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This week, Adam Grant Warren chats with Vancouver-based playwright Frankie McGee to talk about their play, my body remembers.

Synopsis: Frankie is aided by Carolyn, an 11 year old self; and Francis, a mysterious figure visiting from the afterlife, in their effort to reconnect with their queer, trans, and disabled ancestors.

Content Forecast: Hospitalization, medical gaslighting, strong language.

Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.

Cast:

FRANKIE MCGEE as FRANKIE, CAROLYN, & FRANCIS

KAITLYN YOTT as STAGE DIRECTIONS, NURSE

Host: Adam Grant Warren

Playwright: Frankie McGee

Original Compositions and Sound Design: Finka Wood

Production Management: Jordyn Wood

Poster Graphic Design: Samantha Walters

This podcast is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Hamber Foundation.

This production was recorded and broadcast from the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, at GGRP Sound Studios.

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Montreal-based playwright deidre “d-lishus” walton to talk about her play, 8x10.

In 8x10 by deidre “d-lishus” walton, a Black woman grapples with a surreal spiritual experience that leaves her vulnerable to the machinations of the mental health system. Which version of reality will prevail?

Content Forecast: Involuntary institutionalization, discussions of suicide.

Help is available. Call or Text the National Suicide Crisis Helpline (24hr/day): 9-8-8

Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.

Cast:

JULIA ABREU as GIRL & DEITY

SARAH PEGUERO as GODDESS & ANCESTOR

NYX DEBOGORSKI as FRIEND & ORISHA

KAITLYN YOTT as STAGE DIRECTIONS

Host: Natasha Nadir

Playwright: deidre “d-lishus” walton

Original Compositions and Sound Design: Finka Wood

Production Management: Jordyn Wood

Poster Graphic Design: Samantha Walters

This podcast is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Hamber Foundation.

This production was recorded and broadcast from the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations at GGRP Sound Studios, as well as remotely from the unceded Indigenous lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation.

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Winnipeg-based playwright Daphne Finlayson to talk about her play, FanAddict.

FanAddict by Daphne Finlayson focuses on the relationship between a young digital creator and fame. It examines our culture's obsession with online relevancy and what people are willing to do to get on the trending page - as well as what that fleeting fame does to a person's psyche.

Content Forecast: Strong language.

Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.

Cast:

ANDY KALIRAI as LUKE

KAITLYN YOTT as LINDA

SARAH PEGUERO as STAGE DIRECTIONS

Host: Natasha Nadir

Playwright: Daphne Finlayson

Original Compositions and Sound Design: Finka Wood

Production Management: Jordyn Wood

Poster Graphic Design: Samantha Walters

This podcast is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Hamber Foundation.

This production was recorded and broadcast from the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations at GGRP Sound Studios, as well as remotely from Treaty One Territory.

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Winnipeg-based playwright Mitch Krohn to talk about his play, Captain Ted: Disabled Astronaut.

Captain Ted: Disabled Astronaut is a comedy that satirizes Sci-fi tropes. It's a sequel to Mitch Krohn's first play Captain Ted: Disabled Pirate. It follows the story of Captain Ted, a Disabled space traveller, and his crew featuring a variety of characters who live with various disabilities, that work together on a mission.

Content Forecast: Ableism

Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.

Cast:

ARANKA “BOBY” LUKACS as CHATTERS

ANDY KALIRAI as CAPTAIN TED

NYX DEBOGORSKI as TWO, FOLEY, COMMANDER

JULIA ABREU as PIPP & EYE-HORN GENERAL

KAITLYN YOTT as DOCTOR, ABBY & LOUIE/ANNE

SARAH PEGUERO as SCALES & STAGE DIRECTIONS

Host: Natasha Nadir

Playwright: Mitch Krohn

Original Compositions and Sound Design: Finka Wood

Production Management: Jordyn Wood

Poster Graphic Design: Samantha Walters

This podcast is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Hamber Foundation.

This production was recorded and broadcast from the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations at GGRP Sound Studios, as well as remotely from Treaty One Territory.

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Vancouver-based playwright Garvin Chan to talk about their play, The Funeral of Garvin Chan (1998-2025).

The Funeral of Garvin Chan (1998-2025) by Garvin Chan is an immersive dark comedy set in a church. An absurd and contradictory series of eulogies exploring the possibilities of how one can be remembered, the unknowability of one's person (spiritually, literally and emotionally.)

Content Forecast: Discussions of suicide, death, and grief. Strong language.

Help is available. Call or Text the National Suicide Crisis Helpline (24hr/day): 9-8-8

Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.

Cast:

GARVIN CHAN as GARV

KAITLYN YOTT as CELEBRANT

SARAH PEGUERO as SOPHIE

NYX DEBOGORSKI as CASE

JULIA ABREU as MARIGOLD & DISEMBODIED VOICE

ANDY KALIRAI as STAGE DIRECTIONS

Host: Natasha Nadir

Playwright: Garvin Chan

Original Compositions and Sound Design: Finka Wood

Production Management: Jordyn Wood

Poster Graphic Design: Samantha Walters

This podcast is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Hamber Foundation.

