A Touchstone Theatre and Glitch Theatre co-production
VASCULAR NECROSIS
Written by Jordyn Wood
Directed by Daniela Atiencia
OCTOBER 7 – 18, 2026
A Flying Start Play
Five years ago, Penelope killed herself. Shortly after, she rose from the grave as a flesh-eating monster. Now, with the help of “de-necrotizers” — medication meant to subdue her zombie instincts, she gets to rejoin society in the land of the living. But how do you exist in a world you never wanted to be a part of?
Graphic Design by Terry Wong. Photography by Chelsey Stuyt. Clockwise: Marguerite Hanna, Gabrielle Nebrida-Pépin, Evelyn Chew.
WHERE
ADDRESS
1398 Cartwright St 3rd Floor, Vancouver, BC V6H 3T5
SHOWTIMES: Oct 7 - Oct 18, 2026
Wed, Oct 7 – 7:30pm | PREVIEW
Thurs, Oct 8 – 7:30pm | OPENING
Fri, Oct 9 – 7:30pm
Sat, Oct 10 – 2pm + 7:30pm
Sun, Oct 11 – 2pm
Tues, Oct 13 – 7:30pm | Cast & Crew talkback
Wed, Oct 14 – 7:30pm
Thurs, Oct 15 – 7:30pm
Fri, Oct 16 – 7:30pm
Sat, Oct 17 – 2pm + 7:30pm
Sun, Oct 18 – 2pm | CLOSING
CONTENT INFO
Please be advised that while this play is a dark comedy, it does deal with intense themes of death, suicide, and grief.
Jordyn Wood is a Vancouver-based playwright, theatre artist, and producer. Their practice has been intentionally varied, jumping from devising to playwriting to directing to curating and producing. Their written work negotiates the line between autobiography and fiction, refracting lived experience through science fiction and horror genres in service of a search for the self. Influenced by their intersections of queerness, chronic illness, and mental health disability, their work poses the question: how do you find belonging in a world you never felt a part of? In addition to being Touchstone Theatre’s Flying Start Playwright-in-Residence, Jordyn is also the Company Producer of Glitch Theatre and the Administrative Assistant of Theatre Replacement. They hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from SFU’s School of Contemporary Arts in the Theatre Performance stream. Recent playwriting credits include Vascular Necrosis, (presented as staged readings by Glitch Theatre in 2024 & rEvolver Festival 2023), Dry Rot (Or Festival 2022), and Grounded (Calgary Young People’s Theatre 2017).
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