TODOS Productions & White Rooster Theatre
presents

- NewfoundLanded  -
a verbatim theatre play by 
Vanessa Cardoso-Whelan, Santiago Guzmán & Nabila Qureshi

After a series of interviews with immigrants and refugees across Newfoundland and Labrador, Santiago Guzmán, Vanessa Cardoso-Whelan and Nabila Qureshi formed a playwriting team to use the collected interviews as source material to write the first draft of a new dramatic verbatim theatre piece titled NewfoundLanded. 

At the core of these interviews, the participants gravitated towards themes associated with the notion of home: what does it look like, what does it mean, and how does it evolve with time?

Taking direct quotes from the interviews, the writers devised a theatre piece where immigrants and refugees share their journeys of discovering and arriving in Newfoundland and Labrador, falling in love, questioning their decision of coming here, and ultimately calling it home.

After a public reading on August 15, 2022, TODOS' Artistic Director, Santiago Guzmán, facilitated a community dialogue to discuss the process of creating this piece as well as the steps moving forward. 

Photos by Harnum Photography

TODOS Productions and White Rooster Theatre are proud to present as part of Newfoundland and Labrador's COME HOME YEAR 2022 festivities, a workshop presentation at the historic LSPU Hall (3 Victoria St, St. John's, NL) a staged showcase of the most recent draft in development of NewfoundLanded. 

Come to see the next stage in the creation of this wonderful production:
Nov 3rd - in-person @ 7:30PM
Nov 4th - LIVE STREAM and in-person @ 7:30PM
Nov 5th - LIVE STREAM and in-person @ 7:30PM
Nov 6th - in-person @ 7:30PM

Tickets are only $10* and can be purchased through the LSPU Hall’s ticketing system. 
(*If the cost is prohibitive to attend the show, please reach out at [email protected] and arrangements will be made for you to come.)

Meet the Cast

​STARRING
A Powell
Amparo Montoya
Arturo Cuevas
Deepesh Paudel
Hanaa Mekawy
Jephthah Anga
Yejide Emioladipupo

The Creative Team

PLAYWRIGHTS
Vanessa Cardoso-Whelan
Santiago Guzmán
Nabila Qureshi
DRAMATURGE
Keshia Palm
DIRECTOR
Azal Dosanjh
STAGE MANAGER
James Elloso
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER
Nico Paulo
SOUND DESIGNERS
Ana & Eric
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Reg Hoskins
PRODUCERS
Ruth Lawrence
Meghan Greeley
Santiago Guzmán
PUBLICIST
Nora de Mariaffi

Special Thanks

​Aiden Flynn, Avi Kaur, Constanza Safatle, Jessica Brown, Libby Creelman, Maria Folley, Melanie Martin, Natasha Blackwood, Nicole Rousseau, Pushpa Sathya, Rodrigo Iñiguez, Sean Devine, Sukhinder Cheema, Tamara Segura, Tatiana Montoya, Théa Morash, Tzu-Hao Hsu, Zainab Jarret, Zihan Jin, Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster, Rukshana Sundar, and the transcribers Robyn Huxter & Nora Barker.

Public Reading - August 15

Photos by Vaida V. Nairn. 

Rehearsal Shots

A BIG thank you to First Light for hosting us this week at their beautiful Centre for Performance and Creativity!

TODOS Productions and White Rooster Theatre gratefully acknowledges the support from

For inquiries, please contact Santiago Guzmán at [email protected]