Photo by David Hou
carried away on the crest of a wave
by David Yee
Centred around the cataclysmic 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami carried away on the crest of a wave illustrates how world events link us all together. From two brothers in Malaysia trying to save their house from sinking, a Canadian radio-show host angered by disaster-relief efforts, a grieving Japanese father, to a lonely woman in Utah baking a pie, the play explores humanity in times of disaster.
Winner of the 2015 Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, carried away on the crest of a wave shows that despite our differences, we are all connected through serendipity, loss and love.
Cast & Creative
Richard Lee
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Richard Lee is an award winning theatre artist and film maker. His work has garnered him multiple Dora Mavor Moore nominations out of which he has received three. His play Monday Nights (an interactive and immersive basketball show), has recently toured to PuSH International Performing Arts Festival, after a successful run at Toronto’s Luminato Festival. Richard is an advocate of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the arts and works tireless for a better more thoughtful tomorrow.
Ash Knight
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Ash was born in Montreal, Quebec and started working at a young age as an actor, getting his first agent at the age of 10. He moved to London, England at the age of 20 to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for 3 years on a scholarship. He graduated with a R.A.D.A. Diploma and a Bachelor’s Degree in Acting from the University of London. He remained in England acting in various productions before returning to Canada and performing at the Stratford Festival of Canada. Ash has been fortunate to work with some of the most talented artists in the U.K. (Birmingham and London), the U.S.A. (New York), all over Canada, and even Uganda (Kampala). Ash was nominated for a Dora award as Best Actor (Brothel #9), for a Critic’s Choice award for Directing (Tragedie of Lear), and a Pauline McGibbon Award in Directing for 2024. His first play, Enkidu and Gilgamesh was work-shopped in London, England (2011) and New York City (2013). He is currently working on a translation and adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac with Pleiades Theatre. He’s been part of numerous new play development workshops, regularly works with the Stratford Festival on directing/teaching Shakespeare workshops, and recently completed his first year at The Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Directing. He is currently the Artistic Executive Director of Pleiades Theatre.
Eponine Lee
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Eponine Lee was born and raised in Toronto, but is now based in Ottawa. She holds a deep love for the cinema and aspires to make her mark as a musician/songwriter, producer, and actor. Theatre credits include: The Orphan of Chao and Snow in Midsummer (Shaw Festival); performer, The Fixing Girl, The Girl, Her Mum and The Raccoon With No Name, R & J, We Will Be: Rising as a Community, A Winter’s Tale, The Full Light of Day, A Christmas Carol, Tails from the City; carried away on the crest of a wave, productions with Young People’s Theatre, Stratford Festival, WhyNot Theatre, SummerWorks Performance Festival, Shakespeare in the Ruff, Electric Company Theatre, Luminato Festival, Soulpepper, Common Boots Theatre, Tarragon Theatre. FILM: actor, Queen of the Morning Calm; Shorty; productions with QOTMC Inc. and OLG, TIFF, the NBA.
Richard Zeppieri
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Richard Zeppieri is a Gemini-award winning actor best known for his roles in Titans, Traders, Earth: Final Conflict, and the Saw franchise. He played Detective Fitch in Spiral.
John Ng
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John Ng was born in Hong Kong and is currently based in Ottawa, ON. Theatre credits include: Kuroko (Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre); Antigone (Young People's Theatre); The Full Light Of Day (Electric Theatre Company); Nine Dragons (Vertigo/Gateway/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre). Film/TV credits include: Kim's Convenience; The Swan; Rising Suns.
David Yee
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David Yee is a mixed race (half Chinese, half Scottish) playwright and actor, born and raised in Toronto. He is the co-founding Artistic Director of fu-GEN Theatre Company, Canada’s premiere professional Asian Canadian theatre company. A Dora Mavor Moore Award nominated actor and playwright, his work has been produced internationally and at home. He is a two-time Governor General’s Literary Award nominee for his plays lady in the red dress and carried away on the crest of a wave, which won the award in 2015 along with the Carol Bolt Award in 2013. Yee has been in residence at Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, the Stratford Festival, Cahoots Theatre and often works with theatre training institutions (NTS, U of T, TMU) to create new works for graduating cohorts using his unique Bespoke method of play creation. He currently teaches playwriting at the University of Toronto, and has worked extensively in the Asian Canadian community as an artist and an advocate. In 2023, David was the Siminovitch Prize laureate.
Mayko Nguyen
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Mayko Nguyen is known for her lead and recurring roles in various television series, including Titans, ReGenesis, Killjoys, and currently stars in Hudson & Rex. Nguyen also works in voice acting, lending her voice to video games like Far Cry New Dawn and the animated Netflix series Unicorn Academy. Theatre credits include: Beautiful Man (Nightwood Theatre); Salt-Water Moon (Why Not Theatre). - Dora Award Nomination; Passion Play (Convergence Theatre, Outside The March, Sheep No Wool).
Nadeem Phillip
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Nadeem Phillip attended Ryerson Theatre School where we was trained by Ian Watson of the Stratford Conservatory, and Dr. Cynthia Ashperger of the Michael Chekhov Association. Theatre credits include HAYAVADANA (Soulpepper), As You Like It (Bard on the Beach), Onegin (Arts Club), Mahabharata (workshop, Shaw Festival), Inside (Summerworks), My Ocean (Vancouver Fringe). Film/TV: Cosmopolis; The Handmaid's Tale; Debra!