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Arctic Ocean

Show poster for 'Arctic Ocean, features cast list, and a blue and red holographic design

By Jill Connell 

Directed by Ishan Davé and Jill Connell 

March 16th, 18th, & 21st, at 7:30pm 

The River Canyon: 1988. It's a sweltering summer in an isolated community where people long for connection. Meanwhile in the present: Christian Planet’s album goes platinum. Arctic Ocean is the compressed mythology of a landscape, concerning the birth and death of a rock star, the making of centaurs, the blooming of pear trees, and the suicide of houses. As the Centaur asks: What does it mean to love a person?

Ishan Davé (he/him) is a Tkaronto-based production-designer/director, visual artist, and actor. He is an instructor at The Armstrong Acting Studio, graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, and associate artist with the performance collective It Could Still Happen. 

Jill Connell (She/Her) is a playwright, producer, and  director based in Tkaronto. Her plays include The Supine Cobbler, HROSES: An Affront to Reason, The Tall Building, and Arctic Ocean. In 2013, she founded the independent theatre company It Could Still Happen: a collective of transdisciplinary artists who perform in industrial spaces. We are currently creating a new live performance called Sunrise with the Half-Mortal, or, a new play I can’t write called JASON: a large-ensemble piece about mapping our interconnection. Jill is a graduate of the playwriting program at the National Theatre School of Canada and an emergency care worker with the Canadian Red Cross.