A mad-cap comedy about global warming, animal extinction, and family. It’s the end of the world. The ice age is coming. Oceans are rising. There are rumours of war. An ordinary suburban family with two growing kids and a pair of over-grown pets finds refugees knocking at their door. What’s a family to do when surrounded by disaster? Join the Antrobus’s as they hold on to family in the craziest of times. A mad-cap comedic ride where anything can and will happen. Hang on to your seats! … Literally!
By Thornton Wilder
Directed by Morris Ertman
Produced by Rosebud Theatre
Mar.31st-Jun. 3rd, 2017
Roles: Dinosaur puppeteer, Miss E. Muse, Conveener 2
This cast was a pleasure to work with. Everyone’s playfulness and commitment was a fantastic environment for my first Opera House show. I felt so supported. I enjoyed getting to make bold and comedic choices, particularly playing the conveener. It was also exciting to have my first experience with puppeteering with the massive and beautiful Dolly the dinosaur.
Maggie supported the story and added to the energy of the telling. I enjoyed the fun loving flower children that taunted the Antrobus family during the flood and their passages through the space.
~ Nathan Schmidt, Evaluator
The supporting cast helps keep scene after scene buoyant and that’s not easy given the denseness of some of Wilder’s writing and all those allegorical references.
~ Louis b. Hobson, The Calgary Herald
Maggie MacKenzie 