ALL AND ONE THEATRE PRESENTS
THE ANORAK
Performer: Lisa McCormack
Stage Manager: Linda Diep
Written and Directed by: Adam Kelly Morton
Please turn off electronic devices. The show runs for 90 minutes, with no intermission.
An optional forum will take place after the performance.



an•or•ak / n. 1 a waterproof jacket of cloth or plastic, usu. with a hood, of a kind originally used in polar regions. 2 colloq. derog. a boring, studious, or socially inept person with unfashionable and solitary interests.
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We at All and One Theatre would like to acknowledge that we live and work on the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka people, on this island known as Tio’tia:ke. We also recognize the hundreds of First Nation, Inuit, and Metis groups that have been stewards of this island, and we are thankful to them. We acknowledge the colonial violence done to Indigenous people, and wish to move forward with a shared sense of community and non-violence.
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Lisa McCormack

Lisa has been in love with the magic of story telling for as long as she can remember. Her goal is to bring life to characters through emotional depth and the complexity of the human spirit.
She is extremely grateful to Adam and Linda for this incredible and unique opportunity and their trust in allowing her to bring this story to life on stage.
Let us remember their names.

Linda Diep

Linda is a photographer and filmmaker who has worked with Adam on The Anorak in past productions. Her creative vision and support for artists has made her an invaluable collaborator.

Adam Kelly Morton

Adam is a Montreal-based screenwriter, playwright, filmmaker, and teacher—at I.O. Acting & Creative Studio Mtl. www.ioactingstudio.com. His work has appeared across Canada, the United States, and abroad. He is a proud husband and father to four kids (all aged eleven and under). www.adamkellymorton.com
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PLAY HISTORY

The Anorak began as an assignment for the Masters Acting program at premiered in Toronto at York University in 2000. The first mainstage productions took place at York in February 2002, performed by Adam Kelly Morton, with Technical Director Bree Barker. The Montreal premiere took place in September 2004, at Zeke's Gallery, Technical Director Chris Hand. After productions at TMU (Ryerson), Queen’s, McGill, Concordia, Université de Laval, Université de Montréal, and several high schools and Cegeps, the UK premiere took place at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London, May 2013, performed by Felix Brunger, directed by Matthew Gould.
In December 2014, The Anorak was performed for the last time by Adam Kelly Morton, for the 25th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, at Montreal Improv Theatre, Technical Director, Linda Diep.
A production of The Anorak was mounted for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2022 with Finn McGee in the title role and Andrew Hogarth directing for No Frills Theater Company in Kent, England.
December 6th, 2024 marks the 35th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre. Although not the first massacre on this soil, it was the first mass school shooting in Canada, and the worst to date—particularly for its targeting of women. We have endured further school shootings here (Concordia University, Dawson College), and these kinds of massacres have become commonplace in the United States.
It is our hope that this play will help to promote change through community, communication, and non-violence.

We also wish to keep our memory of the event alive, and to commemorate the victims:

GENEVIÈVE BERGERON (1968–1989), civil engineering student
HÉLÈNE COLGAN (1966–1989), mechanical engineering student
NATHALIE CROTEAU (1966–1989), mechanical engineering student
BARBARA DAIGNEAULT (1967–1989), mechanical engineering student
ANNE-MARIE EDWARD (1968–1989), chemical engineering student
MAUD HAVIERNICK (1960–1989), materials engineering student
MARYSE LAGANIÈRE (1964–1989), budget clerk, Polytechnique finance
MARYSE LECLAIR (1966–1989), materials engineering student
ANNE-MARIE LEMAY(1967–1989), mechanical engineering student
SONIA PELLETIER (1961–1989), mechanical engineering student
MICHÈLE RICHARD (1968–1989), materials engineering student
ANNIE ST-ARNEAULT (1966–1989), mechanical engineering student
ANNIE TURCOTTE (1969–1989), materials engineering student
BARBARA KLUCZNIK-WIDAJEWICZ (1958–1989), nursing student
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ALL AND ONE THEATRE WOULD LIKE TO THANK…

Our Supporters and Special Thanks

April Defalco

Jackal Russomano

Carl, Nota, and the staff at Monkland Community Centre

Irkar Beljaars and Clifton Nicholas, for consultation on the land acknowledgement

Calli Armstrong for the wording of our audience introduction

Kimberley Gartshore

Students of I.O. Acting Studio (past and present)

…and thank you for coming.

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