Re:Construct

A Donkey Dog Theatre Production

"Here's another attempt at a love letter to my younger self...". 

A trans man and his idealized cis self invite onlookers to a very brave thing on the best day, the most perfect day ever. They have made you a meditation – no, a paint night – actually, no, a rumble – anything to finally get it right this time. 

Re:Construct is a poetic, surprising, and irreverent interrogation of perfect masculinity.

Featuring Geoffrey Simon Brown; returning to the High Performance Rodeo after the 2020 sold-out production of Major Matt Mason's Premium Content and Émanuel Dubbeldam who stars in CBC's ONIVA!

Geoffrey Simon Brown is an award-winning Albertan playwright, actor, and theatre creator. He is a founding member of the Major Matt Mason Collective where he has produced small-scale independent theatre for the past decade. His plays include Michael Mysterious, The Circle, Night, Still Still Still, Control, Air, Destroy, If I Could Tell You Everything (written alongside the Theatre Junction high school
mentorship ensemble), and the most recent adaptation(s) of A Christmas Carol for Theatre Calgary.

As an actor he has performed on most of the major stages in Calgary as well as some living rooms and basements. He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada’s playwriting program. More at geoffreysimonbrown.com.

Émanuel Dubbeldam is a queer and trans franco-albertan artist from Edmonton. He has co-hosted Radio-Canada’s nationally broadcasted children’s television program ONIVA! since its 2020 season and lends his voice to a handful of characters in animated shorts and series. After a few years of acting for camera lenses and microphones, he is eager to be back on stage. In his spare time, Émanuel writes for the stage and the screen in both his mother tongues and is a founding board member of the Comité FrancoQueer de l’Ouest.  Photo credit:  Liam Mackenzie