To Those Who Wait in Fear

Synopsis
Every night The Ringleader welcomes his audience. Lucky for you, today’s performance is special, there will be a new member joining the circus. Mabinty, a black girl who claims to be a ballerina, arrives after the sound of a bell. But there is something different about this arrival… The Ferryman has managed to come along with her. He is determined to get all of the performers to crossover, to escape the perpetual torture of being under the Ringleader’s control. It’s time for a new beginning!

Development History
To Those Who Wait in Fear is a devised theatre piece that was co-written by the 2021 graduating acting class at the National Theatre School of Canada. After a three year process of offerings and explorations (led by ahdri zhina mandiela) we were able to create a circus underworld that explored the different ways in which we all experience fear, how it overpowers us, and our abilities/inabilities to conquer them.

Production History 
To Those Who Wait in Fear first premiered privately inside the Studio Hydro-Québec at the Monument National on June 1, 2021 with the following cast and crew:

Director/Creation Lead - ahdri zhina mandiela
Assistant Director - Tamara Brown
Dramaturgs - Jena McLean and Salem Currie
Playwrights/Performers - Mohamed Ahmed, Kaeleb Gartner, Annie Rutherford, Dylan Thomas-Bouchier, Hilary Wheeler, Grace Vukovic, Mara Teare, Romi Shraiter, Isabel Fuentes, Callan Potter, Justin Eddy, Anna Morreale, and isi bhakhomen
Story Weaver - isi bhakhomen
Stage Manager - Ava Bishop
Lighting Designer - Aurora Torok
Video Designer - Brendan Agnew
Head of Video - Wei-Qing Tan
Sound Designer - Hailey Verbonac
Head of Sound - Drew Lyall
Costume Designers - Daria Miscia and Margarita Brodie
Set Designer - Margarita Brodie
Assistant to the Set Designer - Mayumi Ide-bergeron
Head Carpenter - Hannah Kirby 
Production Manager - Caitlin Farley
Production Assistant - Aidan Sparks and Julian Smith 
Technical Director - Brianna Unger
Assistant Technical Director - Mitchell Labrose
Assistant Stage Manager - Jaxun Maron
Head Electrician - Marshall Kidd