In Jordan Hall’s play Kayak, alone on a vast stretch of water Annie Iversen recounts the strange chain of events that left her stranded in her son’s old kayak. A suburban mother, she is blindsided when her son, Peter, falls in love with Julie, a passionate environmental activist. Unable to reconcile herself to Julie’s radical worldview, Annie struggles to keep Peter from falling further into the young woman’s world. Climate change, S’mores, and SUVs, are all onstage as Annie sets out to save her son.

Jordan Hall is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter from Canada whose work focuses on the exploration of genre, socio-political inequality, ecological crisis, and the creation of deeply-compelling female protagonists. Her work has been dubbed “fresh and funny” by The Daily Mail, “sharp and witty” by Broadway World, and “a zesty treat” by The Telegraph.

Her first full-length play, Kayak, won Samuel French’s Canadian Playwrights Competition, and has been produced to critical acclaim across North America. Subsequent plays include How to Survive an Apocalypse (Flying Start 2016, Samuel French 2018), and A Brief History of Human Extinction (with Mind of a Snail Puppet Theatre). She has been an Associate at Playwright’s Theatre Centre, and her work has been supported by Pi Theatre, Up in the Air Theatre and by grants from the British Columbia Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. She is currently a commissioned artist with The Only Animal’s Artist Brigade.

The production features Angela Dill, Olivia Goosman and Cooper Verseman. Tickets are all $35 and are available online at: awildetheatre.com.

Performance Dates: 
Thursday- August 15  at 7:30 p.m. 
Saturday, August 17 at 7:30 p.m.
and Sunday, August 18 at 3:00 p.m.

Photo: Playwright Jordan Hall.