Produced by Persephone Theatre in February of 2023, I had the pleasure of working with an incredible team to create this show. As the projection designer for The Herd, there were multiple challenges this project presented. From a new projector setup to live feed projections, I learned so much on this project.
When twin white bison are born into a First Nations herd in Saskatchewan, the community is engulfed in a national media storm. This play, by Saskatchewan’s own Kenneth T. Williams, explores the clashing priorities between science, money, power, and Indigenous sovereignty.
The Herd by Kenneth T. Williams
- Featuring: Danny Knight, Kathleen MacLean, Tracey Nepinak, Deneh’Cho Thompson, and Amanda Trapp.
- Kenneth T. Williams – Playwright
- Roxanne Dicke – Director
- Ezra Forrest – Assistant Director
- Omanie Elias – Set Designer
- Ajay Badoni – Lighting Designer
- Cory Dallas Standing – Sound Designer
- Judith Schulz – Projection Designer
- Anna Yaworski – Costume Designer
- Ricardo Alvarado – Stage Manager
- Aaron Shingoose – Assistant Stage Manager
- Dorothy Ward – Dialect Coach
- Tatum Wildeman – Movement Coach
- Katie Blackburn-Dust – Apprentice Designer
- Luka Kelly – Stage Management Shadow
- Photos by Danielle Stasiuk Photography
- Videos by Judith Schulz
Archival Footage
Process
This show for me is a colliding of worlds. Of old and new, of analog and digital, of nature and science, of indigenous culture and white culture. And in the colliding is where I hope the visuals landed.
*** To write: paragraph about Isadora, mapping, live feed, filming skull, filming blood.
