YOU USED TO CALL ME MARIE…

By Tai Amy Grauman
A Savage Society & National Arts Centre Production

September 25–October 12, 2025
Olympic Village Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre
AN EPIC MÉTIS LOVE STORY

Music plays and ponies dance as the epic story of Marie Callihoo and generations of Alberta’s Métis women unfurls through time. Follow Marie, Iskwewo, Napew, and Mistatim (“horse” in Michif) in intertwined celebrations of love and resilience as the Métis Nation emerges across the plains. Robust in scope yet intimate, You used to call me Marie…explores the fur trade and political uprisings in the 1930s to the present through era-spanning dance and live music, from French fiddle to contemporary country.

“[A]n artfully crafted love story reaching across Métis history” —Stir

Looking for a different date or venue? View the Arts Club On Tour schedule here.


Our most intimate venue, the Olympic Village Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre, is back for a full season of curtain calls! Indulge in this 3-show series from $78**!

  • Showtimes
    Monday Closed
    Tuesday 7 PM
    Wednesday 1 PM & 7 PM
    Thursday 7:30 PM
    Friday 7:30 PM
    Saturday 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM
    Sunday 2 PM
  • Special performances
    Talkback Tuesday Performance
    Tuesday, Oct 7 – 7 PM

    VocalEye Performance
    Sunday, Oct 12 – 2 PM
  • Seat map
  • Directions + Parking
    162 West 1st Avenue
    Vancouver, BC
    V5Y 0H6

    Parking Tips
  • Content Advisory
    This production may contain flashing lights and water-based haze and fog. Please contact our box office for more information.

Artistic Team

Cast

  1. Carmen Alvis Dancer
  2. Lynette Bonin Iskwewo
  3. Sophie Dow Dancer/Dance Captain
  4. Kathleen Nisbet Fiddler
  5. Aren Okemaysim Napew
  6. Krystle Pederson Musician / Composer / Vocal Captain

Creative

  1. Lois Anderson Director
  2. Cecilia Vadala Set Designer
  3. Evan Ducharme Costume Designer
  4. Alaia Hamer Costume Designer
  5. Jeff Harrison Lighting Designer
  6. Aaron Macri Sound Designer
  7. Rick Colhoun Associate Sound Designer
  8. Candelario Andrade Projection Designer
  9. Matt Oviatt Technical Director
  10. Steph Elgersma Props Manager
  11. Michelle Olsen Assistant Director

Stage Management

  1. Philomena Sondergaard Stage Manager
  2. Sophie Kaplan Apprentice Stage Manager