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We create theatre. Hamlet: as Told on the Streets (Winnipeg Jewish Theatre's Tribefest and Just One Spark (Bailey Theatre, Camrose).

Company History
Since its inception in 2009, One Trunk Theatre, led by artistic producers Christine Birch (Toronto) and Andraea Sartison (Winnipeg), has produced five independent shows. Puberty: A Memoir (Winnipeg Fringe 2010), The Bride (aceartinc’s 16 days of non-organised art) and The Big Gravel Sifter (Manitoba Theatre Centre’s Strindberg Fest). It is a shape shifting company with productions

run by one of the artistic directors in either Toronto or Winnipeg, or collaboratively. Over the past year One Trunk has employed guest artists from all across the country in different disciplines come together to create new devised theatre and collective creations. This has included professional ballerinas, composers, hip-hop artists and videographers. The focus of the collective is on producing new work and creating opportunities for interdisciplinary creation. In 2011 One Trunk also began to run workshops and promote shows for other artists. For example, in March, One Trunk hosted Paul “Sparky” Johnson’s Back to Borneo tour at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People and coordinated a sold out workshop. While fostering the young company the artistic team strive to constantly experiment and incorporate new artists, new stories and new ideas. Performance, art, life, knowledge should constantly grow, constantly improve and constantly challenge us. When we acknowledge one another as humans and artists, when we create together, and when we hear one another we become better creators and people.

11/15/2025

TONIGHT!
7:30pm at the Gas Station Arts Centre!
Some tickets still available!
Winnipeg is bustling this weekend so plan your trip down to the theatre accordingly!

The Martian and the Mound written by Andraea Sartison, with contributions from the citizens of Southern Manitoba

The Martian and The Mound is a time-bending, prairie-rooted theatrical romp that follows Dr. Phoenix Albright, an archaeologist from Mars, as they investigate a mysterious “pull” beneath a Manitoba mound.

Guided by ghosts, memories, and extinct animals, Albright travels through pivotal moments in the region’s past—from the tallgrass prairie to the future’s last sunset. This play blends myth, memory, and local voices, asking: in the eyes of history, what makes a moment worth remembering?

Lead Playwright - Andraea Sartison
Director - Gwen Collins
Rehearsal Director - Richard Klassen
Choreographer - Tanner Manson
Sound Designer/Composer - Paul Bergman and Andrew Braun
Costume Designer - Clay Mykietowich
Sets, Props, and Projection Designer - Margruite Krahn
Lighting Designer and Projection Assistant - Lovissa Wiens
Filmmaker - Lise Raven
Stage Manager - Tava Neufeld
Photos: PJ Jordan

Performers: Rudy Sheppard, Devon Littlejohn, Quentin Stoesz, Ben McKay, Paul Krahn, Richard Klassen, Andrew Braun, Paul Bergman, Devin Lowry, Vance Roberts, Sifiti Braun Liu-Asomua, Logan Addison, Sam Fehr.

In partnership with Theatre Projects Manitoba and Candlewick Productions as part of the Live Art Trade Route, this show will be traveling from Neubergthal, to Morden, and Winnipeg!

Thank you to the Manitoba Arts Council and the Manitoba Association of Playwrights for the support!

11/14/2025

After a year and a half of making new friends and travelling to one of our new favourite places in the province, Southern Manitoba, we are really really happy to be opening the show in Winnipeg tonight.

Here’s some gorgeous photos by our friend PJ Jordan.

We hope to see everybody at the theatre and Happy Opening Night to all the performers and creative team who are involved in the show!

Tickets can be purchased at the link in our bio OR visit theatreprojectsmanitoba.ca!

Winnipeg run at the GAS STATION ARTS CENTRE!

November 14 + 15, 2025: 7:30pm
November 16, 2025: 2pm *Manitoba Association of Playwright’s Night - Talkback following the performance*

The Martian and The Mound runs approx. 90 minutes with no intermission.

Lead Playwright - Andraea Sartison
Director - Gwen Collins
Rehearsal Director - Richard Klassen
Choreographer - Tanner Manson
Sound Designer/Composer - Paul Bergman and Andrew Braun
Costume Designer - Clay Mykietowich
Sets, Props, and Projection Designer - Margruite Krahn
Lighting Designer and Projection Assistant - Lovissa Wiens
Filmmaker - Lise Raven
Stage Manager - Tava Neufeld

Performers: Rudy Sheppard, Devon Littlejohn, Quentin Stoesz, Ben McKay, Paul Krahn, Richard Klassen, Andrew Braun, Paul Bergman, Devin Lowry, Vance Roberts, Sifiti Braun Liu-Asomua, Logan Addison, Sam Fehr.

