A man is born with a golden heart and can help people who are hurt and struggling. But each time he helps someone it kills him a little as he gives away a piece of his heart.
We follow his extraordinary life from birth to death, while journeying through 3 historic moments in Canada’s past as he grapples with the question, “What if healing the world costs you everything?”
1880 – The Immigrant Chinese Workers’ Contribution
In Building The Canadian Pacific Railway
A Chinese immigrant railway worker is driven by an unyielding desire to provide a better life for his wife and new child. Faced with insurmountable challenges and placing his life in grave danger, he battles against the odds and tries to secure a brighter future for his family in a “land of opportunity”.
1917 – Canadian Conscription In WWI
During the height of World War I, a couple’s love story unfolds amidst the chaos caused by the Canadian Military Service Act. With their lives torn apart by the reality of mandatory military service, they are left with nothing but heartfelt letters to get them through the war.
1929 – THE GREAT STOCK MARKET CRASH
Finally, we find ourselves in the midst of the Great Stock Market Crash of 1929, where dreams of prosperity and the coveted “Canadian Dream” unravel in the blink of an eye. A once-thriving couple, having attained the financial success they’ve always dreamed of, suddenly find themselves stripped of everything they hold dear, and their marriage crumbling under the weight of loss and uncertainty.
JULY 5-16, 2023
JEANNE LAMON HALL (427 Bloor St. West. Toronto, Canada)
STARRING:
BRUCE DOW as ‘The Man With The Golden Heart’
CHARLOTTE MOORE as ‘Mother’
TESS BENGER as ‘War Wife’
GEORGE KRISSA as ‘War Husband’
SCOTT BEAUDIN as ‘Past Husband’
RACHEL DELDUCA as ‘Past Wife’
RHOSLYNNE BUGAY as ‘Railway Wife’
ANDREW SEOK as ‘Railway Husband’
TRISTAN HERNANDEZ as ‘Present Husband’
SARAH HORSMAN as ‘Present Wife’
FEATURING: EUNNIE AN, TIMOTHY NG, LEE-ORR, TED POWERS, ANNIE WANG.
Written and Directed by ANDREW SEOK
Music Director: JONATHAN CORKAL-ASTORGA
Assistant Director: TESS BENGER
Choreographer: SAM JAMIESON
Consulting Producers: DERRICK CHUA, JEFF MADDEN, M. SHANE AUBE
WRITER / DIRECTOR
Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Andrew Seok began his career as a Musical Theatre Singer & Composer, branching out into Singer / Songwriter, Record Producer, TV / Film Composer, Theatre Creator, and Filmmaker. He is currently the Artistic Director of Eclipse Theatre Company which he co-runs with Artistic Producer, Chilina Kennedy.
With the success of his first stage musical, ‘ECHOES’, Andrew went on to produce and direct the feature film version, which premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2018. He is currently in the final stages of post-production for his second musical feature film, ‘What Am I Without You?‘. Andrew has written and directed a musical short film starring Ma-Anne Dionisio and Jeff Madden, as well as a dance short film where the entire story is told through contemporary dance, both soon to be released. In 2019, Andrew wrote the Toronto Fringe Festival hit, ‘Unravelled’ as his second live stage musical project, and is now thrilled to be premiering ‘The Man With The Golden Heart‘ after a 3 year pandemic delay.
Andrew has written and produced music for worldwide campaigns for Nike, Coke, Samsung, Visa, Dove, X-Box, The Super Bowl, BMW, Dragon Ball Z, as well as numerous TV series such as, ‘Playmakers‘ (ESPN), ‘Global Morning Show‘, ‘Canada’s Worst Driver‘, ‘Marketplace‘ (CBC), and many shows on television. Andrew has also worked with artists such as, Feist, Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace), Jully Black, Jeff Healey, and Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Anastasia); as well as having produced songs featured in the ‘American Pie‘ movie franchise, and producing the Juno nominated album, “Enter The Beat”.
Most recently, Andrew has written a short musical film, ‘90 Days‘, a love story during Covid-19 times, and his third feature length musical film, ‘Where Do We Go From Here?‘, a story about the complexities of modern relationships. Currently, he is hard at work at completing his latest live stage musical which is a complete re-imagining of a classic love story.
Funded with a grant in memory of LUIGI ROVAZZI from
VIOLETTA COMAR and RON KILIUS