When: Jan. 7-9
Where: Cultch Historic Theatre
Tickets: from $26 at thecultch.com
In Infinity, Sarah Jean is the cynical, skeptical daughter of a dysfunctional couple, theoretical physicist Elliot and composer Carmen. The Hannah Moscovitch (The Russian Play, Little One, This is War) drama premiered in 2015 Toronto and went on to win that year’s Toronto Theatre Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play. Now, coming to Vancouver for the first time, the Volcano/Tarragon Theatre co-production features new actors (Vancouver-based Emily Jane King and Electric Company Theatre’s Jonathon Young) and original cast member Amy Rutherford.
Q: How would you describe what Infinity is about?
A: Well, it’s a three-hander, but we also have a violinist (Andréa Tyniec) in the show. There’s a family made up of brilliant people, a theoretical physicist, a virtuosic violinist, and their daughter, who is an exceptional, brilliant mathematician, and they’re dealing with ordinary human struggles like love and family and relationship and career. And it’s about what we inherit from our families and how we can change those behaviours, that we actually can change.