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The Story of Mr. Wright
Conceived and Directed by Christian Barry & Anthony Black
A Globe Theatre and 2b theatre company co-production

Photos by Kiriako Iatridis | Cover photo: Judy Wensel, Duncan Fisher, Daniel Maslany, Kate Herriot and Ashley Turner |
Page 2 photo Daniel Maslany and Kate Herriot | Inside back cover: Judy Wensel

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A play about medical
miracles, the power of
story and the healing
power of the mind.
The Story of Mr. Wright is the
tale of faith inspired by the
documented test case of a cancer
patient from the early 1950’s.
His reaction to a miracle drug
and subsequent relapses are
interwoven with compelling and
sometimes tragic personal stories
from the cast.
This production is the result of a
creative collision between east
and west. Commissioned by
Regina’s Globe Theatre, and under
the guidance of the artistic codirectors
of Halifax’s renowned
2b theatre company, five of
Saskatchewan’s most exciting
young artists perform this original
new work.
Part physical theatre, part
testimonial and part curious
medical drama, The Story of Mr.
Wright is unlike any diagnosis
you’ve had before.
Production History
Globe Theatre’s
Shumiatcher Sandbox Series
Regina, SK
JAN 20 - 29, 2011
Neptune Theatre Studio
Halifax, NS
OCT 24th - 28th, 2012
Available for Touring
Spring 2013 - Summer 2014
Suitable Venue
100+ seats
Flexible for various venues
including in-the-round, thrust,
and proscenium.
Minimum 20’ x 20’ playing area.
1.5 days for load-in
Run Time
70 Minutes (with no intermission)

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CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY:
Christian Barry and
Anthony Black
WRITTEN BY: Christian Barry,
Anthony Black & the Ensemble
FEATURING: Duncan Fisher,
Kate Herriot, Daniel Maslany,
Ashley Turner and Judy Wensel
ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGN:
Kate Selleck
STAGE MANAGER: Kim Bujaczek
CONTACT:
www.thestoryofmrwright.com
sandboxseries@globetheatrelive.com
or (306) 924-2813

“the artists need to gain
the audience’s trust, either
by sincerity or pure bluff”
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Prairie Dog Magazine
Saturday, January 29, 2011
See It Before It’s Gone:
Globe Theatre’s
The Story of Mr. Wright
by Aidan Morgan
The relationship in theatre between
the audience and the artist can best
be described as a tacit agreement
between all parties. Under the
terms of the agreement, a bare
table is a hospital bed, a bowl of
oranges is a nest of tumors, and
the stage itself becomes a shifting
point that can be anywhere at all –
as long as everyone agrees. For that
agreement to hold, the artists need
to gain the audience’s trust, either
by sincerity or pure bluff.
That agreement is really what
The Story of Mr. Wright is about.
How is it created? How is it
upheld? What happens when that
agreement breaks down? And more
intriguingly, if the artists deliberately
violate the unspoken contract, is it
truly broken, or just reconstituted
anew?
A collaboration between the Globe
Young Theatre Company and
Halifax’s 2b theatre, The Story of
Mr. Wright takes us back to the
1950s and into the case history of
a patient who makes a startling
recovery from cancer under the
auspices of a miracle drug – a drug
which, unsurprisingly, turns out to
be worthless. When Mr. Wright
discovers that his miracle cure
is fraudulent, the tumors return.
In the course of trying to save
Wright’s life, the doctor resorts to
unorthodox methods.
The play intersperses the drama
with a series of monologues from
the cast, relating stories of medical
trauma and recovery from their
own lives and ruminating on the
relationship between our bodies
and our beliefs. Each cast member
displays evidence attesting to the
truth of their stories – a scar, a
missing toe, a tattoo, a bag full
of medication – but there is a
deliberate game being played with
the audience. “Do you see it?” they
ask. “Do you see it?” And perhaps
we do. I’m still not sure what I saw.

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Globe Theatre
Founded in 1966 by Ken and
Sue Kramer, Globe Theatre was
Saskatchewan’s first professional
theatre. More than four decades
later, Globe Theatre produces a
six-play main stage season on our
unique theatre-in-the-round stage
and a six-play Shumiatcher Sandbox
Series with a focus on producing
original Saskatchewan work that
is created with non-traditional
processes. Globe Theatre also runs
a theatre school which includes
creative drama and theatre creation
classes for children and teens,
the Fusion Project, a provincial
outreach workshop program, an
apprenticeship program and an actor
conservatory training program.
2b theatre company
For 12 years, the artistic co-directors
of Halifax’s renowned 2b theatre
company, Christian Barry and
Anthony Black, have been making
waves across Canada and beyond
with stage works that embrace
the artist-audience relationship and
reinvent theatre for the 21st century.
Their restless energy and fearless
invention was a powerful catalyst
for bringing them to Regina to guide
the creation of a new work by Globe
Theatre’s Young Company.
Christian Barry | CO-DIRECTOR /
CO-WRITER
Globe Theatre: Invisible Atom. Other
Theatre: Directing Credits: The Mill,
part two: The Huron Bride (Theatrefront
- nominated for 7 Dora Mavor Moore
awards, and winner of 4, including the
Dora for Outstanding Independent
Production); Homage (Magnetic North
and Luminato Festivals); East of Berlin
(2b theatre company); The Russian Play
& Mexico City (2b, Western Canadian
tour) and Revisited (2b, international
tour). Upcoming: March 2013 - world
premiere of The God that Comes, a new
play by Barry and Juno-winning rocker
Hawksley Workman. Christian Barry is
an award-winning director and designer
from Halifax, and artistic co-director of
2b theatre company. Christian holds
a B.A. (Honours) in Theatre from
Dalhousie University, and is a graduate
of the highly selective directing program
at the National Theatre School.
Anthony Black | CO-DIRECTOR /
CO-WRITER
Globe Theatre: Invisible Atom. Other
Theatre: For 2b: Invisible Atom (writer/
performer), When it Rains (writer/
director), Manners of Dying (codirected
with Christian Barry), and
Homage (writer). For Neptune: Soul
Alone (director and co-writer); Fathers
& Sons, The Marilyn Tapes, Masked
(Director). Other directing: Half-Life
(Theatre Aquarius); Geometry in Venice;
Heroes (Festival Antigonish); Marion
Bridge (Metamorphic); King Ubu (Dal
Theatre). Anthony has received awards
or nominations for his work in direction,
performance, writing, set, and sound
design. His work tours internationally.
He is a graduate of York University and
the Directing Program at the National
Theatre School.

www.thestoryofmrwright.com
sandboxseries@globetheatrelive.com
(306) 924-2813