In partnership with Theatre Projects Manitoba and Candlewick Productions as part of the Live Art Trade Route, this show will be traveling from Neubergthal, to Morden, and Winnipeg!

Thank you to the Manitoba Arts Council and the Manitoba Association of Playwrights for the support!

11/13/2025

We open tomorrow and run through the weekend at the Gas Station Arts Centre in Winnipeg, MB!

Friday + Saturday: 7:30pm
Sunday: 2pm (with a talkback!)

Link in our bio for more info and tickets!

It’s gonna be out of this world!

Photos from Alejandro Penner.

11/12/2025

Winnipeg Premiere this Weekend! - https://mailchi.mp/01a91866a6ac/a-martian-in-morden-manitoba-nov-1-14601902

11/05/2025

THE MARTIAN AND THE MOUND is landing in Winnipeg, MB at the Gas Station Arts Centre (445 River Ave.) November 14 - 16, 2025. Don’t miss your chance to check out this time-bending, prairie-rooted theatrical romp!

Tickets can be purchased at the link in our bio OR visit theatreprojectsmanitoba.ca!

November 14 + 15, 2025: 7:30pm
November 16, 2025: 2pm *Manitoba Association of Playwright’s Night - Talkback following the performance*

The Martian and The Mound runs approx. 90 minutes with no intermission.
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The Martian and the Mound written by Andraea Sartison, with contributions from the citizens of Southern Manitoba

The Martian and The Mound is a time-bending, prairie-rooted theatrical romp that follows Dr. Phoenix Albright, an archaeologist from Mars, as they investigate a mysterious “pull” beneath a Manitoba mound.

Guided by ghosts, memories, and extinct animals, Albright travels through pivotal moments in the region’s past—from the tallgrass prairie to the future’s last sunset. This play blends myth, memory, and local voices, asking: in the eyes of history, what makes a moment worth remembering?

Lead Playwright - Andraea Sartison
Director - Gwen Collins
Rehearsal Director - Richard Klassen
Choreographer - Tanner Manson
Sound Designer/Composer - Paul Bergman and Andrew Braun
Costume Designer - Clay Mykietowich
Sets, Props, and Projection Designer - Margruite Krahn
Lighting Designer and Projection Assistant - Lovissa Wiens
Filmmaker - Lise Raven
Stage Manager - Tava Neufeld

Performers: Rudy Sheppard, Devon Littlejohn, Quentin Stoesz, Ben McKay, Paul Krahn, Richard Klassen, Andrew Braun, Paul Bergman, Devin Lowry, Vance Roberts, Sifiti Braun Liu-Asomua, Logan Addison, Sam Fehr.

Video by Wicus Conradie
Edited by PJ

In partnership with Theatre Projects Manitoba and Candlewick Productions as part of the Live Art Trade Route, this show will be traveling from Neubergthal, to Morden, and Winnipeg!

Thank you to the Manitoba Arts Council and the Manitoba Association of Playwrights for the support!

10/29/2025

A Martian in Morden, Manitoba! Nov 1-2 - https://mailchi.mp/29aca3af11e4/a-martian-in-morden-manitoba-nov-1-2 Hear about our tour so far and how you can get the hottest tix in town.

10/27/2025

THE MARTIAN & THE MOUND - TECH WEEK RESIDENCY #2 - MORDEN, MB

The team have landed in Morden, MB (specifically The Kenmor Theatre) getting ready for our run of THE MARTIAN & THE MOUND this weekend, November 1 + 2, 2025. Link in our bio for tickets and more information!

We’re so excited to be performing at The Kenmor Theatre, home of the CandleWick Players. This has been where a lot of the show has been rehearsed! We’re eternally grateful for the support of The CandleWick Players and Richard Klassen for everything they’ve done over the course of the development and production of this project!

