bug creative team

Yolanda Bonnell // playwright & performer

Cole Alvis // director & producer

Gia Nahmens // stage management

Sadie Buck // voiceover

Aria Evans // movement

Yvette Nolan // dramaturge

Jay Havens // scenography

Michel Charbonneau // lighting design

Maddie Bautista // sound design

Deb Lim // production manager

DJ Classic Roots & Jennifer Kreisberg //music composition

Kinoo Arcentales & Chelsea Reinders // stitchers

Tim Hill // set construction

Lisa Alves & Olivia Shortt // associate producers

Kristina Lemieux // producing consultant

Ashley Bomberry // outside eye / facilitator 

Pauline Shirt // knowledge keeper

"bug is an enthralling journey into the struggles of two Indigenous women – and their vices. NNNN”

— KELLY BOUTSALIS, NOW MAGAZINE

read the full review of bug co-presented by Theatre Passe Muraille and Native Earth Performing Arts

“If I were to provide a rating then, it would be a full-on constellation.”

— KARYN RECOLLET, THE GLOBE AND MAIL

read the full review of bug co-presented by Theatre Passe Muraille and Native Earth Performing Arts

“there is an urgent need for canadians to understand the legacy that colonization has left on Indigenous peoples.”

— SHAY ERLICH read the full preview of bug presented by Luminato here

“this is a challenging, emotional piece of theatre, and one that needs to keep living across the country. ”

— KENDRA JONES read the full review of bug presented by Luminato here

“for settler audiences, I want them to have a deeper understanding of what some of our lived experiences are like, that we are resilient, and that are pain doesn’t just come from something that we picked up one day.”

— YOLANDA BONNELL FOR MUSKRAT MAGAZINE read the full interview here