The Herald
By Jill Connell
March 4 – 14, 2026
An It Could Still Happen production in partnership with Buddies
Ancient Greece / right here + now
The plan will always feel like a mistake. Practice the mistake.
A lecture on Antonio Banderas’ astrological chart, a chorus questioning their calling, and a long walk in a small mortal body. Jill Connell’s poetics work backward, interlacing Greek myth and the grindset, trying to figure out how we got here. The Herald navigates the choreography of labour as it asks us for faith and gives us something like meaning, or at least a new way of paying attention. By the end of the play, all of us will know how to be in Shoppers Drug Mart, wondering how to handle time, and what will happen to all the work we do not make.
The Herald is a play, but it’s also a soundtrack, a costume drama, an art installation, and a movement piece. The show interrogates the value of work, how to be in community, and the desire to make meaning of our time on earth.
photo of Jill Connell, photography + creative direction by Fran Chudnoff, styling by CC Calica, makeup by Rahnell Branton
It Could Still Happen is a theatre collective that has been working together since 2013. Founded by Jill Connell, our shows are based on formally-innovative texts that approach the embodied experience of how things feel, prioritizing bold aesthetics and the space we’re in. We value long-term creation processes that invite experimentation, trust, group work, and care. We aim to offer performances that have a startling sense of aliveness and possibility; that are as ferocious as they are tender. Past productions include The Supine Cobbler and HROSES: Outrage à raison, both performed in abandoned warehouses prior to becoming condos. We’ve been making The Herald since 2019, asking: what if not knowing yet can be a way of working?
The Herald is approximately 85 minutes long, with no intermission.
Wednesday, March 4 – 7:30PM (preview performance)
Thursday, March 5 – 7:30PM (opening night)
Friday, March 6 – 7:30PM
Saturday, March 7 – 2PM* & 7:30PM
Wednesday, March 11 – 7:30PM
Thursday, March 12 – 7:30PM**
Friday, March 13 – 7:30PM
Saturday, March 14 – 2PM & 7:30PM
*mask-mandatory performance
**talkback with Mel Hague
Jill Connell // playwright + director
Sascha Cole // creative producer
William Ellis, Stephen Jackman-Torkoff, Jackie Rowland, Rose Tuong, Fan Wu // performance ensemble
Elena Eli Belyea // production support
ciaran brenneman // stage manager
Paul Chambers // original lighting concepts
Ishan Davé // scenography
Brian Drader // dramaturgy
Sebastian Marziali // technical director + lighting design
Philip Nozuka // music + sound design
ORXSTRA // costume design
Laura Philipps // production manager
Tedi Tafel // embodied practice + meta-witness
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Dates + Times
Preview
March 4 // 7:30PM
Show Run
March 5 – 14
Wed – Fri // 7:30PM
Sat // 2PM + 7:30PM
Mask Mandatory Performance
Sat, March 7 // 2PM
Tickets
$10 / $25 / $45 / $75 + fees
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