MORE INFO ABOUT THE SHOW

The Martian and the Mound written by Andraea Sartison, with contributions from the citizens of Southern Manitoba

The Martian and The Mound is a time-bending, prairie-rooted theatrical romp that follows Dr. Phoenix Albright, an archaeologist from Mars, as they investigate a mysterious “pull” beneath a Manitoba mound.
Guided by ghosts, memories, and extinct animals, Albright travels through pivotal moments in the region’s past—from the tallgrass prairie to the future’s last sunset. This play blends myth, memory, and local voices, asking: in the eyes of history, what makes a moment worth remembering?

Lead Playwright - Andraea Sartison
Director - Gwen Collins
Rehearsal Director - Richard Klassen
Choreographer - Tanner Manson
Sound Designer/Composer - Paul Bergman and Andrew Braun
Costume Designer - Clay Mykietowich
Sets, Props, and Projection Designer - Margruite Krahn
Lighting Designer and Projection Assistant - Lovissa Weins
Filmmaker - Lise Raven
Stage Manager - Tava Neufeld

Performers: Rudy Sheppard, Devon Littlejohn, Quentin Stoesz, Ben McKay, Paul Krahn, Richard Klassen, Andrew Braun, Paul Bergman, Devin Lowry, Vance Roberts, Sifiti Braun Liu-Asomua, Logan Addison, Sam Fehr.

Photos from Caroline Wintoniw at The Krahn Barn in Neubergthal, MB.

In partnership with Theatre Projects Manitoba and Candlewick Productions as part of the Live Art Trade Route, this show will be traveling from Neubergthal, to Morden, and Winnipeg!

Thank you to the Manitoba Arts Council for the support!

10/22/2025

We’ve wrapped (time) travelling to the first stop of our tour - Neubergthal, MB!

Thank you to all the fine folks who came out to The Krahn Barn for the opening weekend of The Martian & The Mound! FUN FACT: the seeds for the concept of this play were sowed IN THE KRAHN BARN!

Here’s some highlights from our team spending a week transforming a barn into a theatre and taking audiences on a sci-fi romp through Southern Manitoba!

Missed out? Don’t worry! Next weekend, November 1 + 2, 2025 we’ll be running in Morden, MB at The Kenmor Theatre and then in a couple of weeks we’ll be at the Gas Station Arts Centre in Winnipeg, MB November 14 - 16, 2025.

Link to tickets in our bio!

THE MARTIAN & THE MOUND runs approx. 90 minutes with no intermission.

Lead Playwright - Andarea Sartison
Director - Gwen Collins
Rehearsal Director - Richard Klassen
Choreographer - Tanner Manson
Sound Designer/Composer - Paul Bergman and Andrew Braun (including the music you’re hearing on this video!)
Costume Designer - Clay Mykietowich
Sets, Props, and Projection Designer - Margruite Krahn
Lighting Designer and Projection Assistant - Lovissa Weins
Filmmaker - Lise Raven
Stage Manager - Tava Neufeld

Performers: Rudy Sheppard, Devon Littlejohn, Quentin Stoesz, Ben McKay, Paul Krahn, Richard Klassen, Andrew Braun, Paul Bergman, Devin Lowry, Vance Roberts, Sifiti Braun Liu-Asomua, Logan Addison, Sam Fehr.

In partnership with Theatre Projects Manitoba and Candlewick Productions as part of the Live Art Trade Route, this show will be traveling from Neubergthal, to Morden, and Winnipeg!

Thank you to the Manitoba Arts Council for the support!

10/17/2025

OPENING NIGHT #1 - NEUBERGTHAL, MB

Tonight we open up THE MARTIAN & THE MOUND at The Krahn Barn in Neubergthal, MB!

Andraea, Gwen, & Tanner have spent many days & nights at The Krahn Barn the past 3-ish years developing this new play with so many lovely new friends and new collaborators.

We are so very grateful to Margruite & Paul Krahn for inviting us into this magical space, and for giving us a place to lay our heads down while our dreams were filled with new ideas from the dozens of workshops & conversations we had about WHAT we were developing. It has been nothing short of working in paradise.

THE MARTIAN & THE MOUND runs approx. 90 minutes with no intermission. Link in our bio for tickets to all stops on the Manitoban Tour.

