Some Assembly Celebrates its 25th Anniversary Season
with the World Premiere of its NEW and ORIGINAL theatre production
OUR LAST TREE
Written and directed by Valerie Methot
in collaboration with a creative team of diverse youth and artists
April 30 – May 3, 2025
Roundhouse Performance Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews)
BOOK YOUR SEATS NOW! This play is FREE to attend! Donations are appreciated!
PERFORMANCE DATES
April 30 & May 1, at 11am & 1pm for school groups SOLD OUT (contact us to be put on wait list)
Friday May 2 at 7:30pm
Saturday May 3 at 7:30pm
TICKETS & RESERVATIONS
Free! Click this link and follow instructions to reserves seats for Fri May 2 and Sat May 3 shows:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/our-last-tree-tickets-1243716893709?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=1
BOX OFFICE OPENS AT 6:30pm. ARRIVE EARLY TO LINE UP FOR GENERAL SEATING.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary season, Some Assembly Theatre Company’s collaborations between youth and professional artists aim to promote awareness, wellness, dialogue, and positive social change around social issues and issues faced by youth. The company is the recipient of the City of Vancouver Youth Award for outstanding contribution to the youth community and the Deryck Thomson Award for exceptional contribution to community building and well-being.
A raging storm has taken the lives of many, including three at a climate protest. Observed by a ghostly figure, will this Spirit Guide invoke the deal that could give us the chance to change everything? You can inspire positive change, OR, watch the world implode. Which do you choose?
OUR LAST TREE stands in a world where youth bring us the news, alerting us to the urgency to save our planet and each other. A stunning interconnection of artistry, humanity and care, this apocalyptic theatre production symbolizes the fate of this world with one special tree whose branches entwine with lifelines of countless hands. OUR LAST TREE brings brilliance of life where the future of the planet is the people.
Credits for OUR LAST TREE
Playwright/Director/Set & Sound Design: Valerie Methot
Youth Artists: Ayden Ramzan, Alastair Hamann, Arlo Lim, Ariyan Ramzan, Phoenix Lee, Skyler Lee, Vienna Wu, Camille Kang, Jen Belen, Charli Kemper-Bird, Ivy Pina, Von Lochan, Victor Chow, Ryleigh Pascua, Aaryaki Parsekar, Hannah Wong, and Greta Bradsher
Video Artist/Filmmaker: Sally Zori
Set Designer/Visual Artist: Duane Murrin
Original Music Composer/Musician/Performer/Sound Designer: Patrick Graham
Movement Director/Physical Dramaturg: Susan Bertoia
Script Consultants/Acting Coaches/Mentors: Tina Biello, Allen Morrison, Susan Bertoia, and Matt Clarke
Costume Designer: Nik McLaren
Music Mentor/Singer/Songwriter/Musician/Script Consultant/Facilitator: Sophie Labrie
Expressive Arts Support: Heather McCrae
Indigenous Cultural Expression Mentor/Script Consultant: Lauren Preissl
Musicians/Mentors: Alison Jenkins and James Moore
Technical Director: Jeremy Baxter
Lighting Designer/Technician: Anna Brancato
QLab/Technician: Chantele Fry
Script Research: Youth from Lord Roberts Elementary, Admiral Seymour Elementary, Lord Nelson Elementary, and Cedar Walk Program
Photographers: Emma Chan and Gaetan Nerincx
Social Media Assistant: Brogan Ho
Key Partners: Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre and Vancouver Coastal Health.
Community Partners and Sponsors: Sarah McLachlan School of Music, Vancouver School Board, Methotical Productions, Scene Ideas Inc., Caliper Print & Signage Solutions, and media sponsors The Georgia Straight and Stir Vancouver.
Funders: City of Vancouver, Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation, BC Arts Council, Ministry of Children & Family Development, Province of British Columbia, Canada Council for the Arts, Metro Vancouver, TELUS the future is friendly, Foundations: CLICK, Johansen Larsen, Hamber, Lohn, Harivad, Deux Mille, GMR, Al Roadburg, Zack Family, Westminster, as well as Grosvenor and Private Donors.
OUR LAST TREE – TRAILER
Filmmaker/Video Artist Sally Zori, Playwright/Director Valerie Methot, Sound Patrick Graham, Choreographer Susan Bertoia, Costume Designer Nik McLaren, Youth Artists