Cast of Luna (Submitted Photo/25th Street Theatre)

By Derek Craddock

LUNA

Sask. theatre group heads to P.A. to tackle tough issues with new play

Feb 13, 2024 | 8:00 AM

A Saskatchewan theatre group is celebrating its 50^th season with a production heading to several schools in the area this week.

Saskatoon-based 25^th Street Theatre has developed a new play called Luna which debuted earlier this month and will be performed in front of students at Vincent Massey School on Tuesday.

“It is a play about a young girl, about 12 years old, who has built a time machine so that she can go back in time to unfreeze her mom, who she believes is trapped in time,” said playwright Danielle Roy.

“She travels through all sorts of memories and experiences, kind of unravelling some of her own troubles.”

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The play, which is done as part of the Collaboration Station+: In Schools program, does deal with difficult topics like grief, depression, and loss, but also the strength to move forward.

“For me personally, it’s a lot about giving kids the experience to learn, how to cope with difficult situations and overcome and realize that the tools that they need is really all within themselves,” said Roy who added that despite the difficult content, it will hopefully pave the way for parents and teachers to have meaningful conversations with students.

“The play is here to kind of help teach and guide and give some advice on how we can navigate these things in a loving way, in a soft way but also that it can be triggering for somebody who’s going through those things,” she said.

After Prince Albert, the theatre group will be taking the show to La Ronge, Meath Park and Aberdeen, before a public performance at The Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon on Feb. 18.

The troupe has visited several smaller communities this month including Kyle, Rosetown, Leroy, and Biggar.

When asked about the appeal of visiting these communities, Roy said it’s because they’re giving audiences something they don’t normally have.

“There are communities that we’re visiting that don’t have access to live theatre and get to see professional performances,” she said, adding that becomes of the big messages of Luna.

“You can be great anywhere you are. You don’t have to be living in a big city, you don’t have to be travelling the world. You can find greatness in the smallest places and that, I think, (is) what’s exciting about going to communities that don’t have access to those things too.”

For more details on 25^th Street Theatre and Luna, you can visit their official website.

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derek.craddock@pattisonmedia.com