Co-director and dramaturg Krista Jackson and co-director and cultural consultant Geneviève Pelletier discuss Margaret Laurence's autobiographical novel adaptation The Diviners with Keith Barker, director of Foerster Bernstein New Play Development.

Listen as they speak on the importance of the Red River in the narrative, how the co-adapters Yvette Nolan and Vern Thiessen maintain the story’s river-like flow and how Cameron Carver's choreography embodies the ebb and flow through movement. Hear as Jackson and Pelletier share the production’s goals of reflecting the Métis people for who they are without shame and how individual lives intersect during this time of reconciliation.

Jackson, Pelletier and Barker delve deeply into the process of working at a repertory theatre, including the challenges, skills, rigour and discipline required to produce multiple shows. Watch or listen now!

The Diviners
Based on the novel by Margaret Laurence
Text by Vern Thiessen with Yvette Nolan
Directed by Krista Jackson with Geneviève Pelletier
Choreographed by Cameron Carver
Set and Lighting Designer - Bretta Gerecke
Costume Designer - Jeff Chief
Composer - Andrina Turenne
Music Director and Arranger, additional composition and Sound Designer - MJ Dandeneau
Dramaturgs - Krista Jackson, Yvette Nolan
Fight Director and Intimacy Director - Anita Nittoly
Métis Cultural Consultant - Geneviève Pelletier
Cultural and Praxis Consultant - Dolorès Gosselin
Cultural Consultant - Yvette Nolan
French and Michif Language Consultant - Lina Le Gal
Jigging Consultant - Darla Daniels