It might be hard to imagine being an eight-year-old pondering your one true purpose in life. However, that is exactly what AJZ Productions director Alirio Zavarce is encouraging a young audience to do with his DreamBIG production I AM.
Inspired by conversations he had with members of theatre company True North Youth Theatre Ensemble about the things that excited and scared them, Zavarce created I AM in collaboration with writer and previous True North performer Tahlia Hope.
Hope and Zavarce found the young people they were working with were questioning what their purpose and pathway in life is, or should be, as they faced making decisions about their future.
I AM performer Alyssa Glanowski. Photo: Alirio Zavarce
“The show is kind of like a call to help and says, ‘Listen, wherever your path takes you is fine. You just need to relax. You don’t need to work it…
