Sweet Ephemera is a double bill of contemporary dance works presented by DanceWorks, featuring Peel Me by Eilish 미정 Shin-Culhane and pahinga ka muna by Jose Miguel 'Miggy' Esteban. The program explores queer intimacy, cultural memory, and diasporic experience, with performers using food, ritual, improvisation, and sensory experience to move between tenderness and release. Peel Me uses vivid vignettes in which performers eat and destroy grapefruits and fortune cookies as a path to emotional release, while pahinga ka muna is an improvisational ritual of mourning and rest rooted in Filipinx diasporic experience, disability, crip, and mad arts practice.
Cast and Creative Team for Sweet Ephemera at The Theatre Centre
Cast
Carmelle Cachero
Ensemble
Morgyn Aronyk-Schell
Ensemble
Steph Harkness
Ensemble
Breann O'Hara-Johns
Ensemble
Aliya Haniff
Ensemble
Jessica Watkin
Ensemble
Bee Pallomina
Ensemble
Dedra McDermott
Ensemble
Kass Prus
Ensemble
Courage Bacchus
Ensemble
Elaine Cagulada
Ensemble
Jose Miguel "Miggy" Esteban
Ensemble
Barbara Simms
Ensemble
Hannah Shikatani
Ensemble
Shona Kiyama
Ensemble
Creative Team
Aliya Haniff
ASL-English Interpreter
Eilish 미정 Shin-Culhane
Choreographer
Aidan McConnell
Composer
Charlotte Carbone
Costume Designer
Helin Gungoren
Stage Manager
Hannah Kirby
Lighting Designer
Jose Miguel 'Miggy' Esteban
Choreographer
Spotlight Glow
Videographer and Editor
JJ Omelagah
Composer and Sound Designer
Elaine Cagulada
Audio Description Voice Performer
Courage Bacchus
Deaf Interpreter
Kass Prus
Access Support and Dramaturge
Dedra McDermott
Care Dramaturge
Bee Pallomina
Filipinx Dramaturge
Jessica Watkin
Disability Dramaturge
Carmelle Cachero
Filipino Sign Language Consultant
Breann O'Hara-Johns
ASL-English Interpreter
News About Sweet Ephemera at The Theatre Centre
SWEET EPHEMERA to Open at The Theatre Centre with Queer and Diasporic Dance Double Bill
May 20, 2026 DanceWorks will present Sweet Ephemera, a double bill featuring two contemporary dance works by emerging Toronto-based artists exploring queer intimacy, cultural memory, and diasporic experience at The Theatre Centre.About the Theatre
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Emerging Playwrights Reading Series (01/24/26-01/25/26)
Company (01/15/26-02/01/26)
Spycraft (11/22/25-11/28/25)
Comedy is Art Festival (10/23/25-10/25/25)
Red (03/28/25-04/06/25)
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Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival (03/05/25-03/16/25)
An Afternoon of Jazz (04/27/24-04/27/24)
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