STATIONARY: a recession-era musical

book and lyrics by Christine Quintana, music by Mishelle Cuttler, rap lyrics by Brian Cochrane 

Delinquent Theatre

Under the fluorescent lights of real life, obligations and social niceties loom large. But in the world of day-dreams, all things are possible. STATIONARY: a recession-era musical explores the lives of 6 young people at a moment when big dreams meet reality checks. “The baby boom is just an echo now,” and STATIONARY gives voice to the generation left behind. Saddled with crippling student loan debts, high cost of living and a recession-era economy, our young characters are just trying to get by in a “yoga and sushi-swilling succubus of a city.” They’ve stepped out, bachelors degree in hand, to find out not everyone can be a winner.

After an initial workshop production at the rEvolver Festival in 2012, and then a run at the Presentation House Theatre and the Gabriola Theatre Festival in 2013, the show went on to tour across Canada at the Talk is Free Theatre Festival, and at the Cultch in 2015.

AWARDS

WINNER - Best Production, musical – Small Theatre Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards

NOMINATED - Outstanding Ensemble Performance Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards

Erika Thorkelsoa, The Vancouver Sun

The perennial question of how to get young people to go to the theatre has a relatively simple answer — put young people on stage and tell their stories.

Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight

Stationary sings with wit and whimsy

Vancity Buzz

Stationary is the musical rallying cry of our generation

You should run, not walk, to one of the most entertaining nights in Vancouver.

CHOREOGRAPHY BY Kayla Dunbar MUSICAL ASSISTANT Sean Bayntun SET DESIGN BY Lauchlin Johnston LIGHTING DESIGN BY Darren Boquist COSTUME DESIGN BY Kaitlin Williams ADDITIONAL DIRECTION BY Chelsea Haberlin