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 Red Snow Collective presents the world premiere of

Carried By The River

“A journey to uncover roots where truths ripple like a river.”

“Carried by the River” is a poignant and visually stunning original play by Diana Tso, directed by William Yong. Kai, a young Asian woman raised in Canada, discovers a life-altering truth on her nineteenth birthday when her mother passes away—she was adopted. Haunted by the fables of forests and rivers her mother once shared, Kai embarks on a transformative journey to China. Through this journey, Kai navigates grief, relationships and life’s deeper truths. This lyrical tale intertwines myth, memory, and identity, inviting audiences into an evocative world where the lines between reality and the imagined blur.”

World Premiere: 8th to 23rd March 2025

Previews: 8th March at 7:30pm and 9th March at 2pm
Opening Night: Tuesday March 11 at 7:30pm
Matinees: March 12, 15, 16, 22 & 23 at 2pm
Evening performances Tuesdays to Saturdays at 7:30pm

Tarragon Theatre Extra Space
30 Bridgman Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Box Office: (416) 531-1827

CAST: Shiong-En Chan, Tai Wei Foo 符岱微, Brenda Kamino, Honey Pham, Michelle Wang

Director: William Yong 楊漢源
Playwright: Diana Tso 曹楓
Composer: Alice Ping Yee Ho 何冰頤
Lighting Designer: Andre du Toit
Scenic and Costume Designer: Ting-Huan 挺歡, Christine Urquhart
Choreographer: William Yong 楊漢源
Stage Manager: Sabrina Weinstein
Production Manager/Technical Director: Barney Bayliss

For tickets, visit the Tarragon Theatre website: https://tarragontheatre.com

Post-Show Talkbacks on Sundays (excluding Previews) and Thursdays

Red Snow Collective promotes an environment of equity, inclusion, and diversity. Our productions empower BIPOC, LGBTQ+, women, and stories often left out of the ‘classical’ canon. Red Snow Collective creates compelling storytelling through live
music and movement to empower the stories of women.

From the creator of Red Snow (2012), Comfort (2016) and Monkey Queen (2018), stories about powerful and resilient women warriors.

Diana Tso’s plays are available at: https://www.canadianplayoutlet.com/pages/search-results-page?q=diana%20tso

Red Snow Collective is a proud member of the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts.

THANK YOU to the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Government of Ontario and Toronto Arts Council for their generous support of Red Snow Collective’s development and production of “Carried by the River”

   

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Red Snow Collective is grateful to and acknowledges the traditional caretakers of this sacred land, on which we gather and share our stories: the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee and the Huron-Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.