Photo by Hannah Bel Davis.
2025-2026 THEATRE SERIES
CONSTELLATIONS
PRESENTED BY EXACT RESEMBLANCE THEATRE
FEB 10 - FEB 14, 2026
EVERGREEN CULTURAL CENTRE - STUDIO THEATRE
ABOUT THE SHOW
Groundhog Day meets The Theory of Everything in Nick Payne’s Tony-nominated play. Marianne, a Cambridge physicist, and Roland, a London beekeeper, meet by chance, and are instantly drawn to each other.
As their relationship grows, they are confronted by choices that will alter the trajectory of their lives. A love story told through the framework of string theory, Constellations is a play about missed chances, second chances, and what it means to be alive.
Originally produced on Broadway by the Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director, Barry Grove, Executive Producer, and The Royal Court Theatre by special arrangement with Ambassador Theatre Group and Dodgers on December 16, 2014.
ABOUT EXACT RESEMBLANCE
Exact Resemblance is a Vancouver-based theatre company cofounded by Gillian Clare and Cristiana Ripeanu with the goal of making theatre that thrills, moves, and asks more questions than it answers.
The company aims to showcase and promote women-identifying, genderdiverse, refugee, and immigrant artists. Exact Resemblance’s 2023-24 season includes the twiceextended production of Slawomir Mrozek’s
The Emigrants and the smash production of Constellations by Nick Payne.
Alongside its productions, the company has also offered two free mentorship programs for emerging directors.
GILLIAN CLARE | MARIANNE
Gillian Clare is a French and English-speaking actor, dance, and writer. Having trained in the US in classical ballet and modern dance, she went to theatre school in Toronto before returning to her hometown of Vancouver. Some favourite theatre credits include Ruth in Blithe Spirit, Myrrha in Metamporphosis, and Olivia in Twelfth Night, and appearing with the Riotous Youth at Bard od the Beach and the Guerrilla Ruff Squad at Shakespeare in the Ruff. Now primarily working in film and TV, she will next be seen in the upcoming series The Last Stand of Ellen Cole. Gillian is repped by Helen Campbell at Webster Talent.
JACOB MACHIN | ROLAND
Jacob Machin’s career started in pantomime before finding a bried but successful calling in stand-up comedy, winning the 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Class Clowns competition. Jacob went on to various theatre productions such as Death Of A Salesman, Next To Normal, Young and Jackson, August: Osage County, and Much Ado About Nothing with Melbourne Shakespeare Company. Now based in Vancouver, Jacob has recently appeared in Big Sky, Supernatural, and Twilight Zone.
CRISTIANA RIPEANU | DIRECTOR
Cristiana is an award-winning RomanianCanadian theatre director & educator. Her work has been staged at several national theatre in Romania, and performed in multiple languages at festivals across Europe. In Canada and Germany, Cristiana has worked as an acting teacher and director for indepentent theatre companies and organizations.
VICTORIA BELL | PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Victoria is a Vancouver-based scennographer, technical director, and Studio 58 graduate. They are an ADC & IATSE 118 member, and were recognized as a “Game Changer” in this year’s Stir Fall Arts Guide.
