A Door to be Kicked: A Radio Play by Fred Wah
By A Door to be Kicked
Set in a small-town Chinese-Canadian cafe in the 1950s, the play explores themes of place, identity, history, and culture, with particular focus on the Chinese heritage that was such an important (and often overlooked) aspect of the settlement period of the Columbia Basin.
Copyright
Script: Fred Wah
Radio broadcast: Kootenay Co-operative Radio
Podcast: Fred Wah/Catherine Fisher/Bessie Wapp
Original music: Don MacDonald
A Door to be Kicked: A Radio Play by Fred WahJan 13, 2022
ACT ONE: A Door to be Kicked: A Radio Play by Fred Wah
Introduction
A Door to be Kicked is a radio play in three-acts by Canadian poet, novelist, scholar and former Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate Fred Wah.
Set in a small-town Chinese-Canadian cafe in the 1950s, the play explores themes of place, identity, history, and culture, with particular focus on the Chinese heritage that was such an important (and often overlooked) aspect of the settlement period of the Columbia Basin.
A Door to be Kicked is a patchwork of poetic narratives and historic voices, drawing on Fred’s Nelson, B.C.-based “biofiction”, Diamond Grill, his poetry and his writing for the collaboration “highmuckamuck.ca”, a web-based, British Columbia history project sub-titled “Playing Chinese.”
Produced as a partnership between Kootenay Co-operative Radio and the Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History, the play was workshopped in two live performances in Nelson in 2019. It has subsequently been recorded and produced for radio in Nelson, somewhat delayed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Creative teamScript by: Fred Wah
Dramaturge: Nicola Harwood
Producer, Audio Producer: Catherine Fisher
Director: Bessie Wapp
Original Music by: Don MacDonald
Technical Director: Anthony Sanna
Cast
The Poet: Brahm Taylor
Fred Wah Sr.: Fred Wah (recording), Clement Lam (public performance)
Freddie Wah: Tashi Higgs
Connie Wah, Mary Morrison: Marya Folinsbee
Pong, Shu Mar, Grampa Wah, Lawrence Mar, Storekeeper, Waiter: Jason Xiao
Ed, Sandy, Bus driver, Girlfriend's Father: Don Gordon
Teacher: Bessie Wapp
Cafe Customer: Anthony Sanna
Presented by
Kootenay Co-operative Radio
Touchstones Museum of Art and History
Supported by
Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance
Osprey Foundation
Kootenay Co-op
Nelson and District Credit Union
Several private donors
Copyright
Script: Fred Wah
Radio Broadcast: Kootenay Co-operative Radio
Podcast: Fred Wah/Catherine Fisher/Bessie Wapp
Original Music: Don MacDonald
Contact
To contact us use the "contact" form (see menu).
For information about rights or reproduction email Catherine at catherinefisher551 (at) gmail (dot) com
ACT TWO: A Door to be Kicked: A Radio Play by Fred Wah
Introduction
A Door to be Kicked is a radio play in three-acts by Canadian poet, novelist, scholar and former Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate Fred Wah.
Set in a small-town Chinese-Canadian cafe in the 1950s, the play explores themes of place, identity, history, and culture, with particular focus on the Chinese heritage that was such an important (and often overlooked) aspect of the settlement period of the Columbia Basin.
A Door to be Kicked is a patchwork of poetic narratives and historic voices, drawing on Fred’s Nelson, B.C.-based “biofiction”, Diamond Grill, his poetry and his writing for the collaboration “highmuckamuck.ca”, a web-based, British Columbia history project sub-titled “Playing Chinese.”
Produced as a partnership between Kootenay Co-operative Radio and the Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History, the play was workshopped in two live performances in Nelson in 2019. It has subsequently been recorded and produced for radio in Nelson, somewhat delayed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Creative teamScript by: Fred Wah
Dramaturge: Nicola Harwood
Producer, Audio Producer: Catherine Fisher
Director: Bessie Wapp
Original Music by: Don MacDonald
Technical Director: Anthony Sanna
Cast
The Poet: Brahm Taylor
Fred Wah Sr.: Fred Wah (recording), Clement Lam (public performance)
Freddie Wah: Tashi Higgs
Connie Wah, Mary Morrison: Marya Folinsbee
Pong, Shu Mar, Grampa Wah, Lawrence Mar, Storekeeper, Waiter: Jason Xiao
Ed, Sandy, Bus driver, Girlfriend's Father: Don Gordon
Teacher: Bessie Wapp
Cafe Customer: Anthony Sanna
Presented by
Kootenay Co-operative Radio
Touchstones Museum of Art and History
Supported by
Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance
Osprey Foundation
Kootenay Co-op
Nelson and District Credit Union
Several private donors
Copyright
Script: Fred Wah
Radio Broadcast: Kootenay Co-operative Radio
Podcast: Fred Wah/Catherine Fisher/Bessie Wapp
Original Music: Don MacDonald
Contact
To contact us use the "contact" form (see menu).
For information about rights or reproduction email Catherine at catherinefisher551 (at) gmail (dot) com
ACT THREE: A Door to be Kicked: A Radio Play by Fred Wah
Introduction
A Door to be Kicked is a radio play in three-acts by Canadian poet, novelist, scholar and former Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate Fred Wah.
Set in a small-town Chinese-Canadian cafe in the 1950s, the play explores themes of place, identity, history, and culture, with particular focus on the Chinese heritage that was such an important (and often overlooked) aspect of the settlement period of the Columbia Basin.
A Door to be Kicked is a patchwork of poetic narratives and historic voices, drawing on Fred’s Nelson, B.C.-based “biofiction”, Diamond Grill, his poetry and his writing for the collaboration “highmuckamuck.ca”, a web-based, British Columbia history project sub-titled “Playing Chinese.”
Produced as a partnership between Kootenay Co-operative Radio and the Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History, the play was workshopped in two live performances in Nelson in 2019. It has subsequently been recorded and produced for radio in Nelson, somewhat delayed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Creative teamScript by: Fred Wah
Dramaturge: Nicola Harwood
Producer, Audio Producer: Catherine Fisher
Director: Bessie Wapp
Original Music by: Don MacDonald
Technical Director: Anthony Sanna
Cast
The Poet: Brahm Taylor
Fred Wah Sr.: Fred Wah (recording), Clement Lam (public performance)
Freddie Wah: Tashi Higgs
Connie Wah, Mary Morrison: Marya Folinsbee
Pong, Shu Mar, Grampa Wah, Lawrence Mar, Storekeeper, Waiter: Jason Xiao
Ed, Sandy, Bus driver, Girlfriend's Father: Don Gordon
Teacher: Bessie Wapp
Cafe Customer: Anthony Sanna
Presented by
Kootenay Co-operative Radio
Touchstones Museum of Art and History
Supported by
Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance
Osprey Foundation
Kootenay Co-op
Nelson and District Credit Union
Several private donors
Copyright
Script: Fred Wah
Radio Broadcast: Kootenay Co-operative Radio
Podcast: Fred Wah/Catherine Fisher/Bessie Wapp
Original Music: Don MacDonald
Contact
To contact us use the "contact" form (see menu).
For information about rights or reproduction email Catherine at catherinefisher551 (at) gmail (dot) com