This production takes place on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). As a settler led organization we acknowledge that we are uninvited guests on these lands. With this acknowledgement we encourage you to watch Yintah, a documentary following the astounding strength of our The River collaborator and friend, Sleydo’ Molly Wickam and Howilhkat Freda Huson as their nation reoccupies and protects their ancestral lands from the Canadian government and several of the largest fossil fuel companies on earth. Click the button below to watch for free on CBC Gem.

Carry The One is a performance lecture featuring Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg rewilding the self. The "lecture" winds through a performative practical exploration of emotional labour, filtered through a middle-aged femme body that's in the process of trying to shed the chronic debilitating imposition to take care of the atmosphere, the group, the mood, and the needs of literally everyone else. 

Credits:

Creator Performer:Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg

Dramaturg: Joanna Garfinkel

Associate dramaturg: Sarah Finn

Outside eyes: Josh Martin, Kate Franklin, Daisy Thompson

Lighting Design: James Proudfoot

Assistant Lighting: Maddy Woodley

Sound Design: Samira Banihashemi (هاشمی بنی سمیرا(

Costume design: Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg

Costume consultant: Alice Mansell

Set consultant: Ryan Land

Stage Management: Maddy Woodley

Production Management: Maddy Woodley

Video Documentation: Dan Loan

Co-produced with Playwrights Theatre Centre and Tara Cheyenne Performance

Thanks to: Justine A Chambers, Peter Dickinson, Ryan Tacata, Lisa Gelley, Hannah Meyers, Marc Stewart, Jasper Friedenberg Stewart, Claire Madill, Electric Company Theatre, Caroline Liffmann, MFA badass class of 2025