroon as Lennie. Photo by David Cooper.
BUG
February 14th - March 1st, 2014 at The Shop Theatre

Written by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tracy Letts (August: Osage County), Hardline Productions earned Jessie Richardson Theatre Award Nominations for Outstanding Performances by Genevieve Fleming and Jay Clift in their presentation of this biting psychological thriller.

An unconventional love story between Agnes, a lonely cocktail waitress living day-to-day in a rundown motel, and Peter, an AWOL soldier with conspiracy theories so crazy they might just be true, 'Bug' will have you buzzing from start to incredible finish.

Directed by Sean Harris Oliver

Featuring Genevieve Fleming (Agnes), Jay Clift (Peter), Bob Frazer (Goss), Melissa Oei (RC), and Raphael Kepinski (Dr Sweet)

Stage Manager - Rae Takei
                                                    
Set and Props Design - Jenn Stewart

Costume Design - Christopher David Gauthier

Sound Design - Matthew MacDonald-Bain

Publicity and Front of House Manager - Angie Descalzi


OF MICE AND MEN
October 9th-26th, 2013 at Little Mountain Gallery

This Hardline Productions Artist Collective brought John Steinbeck's heartbreaking American classic to life in their own stage adaptation.

George and Lennie, two field workers in Depression-era California, try to scrape together enough cash to buy a place of their own. But when Lennie stirs up trouble on the job, George must choose between protecting his friend or staying the course towards his version of the American Dream.

Directed by Genevieve Fleming. 

Starring Sean Harris Oliver as George and Sebastian Kroon as Lennie.

Featuring Matthew Bissett, Raes Calvert, Amitai Marmorstein, Jesse Martyn, Adrian Neblett, Rob Olguin, Christine Quintana, and Alec Willows. 

Live Foley and Music by Matthew MacDonald-Bain and Malcolm Dow.

Stage Manager - Aaron Adams
                                                        Set and Props Design - Jenn Stewart
                                                        Costume Design - Christopher David Gauthier



Sean Harris Oliver and Rob Olguin as the famous murderers.
NEVER THE SINNER
November 8th & 9th, 2012 at Carousel Theatre

Hardline Productions partnered with Zee Zee Theatre to present a staged reading of John Logan's powerful drama.

In 1924, two young millionaires abducted and killed a fourteen year old boy, horrifying a nation. Never the Sinner is John Logan's brilliant documentary play about the infamous Leopold and Loeb case, known in its time as the "crime of the century" and still one of the most notorious.

Directed by Cameron Mackenzie. Featuring Dave Deveau, Genevieve Fleming, Stephen Miller, Robert Olguin, Sean Harris Oliver, William Samples, and Todd Thomson.



500 DAYS TO MARS
October 9-14, 2012 at Studio 58, Langara College

Studio 58, in association with Hardline Productions, presented this original collective creation as part of their Risky Nights Series.

It's 2036. An international crew of seven men and women onboard the spacecraft Nerio are poised to become the first astronauts to land on the planet Mars. When they unexpectedly lose contact with Earth midway through their journey, they must decide whether continuing with the mission is worth the risk.

Conceived of and directed by Genevieve Fleming and Sean Harris Oliver

Stage Manager - Rae Takaesu
Assistant Stage Manager - Katrina Darychuk
Crew - Bailey Creed, Anais West, Brett Willis

Featuring Dominic Duchesne, Siona Gareau-Brennan, Riun Garner, Erica Hoeksema, Alex Patalas, Zac Scott, and Max Wallace




COERCION
July 19-29, 2012 at The Cultch

Part of the 2012 Neanderthal Arts Festival.

The truth will set you free - but whose version? 

Directed by Genevieve Fleming

Written by Raes Calvert, Genevieve Fleming, Gui Fontanezzi, and Sean Harris Oliver
Movement Direction and Sound Design - Raes Calvert
Stage Manager - Lauren Jackson
Production Design - Christopher David Gauthier

Featuring Gui Fontanezzi and Sean Harris Oliver




OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
May 24-26, 2012 at Chapel Arts

Part of Hive: The New Bees II

A chance meeting on the streets of the Downtown Eastside shows what could have been between two strangers.

