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Both a love letter and an uncompromising critique of the city of Moncton, OVERLAP is author Céleste Godinʼs first full-length play. Created in a language that is at once personal, dense with insight, and bursting with humanity. Staged as a tragic chorus, passionately performed in Chiac by five emerging actors, OVERLAP equally portrays the city as an unsympathetic foe and enlightening muse.

Through the contorted and tense bodies found on stage, our region’s nobility is revealed alongside its difficulties. The friction of our overlapping lives ignites an incandescent spark.

The sold-out local run was met with praise and opportunities arose. International and national tours were booked. OVERLAP, like many things touched by covid, was cut short. It is with stubborn pride that Satellite Théâtre presents OVERLAP (with English subtitles) for your consideration. We are confident you too will see the value in keeping this momentum alive!

Performers & Crew

Script: Céleste Godin

Director: Marc-André Charron

Creator-Actor: Florence Brunet

Creator-Actor: Stacy Arseneault

Creator-Actor: Xavier Gould

Creator-Actor: Sébastien Leclerc

Creator-Actor: Ludger Beaulieu

Lighting designer: Claire Seyller

Composer and technical director: Xavier Richard

Assistant: Bianca Richard

Stage Manager: Xavier Richard

Stage Manager: Amélie Collette

Surtitles Operator: Amélie Collette

" OVERLAP by Céleste Godin. In-your-face, yet touching play at the same time. Epidermal and thoughtful. Whacky and choreographed. A "greek" tragic-comedy with chorus, remixed in a 2019 (no 2020!) Moncton-sauce with a chorus line. Actors and actresses that are both inspired and inspiring. No protagonist, sometimes a leader. The only other character is the audience. The only antagonist is the City itself. A magnificent poem that names the love-hate feeling Moncton can provoke, if only by the texture and by what is said in the soliloquies. A kind of "before-and-after" marker for Acadian theatre. A unique scenic object, which literally opens a window on the city, better than any video projection ever could. A play that's almost in odorama! Marc-André Charron best work as a director, and by far!"

- Marcel-Romain Thériault