PYPER

By Susanna Fournier

Ten cyborg-AI teens try to build a time capsule to prove they exist in case they're "retired" before graduation. Tracing their origins back to a mysterious piper in the town of Hamelin and an old puppet maker who discovers a talking block of wood, these algorithmic adolescents search for meaning in an ever-accelerating world of rapid obsolescence and hyperconnectivity. The Breakfast Club meets The Terminator in this angsty sci-fi odyssey about youth, identity, and what it means to be human in a digital-dependent world. Developed with an ensemble of high school students, PYPER is wildly inventive, eerily urgent, and will make you a follower.

Production History

PYPER was commissioned by and first produced by the Cawthra Park Secondary School Department of Drama on April 15, 2025, with the following creative team:

Playwright: Susanna Fournier

Director: Scott Sprague

Technical Producer & Artistic Director of Cawthra Park Secondary Regional Arts Program: Stacey Tiller

Cast: Ashley Marie Guerin, Ronan Kelly, Maheep Soni, Ava D’Apollonio, Violet Collison, Sophie Smith, Hana Khwaja, Kyla Santos, Andrew Haddad, Chloe Reda

Lighting Operator: Grey Howarth

Projections: Jessica Ruschka

Costume/Wardrobe: Allyn Shewman Vickers

Hair & Makeup: Neha Nediavilayil, Katie Trifonidis, Tessa Facer

Production Facts

This is the first play commissioned by the Cawthra Park Secondary School Drama Department. It was developed with the grade 11 and 12 Drama students.

Winner - Rachel Wyatt Theatre for Young Audiences Award (2025)

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