The Domino Heart

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THE DOMINO HEART

As their marriage ebbs from an old betrayal, Cara's husband is killed in a car accident. The Reverend Mortimer Wright is sleepless and alone in his hospital room, reconciling his relationship with God and his fear of death. Leo Juarez is camped out in his high-rise corporate office, cigar in hand, bitterly musing on the state of the world from his rarified vantage point. In the night sky above, a helicopter carries the organ that will connect them all.

Part mystery, part examination of the human soul, The Domino Heart is the haunting story of three strangers linked by one heart. A powerful exploration of the questions we ask ourselves when faced with our own mortality, and the choices we make which determine who we are.

The Domino Heart was directed by Phoenix Theatre Ensemble resident ensemble member Attilio Rigotti and features ensemble members Jessica Crandall as Cara, Craig Anthony Bannister as Mortimer, and John Cosentino as Leo.  

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Playwright Matthew Edison is an actor and writer living in Toronto. Born in 1975, he trained at the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York City, and is a great-great-great-grand-nephew of inventor Thomas Edison. The Domino Heart was his debut play and premiered at Toronto's acclaimed Tarragon Theatre. It was nominated for Toronto's most prestigious theatre award – the Dora Mavor Moore Award – for Best New Play. Other writing includes Feeding the Roaches, The Cloth and The Jar Lid, all of which won Ottawa's National Art Centre's Young Playwrights Award, and the screen adaptation for CBC Television’s Othello. As an actor, he has starred in stage productions across North America including most of Canada's leading theatres including Canadian Stage, Tarragon Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre, National Arts Centre and the Shaw Festival, while his extensive film and TV credits include Anne of Green Gables, The Murdoch Mysteries, Harriet the Spy 2 for Disney and Flash of Genius for Universal Pictures. As a director, Matthew received two Dora nominations for Best Director and Most Outstanding Production for The Qualities of Zero in at Tarragon Theatre Extra Space.

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