The Impossible Light

Callen is a confident but screen-absorbed programmer and influencer whose partner, Claire, is expecting their first child. Overwhelmed by fear of failure, disconnection, and the looming weight of responsibility, Callen flees into a nearby cave after becoming obsessed with the imagery of the 2018 Thai children’s rescue.

There, he becomes trapped. In the darkness, a living, animate light teases and guides him, showing him visions that blur past and present—Claire’s pregnancy, echoes of the trapped children, and his own mortality. The cave becomes a womb-like realm where Callen is, by turns, the rescuer, the child, and the one in need of saving.

Drawing on echoes of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, The Impossible Light reframes modern illusions: not shadows on stone walls, but the glowing screens of everyday life. To emerge, Callen must face his fears, surrender his digital distractions, and rediscover the raw, physical world—and the fragile beauty of human connection.

Thursday, January 15 at 7:30 PM (Opening Night)

Friday, January 16 at 7:30 PM

Saturday, January 17 at 7:30 PM

Sunday, January 18 at 2 PM

The show is 70 minutes long with no intermission.

Jon Lachlan Stewart – Creator and performer

Eric Rose – Outside eye director

Shoshanna Bass– Outside eye director

Jesse Ash – Sound designer and music composition

Claire Seyller – Lighting designer

Manuel Acevedo – Technical director

Danaelle Ducharme – Production manager

Marguerite Hudon – Stage manager and touring head of lights

Carol-Anne Bourgon Sicard – Set design

Alizée Millot – Object design

The Impossible Light is made possible in thanks to the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts du québec, Conseil des arts de Montréal, as well as Playwrights' Workshop Montréal.

https://www.ghostrivertheatre.com/the-impossible-light

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