UPCOMING PROJECTS
Photo by Dahlia Katz
Project: Humanity and Pyretic Productions Presents:
The Division
Written and Directed
by
Andrew Kushnir
Studio Theatre - Streetcar Crowsnest
April 21 - May 17, 2026
IN DEVELOPMENT
CHEW
As one competitor puts it: “It’s like a standing-still parade. We just happen to be eating food.” Over the course of several years, Montreal playwright Sarah Segal-Lazar interviewed dozens of competitive eaters in Canada and the States to figure out what drives them to stretch their stomachs beyond comprehension. Inspired by London Road and A Chorus Line, co-creators Segal-Lazar, Anika Johnson and Andrew Kushnir have discovered the ideal container for the excesses of the sport: a documentary musical. Whether it’s tucking away tamales in Texas or pulverising pretzels in Providence, CHEW examines how the reasons we do unreasonable things can be most surprising of all.
This project has been co-commissioned by PH and
Crow’s Theatre.
TOWARDS AUDACIOUS CITIZENS
a sequel to TOWARDS YOUTH: a play on radical hope
The drama classroom can be the ultimate rehearsal hall for youth-led activism. TOWARDS AUDACIOUS CITIZENS localizes this phenomenon around a single emergency: climate justice. As collaborator Dr. Kathleen Gallagher puts it, this project will turn the public to “young people’s creative and artistic practices, their relationships with their respective local and global environments, and their hope for our world.” Starting in 2021, Andrew Kushnir will travel with Dr. Kathleen Gallagher to research sites in Canada, India, Greece, Taiwan, Colombia and England. PH is developing a way to make this project a carbon neutral creation.