Lead Playwright - Andraea Sartison
Director - Gwen Collins
Rehearsal Director - Richard Klassen
Choreographer - Tanner Manson
Sound Designer/Composer - Paul Bergman and Andrew Braun
Costume Designer - Clay Mykietowich
Sets, Props, and Projection Designer - Margruite Krahn
Lighting Designer and Projection Assistant - Lovissa Weins
Filmmaker - Lise Raven
Stage Manager - Tava Neufeld

Performers: Rudy Sheppard, Devon Littlejohn, Quentin Stoesz, Ben McKay, Paul Krahn, Richard Klassen, Andrew Braun, Paul Bergman, Devin Lowry, Vance Roberts, Sifiti Braun Liu-Asomua, Logan Addison, Sam Fehr.

Photos from Caroline Wintoniw

In partnership with Theatre Projects Manitoba and Candlewick Productions as part of the Live Art Trade Route, this show will be traveling from Neubergthal, to Morden, and Winnipeg!

Thank you to the Manitoba Arts Council for the support!

10/16/2025

THE MARTIAN & THE MOUND - TECH WEEK RESIDENCY #1 - NEUBERGTHAL, MB

The out-of-this-world team of One Trunk-ers, CandleWick Players, Theatre Project Manitobans, our interstellar creative team and actors have been transforming The Krahn Barn in Neubergthal, MB into a theatre as the backdrop of the sci-fi romp THE MARTIAN & THE MOUND Opening TOMORROW and running until SUNDAY in Neubergthal! Link to tickets in our bio!

Can’t make it this weekend? There’s a link to tickets in our bio for the Morden Shows at The Kenmor (November 1 + 2, 2025) AND Winnipeg Shows at the Gas Station Arts Centre (November 14 - 16, 2025).

MORE INFO ABOUT THE SHOW

The Martian and the Mound written by Andraea Sartison, with contributions from the citizens of Southern Manitoba

The Martian and The Mound is a time-bending, prairie-rooted theatrical romp that follows Dr. Phoenix Albright, an archaeologist from Mars, as they investigate a mysterious “pull” beneath a Manitoba mound.
Guided by ghosts, memories, and extinct animals, Albright travels through pivotal moments in the region’s past—from the tallgrass prairie to the future’s last sunset. This play blends myth, memory, and local voices, asking: in the eyes of history, what makes a moment worth remembering?

Lead Playwright - Andraea Sartison
Director - Gwen Collins
Rehearsal Director - Richard Klassen
Choreographer - Tanner Manson
Sound Designer/Composer - Paul Bergman and Andrew Braun
Costume Designer - Clay Mykietowich
Sets, Props, and Projection Designer - Margruite Krahn
Lighting Designer and Projection Assistant - Lovissa Weins
Filmmaker - Lise Raven
Stage Manager - Tava Neufeld

Performers: Rudy Sheppard, Devon Littlejohn, Quentin Stoesz, Ben McKay, Paul Krahn, Richard Klassen, Andrew Braun, Paul Bergman, Devin Lowry, Vance Roberts, Sifiti Braun Liu-Asomua, Logan Addison, Sam Fehr.

In partnership with Theatre Projects Manitoba and Candlewick Productions as part of the Live Art Trade Route, this show will be traveling from Neubergthal, to Morden, and Winnipeg!

Thank you to the Manitoba Arts Council for the support!

10/08/2025

NEW SHOW ALERT: The Martian and the Mound - https://mailchi.mp/c4bdbecf9740/one-trunk-fundraiser-14601205

06/16/2025

FULL AUDITION NOTICE HERE: https://www.onetrunktheatre.com/auditions

Do you or someone you know live in the Southern Manitoba Region and are looking for a unique opportunity to collaborate with and perform with a constellation of Manitoban artists? Audition for THE MARTIAN AND THE MOUND in partnership with Theatre Projects Manitoba’s Live Art Trade Route and CandleWick Productions.

ABOUT THE SHOW:

A time-bending, prairie-rooted theatrical romp co-created by dozens of Southern Manitoba citizens and artists from One Trunk Theatre.

The Martian and the Mound follows Dr. Phoenix Albright, an archaeologist from Mars, as they investigate a mysterious “pull” beneath a Manitoba mound. Guided by ghosts, memories, and extinct animals, Albright travels through pivotal moments in the region’s past—from the tallgrass prairie to the future’s last sunset. This play blends myth, memory, and local voices, asking: in the eyes of history what makes a moment worth remembering?

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+12043332666

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http://www.onetrunktheatre.com/

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