S2 E0: Prologue - 31 Years Ago

Welcome back to x̌ʷay̓x̌ʷəy̓ and The Apocrypha Chronicles. The present year is 2187 but this tale begins 31 years in the past when Phe, an archivist and Lar, a bio-engineer, discover a Fungal Intelligence who desperately needs their help.

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Creative Team:

Rae Takei as Phe 

Mela Pietropaolo as the Fungal Intelligence

Stephanie Wong as the Myconet Computer Voice

Original music by Benton Roark & Jessica McMann.

Directed by Stephanie Wong.

Written by Jessica Schacht & Paolo Pietropaolo with contributions from Melanie Yeats, Benton Roark, Stephanie Wong & Debi Wong.

Dramaturgy and Casting Direction by Melanie Yeats.

Sound Design by Rebecca Nolan.

Audio Producers, Rebecca Nolan and Olivia Quan.

Creative Producer, Stephanie Wong.

Executive Producer, Debi Wong.

Original concept by Debi Wong & Benton Roark. 

Artistic Directors, Debi Wong & Benton Roark.

This project was produced by re:Naissance Opera

https://reopera.ca/the-apocrypha-chronicles/

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Music from the Apocrypha Chronicles was performed and recorded by Jessica McMann and Benton Roark, with additional performances by Jae-won Bang on violin, Daniel Morphy on percussion, Ellen Marple on trombone, Carole Bestvater on violin, Kate Read on viola, Vernon Regehr on cello, and Bill Brennan on percussion and piano. Additional recording engineering by Michelle LaCour.Excerpts of original works by the following artists:

Renae Morriseau

Tarun Nayar

Desiree Dawson

PIQSIQ

Kyle Gryphon

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Special thanks to the following people who contributed their stories about leaving to grow:

Waubgeshig Rice

Renae Morriseau

Tarun Nayar

Cassandra Blondin Burt

Angie Eckel

Debi Wong

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Very special thanks to Victor Guerin of Musqueam Nation for sharing his knowledge of the Hun’q’umi’num language and to Cassandra Blondin Burt for sharing their imagination. 

This podcast was produced on the stolen lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

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The Apocrypha Chronicles was made possible through generous support from The Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of British Columbia. 

This season is dedicated to the memory of Olivia Quan.