WIDE AWAKE HEARTS

by Brendan Gall
December 5th – 20th, 2014
Little Mountain Gallery, 195 East 26th Ave

In 2014, Hardline Productions and Twenty Something Theatre produced the west coast premiere of WIDE AWAKE HEARTS by Brendan Gall.

Directed by Ray Michal Prize recipient Brian Cochrane (Speech & Debate, Home Free!), Wide Awake Hearts is a play in which reality and fiction blur in hilarious and heartbreaking ways. Featuring Sean Harris Oliver (Of Mice and Men, Unstuck), Genevieve Fleming (Bug, Us & Everything We Own), Robert Salvador (The Rainmaker, Nothing But Sky), and Claire Hesselgrave (Speech & Debate, A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as four friends – a writer, an actress, an actor, and an editor – who stumble through the nightmarish landscape of love and fidelity while making a movie in which art imitates life.

“Wide Awake Hearts is a seductive showcase of talent. Watching all of these actors is a joy. Wide Awake Hearts is one of this year’s most refreshing and enjoyable productions.” – Keegan Flick Parker, VanCity Buzz

“Wide Awake Hearts is a sharply written, insightful play. All four actors do an excellent job (. . .) Director Brian Cochrane and stage manager Breanne Jackson deserve kudos, as do [the] designers.” - Cynthia Ramsay, Jewish Independent

“The production does an excellent job (. . .) and the actors produce remarkable performances.” - Keara Barnes, GVPTA

Photo by David Cooper, Makeup by Cheyenne Mabberley