Don't miss CRUSH by Richard Siken, December 3-6th 2026 at the Centaur
How to Survive in the Wild
A theatrical adaptation of the seminal, award-winning poetry collection CRUSH by Richard Siken
December 3-6, 2026
at the Centaur Theatre, Montréal
Crush unfolds as a series of narrative poems that tell a fractured story inspired by Siken's own expereince of losing his partner.
Crush captures the intensity and fragmentation of queer love—its tenderness, its risk, and its aftermath. Through shifting voices and overlapping perspectives, Crush invites readers into a disorienting emotional landscape where identity, grief, and memory constantly slip and re-form.
“𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝐼 𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛.” - Richard Siken
Cast
Sebastian Quint - JEFF
Nikola Masri - JEFF
Rylan Allen - JEFF
Thomas Vallières - JEFF
You - Jeff
Crew
Adapted for the Stage by Adam Capriolo, Rebecca Gibian and Rachel Gibian
Directed by Adam Capriolo and Rebecca Gibian
Original Music by Steven Doman
Set and Costume Design by Stavri Papadopoulou
Lighting Design and Technical Direction by Aurora Torok
Video Design by Adam Capriolo
