The Team
CREATED BY
A WAKE OF VULTURES
Formed in 2013, A Wake of Vultures (WOV) is a project-based interdisciplinary performance collective. WOV is a research, development, and producing vehicle for the works of its three members: Nancy Tam (music, sound design, theatre), Daniel O’Shea (film, theatre), and Conor Wylie (theatre). We began collaborating and bonding as friends over our shared fascination in social rituals, science fiction, anime, and questions of reality and perception. We follow our idiosyncratic curiosities, blending low-brow inspirations with high-concept ideas, creating bizarre convergences that propose hybrid visions of the future. Our work is marked by formal detachment, ritual, unstable perspectives, and a blend of retro and new technologies, taking diverse forms like audio walks, performance installations, and plays.
PRODUCED BY
CONOR WYLIE
Conor Wylie is a performer, writer, and director creating experimental theatre. In recent years, science-fiction and videogame aesthetics have figured prominently in his works. He co-wrote and performed Visitors from Far Away to the State Machine with Hong Kong Exile, about two aliens on an erotic honeymoon to Earth, performed live on webcams and featuring animations inspired by several generations of videogame graphics. He also collaborated on Theatre Replacement’s MINE, a cinematic performance investigating mythical, pop-culture, and personal stories of mothers and sons, performed in the sandbox videogame Minecraft.
In 2017, he was selected as the Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for Emerging Theatre Artist by Marcus Youssef. In 2019, he was chosen as the Siminovitch Prize Protégé by his dear mentors James Long and Maiko Yamamoto.
Creative Team
Director + Writer: Conor Wylie
Performers: Jasmine Chen, Donna Soares, Anjela Magpantay
Performing Sound Designer, Composer, Sound Editor, Sound Mixer 2: Nancy Tam
Lighting Designer, Technical Director, Lead Filmmaker, Film Editor: Daniel O’Shea
Costume Designer: Leah Weinstein
Movement Collaborator + Choreographer: Mahaila Patterson-O’Brien
Producing Stage Manager (miniseries): Anjela Magpantay
Story + Accessibility Collaborator: Amy Amantea
Bios
Conor Wylie
Writer, Director, Producer
Nancy Tam
Performing Sound Designer, Composer, Sound Editor, Sound Mixer 2
Daniel O’Shea
Lighting Designer, Technical Director, Filmmaker + Film Editor
Donna Soares
Performer
Jasmine Chen
Performer
Anjela Magpantay
Performer
Mahaila Patterson-O’Brien
Choreographer + Movement Consultant
Amy Amantea
Story + Accessibility Consultant
Leah Weinstein
Costume Designer
Additional Credits
A CAMERA OPERATOR
Lukáš Hyrman
B CAMERA OPERATOR
Luc Forsyth
C CAMERA OPERATOR
Thomas Chiasson
CLOSED CAPTIONING
SOUND MIXER + SOUND CONSULTANT
Ira Jordison
SCRIPT CONSULTANT
Shawn Macdonald
CATERER
Narong Heng
Special Thanks
Theatre Replacement, Maiko Yamamoto, James Long, Corbin Murdoch, Chelsea MacDonald, Cory Philley and the incredible technical staff of The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Craig Boyko, Amy Young, The Russian Hall, Hong Kong Exile, Sophia Wolfe, Paul Paroczai, Tim Carlson, Brian Quirt, Nightswimming Theatre, Coppermoss Cottage and Retreat, Maureen Louie, Leo Boissy, and our families and loved ones.
And to all the artists that participated in earlier phases of development, including: Remy Siu, Shannon Chan-Kent, Amanda Sum, Kayleigh Sandomirsky, Anais West, and Veronique West.