The Archive of Missing Things
Story
The Archive of Missing Things was founded in order to collect, catalogue and store all missing objects that are in the world. The Archive was built around a secret.”
The Archive of Missing Things is a live/digital show for libraries, as well as an online game available at home. You have 90 minutes to explore a maze-like archive in search of the secret at its centre. Toggling between different views can reveal clues: if you look and listen closely enough, you may just notice them.
A meditative quest for the age of rising sea levels.
LIVE SHOWS
The Archive of Missing Things runs from May 20-23 at The Scott Library, York University.
Purchase tickets HERE.
ONLINE GAME
Pricing: $2 single play/ $5 unlimited play
Access the online game HERE.
Press
“a hypnotic experience that takes on more layers of mystery and intrigue as it goes on. NNNN.” – Now Magazine, Toronto
“… one of the most incredible experiences with performance art that I’ve had in recent memory.” – Mooney on Theatre, Toronto
“Imagine a high-tech theatrical hybrid of the works of Marcel Proust and the Myst series of computer adventure games, and you’re in the ballpark of where Zuppa Theatre Co. is playing.” – Local Express, Halifax
The Archive of Missing Things was selected as one of the Best Productions and Best Ensembles in Now Magazine’s 2019 Summerworks Festival Wrap-Up.
Company
Starring (in alphabetical order)
Ursula Calder
Cash Gallant-McLean (voice)
Miranda Jones
Stewart Legere
Lead Writer
Kate Cayley
Director / Conception / Chief Archivist
Alex McLean
Technical Director / Wanderer
Jessica Lewis
Original Musical Score
Stewart Legere
Sound Design and Additional Score
Brian Riley
Web Development and Design
Ned Zimmerman
Illustrations
Colleen MacIsaac
Costume Consultation
Andrea Ritchie
Producer
Sophie Schade
Original (2017) production created by (alphabetical order)
Kate Cayley
Miranda Jones
Susan Leblanc
Stewart Legere
Kathryn McCormack
Alex McLean
Brian Riley
Ben Stone
Interns (original production)
Tom Niles
Brody Wilkenson-Martin
Special Thanks
Lea Ambros
Claire Gallant
Polly and Ida Gallant-McLean
Ben Stone
Sarah Stevenson
Marlo McKay
The Staff of the Killam Memorial Library
The North Branch Memorial Library, Halifax
Funders
The Canada Council for the Arts
Arts Nova Scotia
Arts Halifax
Nova Scotia Communities, Culture and Heritage
Zuppa works in Mi'kma'ki, the traditional, unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq people.
Schedule
CURRENT AND UPCOMING
May 20-23, 2026, Scott Library, York University, presented by Theatre Direct and York University Libraries
May 20
1 pm
May 21
1 pm
May 22
1pm
May 23
1pm
4pm
PAST PRODUCTIONS
May 2025
Innisfil IdeaLab, Talk is Free Theatre, Barrie, ON
May 2025
Alderney Library, Stages Festival, Eastern Front Theatre, Dartmouth, NS
February 2025
Hold On Let Go, Theatre Replacement, Vancouver, BC (presentation of online version)
May 2024
The Morrin Centre, Quebec City
Fall 2019
The Harris Museum, Derelict Arts, Preston, U.K.
Lancaster City Library, Derelict Arts, Lancaster, U.K. (with Lancaster Arts)
Didsbury Library, Derelict Arts, Manchester, U.K.
Summer 2019
Torquay Library, International Agatha Christie Festival, Torquay, U.K.
Sanderson Library, SummerWorks Performance Festival, Toronto, ON
April 2017
Killam LIbrary, Eastern Front Theatre, Halifax, NS
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