S1 E1: The Last Gathering

The Apocrypha Chronicles

The year is 2156. Phe, a young archivist, is on a mushroom walk in the woods, experimenting with a piece of ancient digital tech. Suddenly, it starts to transmit sound - voices from the past.

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Creative Team:

Rae Takei as Phe | Renae Morriseau as Lar | Mela Pietropaolo as The FI

Directed by and other voices by Stephanie Wong

Original music by Benton Roark & Jessica McMann.

Written by Jessica Schacht & Paolo Pietropaolo.

Audio producers, Natasha Aziz & Paolo Pietropaolo.

Mixed by Natasha Aziz.

Creative Producer, Melanie Yeats.

Executive Producer, Debi Wong.

Original concept by Debi Wong & Benton Roark.

Artistic Directors, Debi Wong & Benton Roark.

With special thanks to River (Cassandra) Blondin Burt for their contributions to world-building.

This project was produced by re:Naissance Opera as a part of IndieFest 2020.

Thank you to the contributing artists who have shared their experiences with us:

Waubgeshig Rice, Tyler Simpson, Debi Wong, Fathima Mohiuddin, Nancy Tam, Chris Gatchalian, Jackson Wai Chung Tse, Teiya Kasahara, Stephanie Tritchew, Heather Pawsey, Benton Roark & Jessica Schacht.

A very special thanks to Victor Guerin for sharing his knowledge of the hun’q’umi’num language.

This podcast was produced on the stolen lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

The Apocrypha Chronicles was made possible through generous support from The City Of Vancouver, Creative BC, and the Province of British Columbia. re:Naissance Opera acknowledges the support of the Canada Council For The Arts. We also acknowledge the Government of Canada's support for IndieFest.