Ruby Slippers Theatre present The Advance Theatre Festival: Soul Maker by Ripley Twardzik Ching

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Ruby Slippers Theatre in association with The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and Playwrights Guild of Canada present The Advance Theatre Festival: Advancing the Radically Inclusive Stage.
Staged Readings of five new works written and directed by equity deserving IBPOC artists.

What happens when you can’t accept a loved one dying? What lengths would you go to keep them here? Soul Maker is about navigating the reality of grief with a surreal, humorous, and tender outlook. In the form of a one-act play, it is an investigation into the existence of the human soul, and the bonds of love that cause it to exist in all its forms. Framed in the culturally specific folklore of Southeast Asia, namely Singapore and Malaysia, and using textile craft such as sewing and embroidery as a vehicle for spirituality, the play follows Florentine or “TingTing”, a girl who tries to sew a doll that can act as a vessel for her dying brother’s soul. It’s an oddball mix of morbid, magical, and full of love! (with some wacky supernatural antics sprinkled in between)

About the Playwright
Ripley Twardzik Ching is a Singaporean-Canadian multidisciplinary artist, writer, storyteller, and performer. Based in so-called Vancouver, she holds a B.F.A in Theatre (Acting) from the University of British Columbia and has a background in visual and textile art and movement. Informed by lived experiences and spurred by a desire for social action, her work confronts intersecting identities, relationships to environment, and systems of power with curiosity, bite, and radical hope for the future.
Ripley is thrilled to be part of the Advance Theatre Festival 2027 and delighted to be able to share her work.
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