Directed by Sean Harris Oliver
Sound Mixing and Videography by Cameron Anderson

Featuring Aaron Adams, Joel Ballard, Raes Calvert, Katrina Darychuk, Genevieve Fleming, Lisa Goebel, Shayna Jones, Matthew Mac Donald-Bain, Britt MacLeod, Ryan A. McDonald, Sean McQuillan, and Carlos Rodriguez

To watch a video of the show please click here.




CATIVO
August 17-28, 2012 at Hardline Studios

In the back room of an abandoned butcher shop, two men struggle with their pasts and each other in the fight for their lives.

Directed by Raes Calvert

Written by Raes Calvert, Genevieve Fleming, Gui Fontanezzi, and Sean Oliver
Stage Manager - Kazz Leskard
Assistant Stage Manager - Aaron Adams
Producer - Genevieve Fleming
Sound Designer - Jenna Reed
Production Designer - Christopher David Gauthier
Marketing - Megan Gray

Featuring Gui Fontanezzi and Sean Harris Oliver





BASH
June 27-30, July 5-10, 2011 at Hardline Studios

"Atrocity is 'the new black'."

Directed by Mack Gordon

Stage Manager - Stephanie Elgersma
Costume Design - Kaitlin Williams Gordon
Production Design - Christopher David Gauthier
Sound Design - Kris Prezednowek
Producer - Sean Harris Oliver
Poster Design - Jeff Mac Donald-Bain
Marketing - Megan Gray

Featuring Cameron Anderson, Genevieve Fleming, Caitlin McCarthy, and John Voth





NEVER SWIM ALONE
May 27-June 5, 2011 at Hardline Studios

"Beware compassion. Compassion will lose the race."

Directed by Genevieve Fleming

Stage Manager - Kazz Leskard
Production Design - Christopher David Gauthier
Sound Design - Matthew Mac Donald-Bain
Assistant Sound Design - Danny Coleman
Publicity - Megan Gray
Carpenter - Glen Calvert
Crew - Danny Coleman, Emilie Leclerc, Jenn Stewart
Additional Costuming by Margie Goebel

Featuring Raes Calvert, Lisa Goebel, and Sean Harris Oliver



HEPTADEMIC: REDUX
September 7-19, 2010 at Little Mountain Studio

Part of the 2010 Vancouver International Fringe Festival

Seven strangers are trapped in a room during a nation-wide epidemic. 

Directed by Anthony F. Ingram

A collective collaboration by the students of Studio 58
Dramaturgy - Rachel Peake
Producers - Melissa Dionisio and Andrea Yu
Assistant Director - Emilie Leclerc
Stage Manager - Jenn Stewart
Assistant Stage Manager - Micah Field
Costume Design - Christopher David Gauthier
Lighting Design - Raes Calvert and Sean Harris Oliver

Featuring Aaron Adams, Raes Calvert, Gui Fontanezzi, Lisa Goebel, Sean Harris Oliver, Emily Rowed, and Andrea Yu



TWELVE ANGRY MEN
August 5-15, 2010 at Hardline Studios

A dissenting juror in a murder trial tries to convince the others that the case is not as clear as it appeared in court.

Directed by Genevieve Fleming

Stage Manager - Rebecca Mulvihill
Costume Design - Christopher David Gauthier
Set and Carpentry - Glen Calvert
Assistant Carpentry - Brent Calvert

Featuring Cameron Anderson, Raes Calvert, Jesse Caroll, Adrianne Dunsmuir, Emmelia Gordon, Kazz Leskard, Bryon Noble, Kurtis McGuire, Matthew Mac Donald-Bain, Benn Millman, Sean Harris Oliver, Sheryl Thompson, and Chance Calvert



AN ELECTRIFYING EVENING:
4H CLUB, COWBOY'S #2, and KILLER'S HEAD
June 4-13, 2010 at Hardline Studios

A trio of Sam Shepard's early work.

Directed by Sean Harris Oliver

Stage Manager - Aaron Adams
Production Design - Christopher David Gauthier
Sound Design - Rhys Finnick
Poster Design - Jason Stavros

Featuring Raes Calvert, Devin Estes, Mack Gordon, and Sean Hewlett