It’s a play inside a pitch inside a breakdown.
With puppets. And show tunes. And oddly...a lot of heart.
A Brief History of Smoking Cigarettes follows Deanna’s personal history with cigarettes, and, quite impossibly, THE ENTIRE GLOBAL HISTORY of cigarettes, in a touching and hilarious one-woman show that uses puppets, live music, and video to convey how SPECTACULAR the play will be when it eventually gets funded by “Big Tobacco.” Sharing true stories, wide-reaching musings and playful audience interaction, this multi-dimensional show shines a light on how one of the biggest and ugliest industries changed the world and influenced Deanna’s life. Through the polarizing puff\pull of a cigarette, this play explores themes of colonization, capitalism, and the commodification of a sacred natural resource.
Various show dates coming up in St. Catharines, Toronto and Calgary.
Keep your eyes on the prize. Tickets available soon.
Venues to be announced soon!
Tickets on sale soon!
Collaborators along the way so far ❤️
Dienye Waboso Amajor
Lisa Marie Diliberto
Andre du Toit
Karen Hines
Charles Ketchebaw
Holly Keus
Cole Lewis
Laura Mairon
James McCoy
Sophia Pearlman
Natasha Pedros
Annie Wilson
Katie MacCabe
Deanna thanks Ontario Arts Council and the Province of Ontario for their support of this play.
