Goose, a nursing student, joins her friends at their Athabasca cabin over reading week. When things take a turn for the worse, she relies on the aid of her more-than-human relatives to escape. A gory, surreal love-letter to Treaty 8 and those who call it home.
Genre: Horror
Acts: One
Running Time: 55 minutes
Characters: 3 male, 3 female (doubling)
The Bin follows Goose, a nehiyaw (Cree) nursing student from Fort McMurray who joins her friends at their cabin for reading week. The situation quickly devolves when she finds herself in the midst of a less-than-sophisticated organ-harvesting scheme. Trapped in the basement of the house, she is visited by the spirit her ex-girlfriend, who aids in her escape.
GOOSE MUST BE PLAYED BY AN INDIGENOUS ACTOR.
AVA, DUKE, and CAIDEN are also Indigenous characters, but they may be portrayed by non-Indigenous actors. JOHNNY and RILEY may be of any background. In addition, the gender identity of the actor may be distinct from the gender identity of the character they are portraying. It is recommended that GOOSE be played by a woman or two-spirit individual.
Setting: Athabasca County, 2023. Late November in an ill-kept hunting cabin.
Production/development history: The Bin was first produced in Edmonton by Screecher’s Theatre as a part of Nextfest 2026.
GOOSE / PARAMEDIC – Kamryn Reynolds
AVA / THE WOLF / EVENING RADIO HOST – Astrid Deibert
JOHNNY / THE RABBIT / OFFICER TWO – Sam Daly
DUKE / THE BEAR / OFFICER ONE – Em Smith
CAIDEN / THE FOX / MORNING RADIO HOST – Auveen Amiri
RILEY / THE COYOTE – Madelin Voitel
Co-Director – Lexi House
Co-Director – Calypso Haine
Producer – Darienne Johnson
Stage Manager – Leith Hutton
Assistant Stage Manager – Kate Wallace
Costume Design / Set Design – Sam Daly
Lighting Design – Ace Cortez
Sound Design – Edmund Miley
Intimacy Director – Mika Boutin
Fight Director – Jack Morrison
Choreographer – Brianna House
Graphic Design – Abigail Lee
Photography – Grace Daly
Videography – Nathan Lee
Playwright Bio: Lexi House is an emerging playwright and member of the Miawpukek Mi’kmaq First Nation from Fort McMurray. A graduate of the UAlberta Faculty of Native Studies, her academic background heavily informs her work as an actor, playwright, and director.
