Tough Guy
By Hayley Moorhouse
Tough Guy follows a group of friends as they navigate the aftermath of a
shooting at Aria, a queer nightclub. They’re all nursing wounds, visible
and invisible, and are thrown into further turmoil when their friend
Emerson, a rising star in the independent film scene, comes back home to
film a documentary about the shooting. How do we go on when the
unthinkable happens? What does it mean to point a camera at a
catastrophe? How does queerness endure, time and time again?
Winner
of the 2025 Westbury Family Theatre Award and the 2025 Alberta
Playwriting Competition, Tough Guy is at once an excavation of a tragedy
and a celebration of the tenacity of queer joy. It’s gripping, visceral,
sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, always unapologetic.
CAST
Mel Bahniuk
Michelle Diaz
Jasmine Hopfe
Marguerite Lawler
Autumn
Strom
CREATIVE TEAM
Playwright/Producer - Hayley Moorhouse
Director - Brett Dahl
Dramaturg
- Evan Medd
Stage Manager - Jess Haight
Production Manager - Liv
Bunge
Set/Lighting Designer - Lieke den Bakker
Sound Designer -
Kena León
Projection Designer - Ian Jackson
Persistent Myth Productions engages professional Artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the terms of the INDIE 3.0.
Image Description: The word "Tough" is projected on a black background 3 times. The words are stacked one on top of the other, in all caps and a bright red neon font. In front of the words there is a distorted image of a person screaming. They have shoulder length black hair and are wearing black clothes. Their hands are in fists at their sides.
Photo Credit: Brianne Jang
Image featuring Jasmine Hopfe
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Drama
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$26.00 inc $4.00 frais -
28 octobre 2025-8 novembre 2025 -
90 minutes -
Fringe Theatre Arts Barns -
Backstage Theatre -
14A -
Contains: Adult Language/Content, Death, Drugs/Alcohol, Violence, Homophobic and Transphobic Violence, Gun Violence
