• Caleigh Crow is an entrepreneurial emerging artist, self-producing via her company, Thumbs Up Good Work.
• Queer Metis theatre artist.
• Wry, metaphysical, mystical perspective empowering young female Indigenous characters.
• Similar tone and humour as Frances Koncan.
• This play was first produced by Thumbs Up Good Work Theatre at the Motel Theatre in Calgary in 2019, followed by a tour to Refinery Theatre in Saskatoon, presented by Live Five Theatre Festival. It was subsequently co-produced by Gwandaak Theatre and Thumbs Up Good Work Theatre in 2020 at the Old Fire Hall in Whitehorse, Yukon.

Caleigh Crow is a queer Metis theatre artist from northeast Calgary. Previous playwriting topics include a talking crow and a grocery clerk, the mass coronal ejection of 1859, the Antifa supersoldier, the intersection between twelfth century Franciscan nuns and Britney Spears, remote viewing, witch revenge, and a landlord musical. She is the co-founder and artistic lead of Thumbs Up Good Work Theatre. Her work tends towards themes of metaphysics, class struggle, magic, and serious whimsy.

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• Nominated, Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama
• Nominated, Indigenous Voices Awards
• Winner, Governor General's Literary Award
• Short-listed, Governor General's Literary Awards

Caleigh Crow masterfully blends humour, rage and imagination into a well-crafted story of resistance against the oppressors. Its beautiful text gently guides us into an intriguing mystery involving a violent episode at a superstore. A euphoric flight into a reality where all actions have magical consequences.

Governor General's Literary Award Peer Assessment Committee