The Queen In Me

Presented by re:Naissance
September 12 & 13, 2025
Goldcorp Centre for the Arts – Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, Vancouver

Key Info
Dates: Friday Sept 12 & Saturday, Sept 13, 2025
Location: Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre
Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
149 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1H4

Time: 7:30PM. Doors at 7:00PM
Tickets: $85-$25
Ticket Link: https://thequeeninme-tickets.eventbrite.ca/

re:Naissance presents the critically acclaimed ‘The Queen In Me’ touring to Vancouver the first time, September 12 -13.

After selling out its world premiere along with Canadian Opera Company in June 2022, Nightwood Theatre, Amplified Opera and Theatre Gargantua are thrilled to be touring The Queen In Me by interdisciplinary artist Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 (they/he), accompanied by pianist David Eliakis (he/him). Combining comedy, drama, and opera, this electrifying show explores the many ways that race, gender, and sexuality are policed in the opera industry. Through the lens of The Magic Flute’s iconic Queen of the Night, the show reclaims space for the multitudes of women, trans, and non-binary individuals excluded from the stage, daring to imagine bold new possibilities for the future of the art form and beyond.

The Queen In Me features a range of dramatic arias from some of the world’s most well-loved operas: Puccini’s La Bohème, Madama Butterfly, Turandot, and Manon Lescaut; Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor; Verdi’s Macbeth and Rigoletto; R. Strauss’ Salome; and Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

Creative Team:

Creator-Performer: Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野
Pianist: David Eliakis
Co-Directors: Andrea Donaldson & Aria Umezawa
Set & Costume Designer: Joanna Yu
Lighting Designer: André du Toit
Projection Designer: Laura Warren
Production Manager: Heather Lamb

The Queen In Me is co-produced by Nightwood Theatre, Amplified Opera and Theatre Gargantua. The Vancouver Premiere is presented by re:Naissance at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts.