Writer, Composer, Performer
Theatre Passe Muraille, January 2014
Touchstone Theatre/ Arts Club, June 2015
The Way Back To Thursday premiered in January 2014 as a part of the season at Theatre Passe Muraille. It’s a two-person song cycle (entirely sung musical form) that chronicles the 30-year relationship between a grandmother and her grandson as they negotiate issues of sexuality, aging, family relationships, and ultimately, love. Cameron (the grandson) wants to keep his special relationship with Grandma as a time capsule—an unchanging part of his identity, reflective of only their past—but as time passes, that begins to shift. More than anything, The Way Back To Thursday is a musical about unconditional love that crosses generations, genders and lifetimes. The piece was nominated for OUTSTANDING NEW MUSICAL for the Dora Mavor Moore Awards 2014. It was then presented at the 2015 In Tune Festival (Touchstone Theatre/Arts Club) in Vancouver, June 2015.
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A Return
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Photos by Michael Cooper
Written and Composed by Rob Kempson
Directed by Briana Brown
Orchestrations and Musical Direction by Scott Christian
Production Design by Beth Kates
Starring Rob Kempson & Astrid Van Wieren,
with Scott Christian & Samuel Bisson
Dramaturgy by Samantha Serles
*The Vancouver production featured Valerie Hawkins in the role of Grandma and Chris Tsujiuchi as Music Director/Pianist.
Directed by Briana Brown
Orchestrations and Musical Direction by Scott Christian
Production Design by Beth Kates
Starring Rob Kempson & Astrid Van Wieren,
with Scott Christian & Samuel Bisson
Dramaturgy by Samantha Serles
*The Vancouver production featured Valerie Hawkins in the role of Grandma and Chris Tsujiuchi as Music Director/Pianist.