In December of 2021, Jason Mehmel, the Artistic Director of Calgary’s Sage Theatre, asked me to do the promotional work for their world premiere of renowned playwright Clem Martini’s “Cantata — Rumours of My Crazy, Useless Life.”

We would start work later that month with Jason generously acting as a parts model — that’s his hand, used in the original poster — with more extensive work with the entire cast and crew in both March and April of 2022.

This was my first time ever shooting a theatrical production, so my jitters were legitimate, but it became one of the most demanding, exciting, and fulfilling shoots that I’ve ever done, and a selection of the photographs taken would eventually see print when a hard copy of the play (alongside a second work by Clem Martini, “The Extinction Therapist”) would be released by Durvile & UpRoute Books.

Forthwith, Cast & Crew:

Clem Martini, playwright; Valerie Campbell, actress; Brian Jensen, actor; Precious Akpoguma, actress; Rod Squance, musician/composer; Jason Mehmel, director; Emily Parkhouse, stage manager; Calum Maunier, designer.