This production was recorded and broadcast from the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, at GGRP Sound Studios.

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Toronto-based playwright Kate McArthur to talk about their play, un/REAL.

Bonkers is a clown comedy in which Clown who lives with depression and bipolar disorder faces an appeals panel after being denied disability support.

Content Forecast: Discussions of suicide.

Help is available. Call or Text the National Suicide Crisis Helpline (24hr/day): 9-8-8

Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.

Cast:

KAITLYN YOTT as CLOWN

ANDY KALIRAI as STAGE DIRECTIONS

Host: Natasha Nadir

Playwright: Kate McArthur

Original Compositions and Sound Design: Finka Wood

Production Management: Jordyn Wood

Poster Graphic Design: Samantha Walters

This podcast is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Hamber Foundation.

This production was recorded and broadcast from the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, at GGRP Sound Studios, as well as remotely on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples.

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Vancouver-based playwright Sarah Shepherd to talk about their play, un/REAL.

un/REAL by Sarah Shepherd is a horror/science fiction play where Cesare, a person with a degenerative muscular disorder tries a new and experimental medical treatment. This involves being put into a medically induced coma and entering a Virtual Reality that attempts to replicate a "perfect life”.

Content Forecast: Medically assisted death/suicide, hospitalization.

Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.

Cast:

JULIA ABREU as MAREN

NYX DEBOGORSKI as CESARE

KAITLYN YOTT as STAGE DIRECTIONS

Host: Natasha Nadir

Playwright: Sarah Shepherd

Original Compositions and Sound Design: Finka Wood

Production Management: Jordyn Wood

Poster Graphic Design: Samantha Walters

This podcast is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Hamber Foundation.

This production was recorded and broadcast from the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, at GGRP Sound Studios.

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Winnipeg-based playwright Ethan Stark to talk about his play, Sinking Ship.

Sinking Ship by Ethan Stark is a queer and modern re-imagining of Charon, the ferryman featured in Greek mythology. Since the beginning of humankind, they have been tasked with emotionally preparing the newly dead to go to the place you never come back from. Over and over again they get attached and over and over again they end up alone. One day, it is Charon’s childhood best friend, Arlo who ends up on the boat and Charon can’t bear to be parted from them again.

Content Forecast: Discussions of death and grief.

Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.

Cast:

JULIA ABREU as CHARON

NYX DEBOGORSKI as ARLO

ANDY KALIRAI as STAGE DIRECTIONS

Host: Natasha Nadir

Playwright: Ethan Stark

Original Compositions and Sound Design: Finka Wood

Production Management: Jordyn Wood

Poster Graphic Design: Samantha Walters

This podcast is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Hamber Foundation.

This production was recorded and broadcast from the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations at GGRP Sound Studios, as well as remotely from Treaty One Territory.

This week, Adam Grant Warren chats with Vancouver-based playwright Araceli Ferrara to talk about their play, Vampire or My sister, the prophet.

Synopsis: Vampire or My sister, the prophet by Araceli Ferrara follows Nena as she visits home for the holidays, where she must grapple with the fallout following her sister's most recent psychotic episode.

Content Forecast: Institutionalization, experience of psychosis, strong language.

Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.

Cast:

JULIA ABREU as NENA

SARAH PEGUERO as LETI

ANDY KALIRAI as RAHIM

NYX DEBOGORSKI as STAGE DIRECTIONS

Host: Adam Grant Warren

Playwright: Araceli Ferrara

Original Compositions and Sound Design: Finka Wood

Production Management: Jordyn Wood

Poster Graphic Design: Samantha Walters

This podcast is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Hamber Foundation.

This production was recorded and broadcast from the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, at GGRP Sound Studios.

This week, Natasha Nadir chats with Montreal-based playwright Anna Burkholder to talk about their play, Skye High.

Skye is new to town, and no one notices her—not even her mom. As she struggles to settle in, a wildfire destroys her childhood home in B.C., thousands of miles away. Left alone with her stepdad while her mom deals with the crisis, Skye becomes consumed by loneliness, grief, and recurring nightmares. She turns to urban exploration, sneaking into abandoned buildings and posting her adventures online. But when her latest stunt—climbing to the top of a mysterious pink house in the sky—goes wrong, Skye finds herself at the center of a high-stakes 911 call, forced to confront everything she’s been hiding.

Content Forecast: Strong language.

Waveforms was produced by Realwheels Theatre with the co-operation of UBCP/ACTRA.

Cast:

KAITLYN YOTT as SKYE

Host: Natasha Nadir

Playwright: Anna Burkholder

Original Compositions and Sound Design: Finka Wood

Production Management: Jordyn Wood

Poster Graphic Design: Samantha Walters

This podcast is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver, and the Hamber Foundation.

This production was recorded and broadcast from the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations at GGRP Sound Studios, as well as remotely from the unceded Indigenous lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation.