很高兴能有机会参与这部作品。感谢这个小小的团队里永远跳动的能量。
参加Calgary Fringe对这部剧来说是一部新的尝试：120分钟的剧本我们只能看到其中的60分钟，所以有很多元素和话题我们这次只能一笔带过。但我很满足。至少这个夏天，我们围绕疫情、遗憾、想象、绝望和灾难进行了无数次的讨论和实验。这次经历是从未有过的。在此我要感谢编剧，Billy Guo为我们构建的超现实世界。
还要感谢从魁北克来的跨语言戏剧艺术家Hwaan和Huirui。你们让这个团队充满了不一样的律动。感谢来自卡尔加里当地的妆造艺术家Steph和戏剧实践者Anne。还要感谢来自Queen’s University大一的阳光般的Deniece和专
程从北京赶来的职业舞台监督Jessica Lou。没有你们就没有这个制作。
人的遗憾、社会的遗憾、历史的遗憾、他人的遗憾，还未发生的遗憾……其实人们不太能接受遗憾。大多数对于遗憾的应对不过是忘掉当下情绪的困囿。太多改变过去、转生重生、逆天改命的故事充斥你我眼耳，不过饮鸩止渴。没有通往过去的道路。过去也不会欢迎高傲的我们。“要是能改变过去就好了。”可这真的是我们能拥有的吗？编剧说：“幻想与当前选择对立的可能性，本质上还是对自我的否认和逃避。”遗憾是珍贵的。每条待选择的路给你遗憾的机会。我们最好还是庆幸我们还能选择。
人类在遗憾中煎熬前进，历史在遗憾中困知勉行。遗憾不会只存在于过去，还驻守在未来。学会与遗憾共存，是这个剧本给我们的启迪。

I'm glad to have the opportunity to participate in this work. Thanks to the ever-present energy in this small team

Participating in Calgary Fringe is a new attempt for this play: with a 120-minute script, we can only show 60 minutes of it, so many elements and topics have to be briefly mentioned. Nevertheless, I am satisfied. At least this summer, we have had countless discussions and experiments revolving around the pandemic, regrets, imagination, despair, and disasters. This experience has been unprecedented. I want to thank the playwright, Billy Guo, for creating this surreal world for us.
I also want to express gratitude to the multilingual theatre artists, Hwaan and Huirui, who came from Quebec. You both have brought a different kind of rhythm to this team. Thanks to the local makeup artist, Steph, and theatre practitioner, Anne, from Calgary. Additionally, thanks to the sunshine-like
Deniece from Queen's University and the professional stage manager, Jessica Lou, who came all the way from Beijing. Without all of you, this production wouldn't have been possible.
Regrets of individuals, regrets of society, regrets of history, regrets of others, and regrets that have not yet occurred... In reality, people find it challenging to accept regrets. For most, the response to regrets is merely trying to forget the emotional entanglement of the present moment. There are too many stories of changing the past, reincarnation, and defying fate, but they are only temporary solutions to numb our pain. There is no path leading to the past. The past won't welcome our arrogance. "If only we could change the past." But is that something we can truly possess? The playwright says, "Fantacizing in opposition to the present reality is fundamentally a denial of oneself and an escape." Regrets are precious. Every path of choice gives you the chance to experience regrets. We'd better be grateful that
we still have choices.
Humanity moves forward in agony with regrets, and history is guided by regrets in its path. Regrets will not only exist in the past but also reside in the future. Learning to coexist with regrets is the enlightenment this script offers us.