The Beginners

the final part of a doppelgänger trilogy

The sloth, the genius, the addict, the preacher, there are parts of us all that operate only in the extreme. Brought on by blind ambition or deep rooted pain, these are the parts of ourselves that others seldom use.

For the third and final exploration into the world and themes surround the doppelgänger, Boca del Lupo delves into the lives of those and the parts of us all that survive on the fringes of society.

Last Office: part one of a doppelgänger trilogy
Hold You Head Tight: part two of a doppelgänger trilogy

Creative Team

As a theatre maker, director and currently co Artistic Director of Boca del Lupo in Vancouver BC I’ve been creating intimate immersive installations, made work inside theatres, and created large scale site activations for over 20 years. 

My productions have toured across Canada, Latin America and Europe, with commissions and premiers at theatres and at festivals.  

In addition to more traditional venues, my work has brought artists and audiences to old growth forests with performers rigged up 40 to 75 feet in the tree tops, to darken shipping containers experiencing the auditory journey of crossing the Pacific, under the ocean waters where we follow an archeologist 150 years into the future.  I’ve worked on an interactive installation about climate change and our relationship to the guilt and isolation that people carry, involving the audience charging a battery on a stationary bicycle, a giant puppet piece that brings audiences into the imagined life of these creatures on land, ocean and sky.  

As theatre maker my passion for creating new performance with Boca del Lupo and through collaborative pursuits has instigated international co productions with Mexico, Argentina, Ireland and South Korea. 

As a director, workshop facilitator and teacher I’ve freelanced for companies and schools in Vancouver and across Canada. During my tenure Boca del Lupo has received numerous awards including the Alcan Performing Arts Award, Jessie Richardson awards, and the Critics Choice Award for Innovation and I have been nominated for the national Siminovitch Prize for directing. 

Past committee work includes: the Studio 58 Arts Advisory, Canada Council’s REAC committee, the Arts Advisory for Theatre Section and the BC Arts Council Advisory.  I’ve launched the 3.7% local and National Leadership Initiatives – and advocacy group to support emerging and established BIPOC women and non binary artists in leadership, and since the pandemic, Stop Asian Hate, an initiative that has galvanized Asian Canadian Leadership in the performing arts across Canada to help stop the spread of anti- Asian sentiments through connection and support within our communities.

Sherry J Yoon
Director

Performers Lucas Myers, Tasha Faye Evans, James Long, and Maiko Bae Yamamoto

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