Cult Play

22 oct. 2025 - 02 nov. 2025 | Studio

A World Premiere by Imago Theatre

Developed in collaboration with Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal

From the company that brought you The Wolves last season.

 

Directed by Annie Valentina

Dramaturgy by Fatma Sarah Elkashef

Design by potatoCakes_digital

 

How far would you go to finally feel like you belong?

In a captivating solo performance, Alex recounts her encounter with a magnetic woman who draws her into a world as thrilling as it is unsettling. Cult Play boldly explores the blurry lines between desire and manipulation, belonging and betrayal. A queer, intimate, and immersive experience where the audience is pulled between witness and accomplice.

 

Credits (alphabetical by last name)

Ava Bishop - Stage Manager
Kayleigh Choiniere - Taylor
Sophie El-Assaad - Costume Designer
Burcu Emeç - Intimacy Direction
Fatma Sarah Elkashef - Dramaturg
Jackie Gallant - Sound Designer
Morgandy McKinnell - Production Manager and Technical Director
Elaine Normandeau - Translation and Surtitles
Maryam Nour- Apprentice Stage Manager
potatoCakes_Digital - Lighting, Production, and Set Design
Scout Rexe - Playwright
Yves Roy - Shibari Consultant
Madeleine Scovil - Alex
Annie Valentina - Director
Thomas Vallières - Hunt

 

AUDIENCE ADVISORY

This production includes moments of optional audience participation. It explores themes of coercion and cultic abuse, and contains sexually suggestive imagery involving Shibari, a form of Japanese rope bondage. The play also references caloric restriction and physically and sexually abusive behaviors. Strong and explicit language is used throughout.

Recommended Age: 18+

Runtime: 90 minutes with no intermission