The Driftwood Trilogy examines the intersections of class, race and gender from the most rural-remote northern regions of the island to the most densely populated southern region of the territory spanning the early 1800s to present day. The characters introduced in Building Houses are the relations/ancestors of the characters in Falling Trees and Wasting Paper. In this manner, the stand alone plays when performed together as a trifecta or classic three act will encompass the totality of the island’s relationship to settler-colonialism, confederation and globalization seen through the eyes of individuals of all invested backgrounds, from the aged Indigenous grandmother in Building Houses to her disenfranchised great-grandson in Falling Trees to her displaced great-great-great granddaughter in Wasting Paper.
TNL, in partnership with PCTC, will produce Falling Trees (2025), Building Houses (2026), Wasting Paper (2027) and the Trilogy (2028) on the Fortis Mainstage at the Nurse Myra Bennett Centre for the Performing Arts in Cow Head, GNP, NL.
Driftwood Trilogy Falling Trees Core Creative Team members: Megan Gail Coles, Nicholas Leno, Emma Tibaldo, Brian Kenny, Brian Ball and Leigh Ann Vardy.
Driftwood Trilogy Core Consultation Committee: Ivan White, Drew Brown, Jennie Williams, Julia Laite, Leahdawn Helena, Gillian Kolla and Christina Dicks.
Building Houses August 2025 Workshop Casting: Gordon White, Stephanie Payne, Leahdawn Helena, Taylor Groves and Adam Brake.
