A local Tahitian influencer brings aid to people without adequate medical access – until she is outed as white. In the ensuing global outrage she meets Rahi, an up-and-coming documentary filmmaker. As a person of colour with roots in a colonized country, he struggles with his own ability to shape her story.

The play juxtaposes personal image as portrayed online against the undeniable reality of a body moving in real time onstage. Similar to the effect of seeing someone’s headshot, and then seeing them enter the room. Our relationship to the Internet and how we portray ourselves is explored through video and photography; the messy humanity of a person being cancelled is explored onstage.

TAHITI had a final development workshop at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in January 2026, directed by Yvette Nolan, and is now ready to be produced.

TAHITI has been developed with the support of Artengine, the City of Ottawa, the Great Canadian Theatre Company, the Ontario Arts Council, the Ottawa Fringe, and TACTICS Ottawa.

Deep gratitude to the artists who have contributed to Tahiti’s development:

Adnan Khan – dramaturg; Adrienne Row-Smith – video artist; Anaka Sandhu – actor; Brittany Kay – actor; Darragh Mondoux – actor; Deivan Steele – actor; Gabrielle Lazarovitz – actor; Ishan Davé – actor, Kelsey Rideout – actor; Mary Ellis – actor; Scout Rexe – dramaturg; Yvette Nolan – director