*scintilla, by oscar nominated alessandro camon, sept 12-27, 2025

scintilla

by academy award nominee alessandro camon / canadian debut

when michael and nora travel to visit his mother a reclusive artist who lives at the edge of the woods in california’s wine country they are in a race against time as a deadly and raging wildfire approaches. in a time when wildfires rage across canada and the world scintilla asks: what do we cling to when everything is at risk of burning away? what remains when survival is no longer just about fire lines but about family memory and truth?

»a sobering look at the fires we set those we flee and those that engulf us.« broadway world

»peopled with characters so richly drawn as to be magically real… scintilla is truly what theatre is all about—intense unnerving human and astonishingly real.« noho arts district

18+. psychological drama.

content warning: contains strong language themes of grief and death family violence the use of alcohol and drugs environmental disaster ptsd gun references and the use of drugs.

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