Wisdom of Lament
What can we learn from the art of grieving?
Fire Exit Theatre presents, The Wisdom of Lament, a contemplative arts experience, exploring the journey of grief.
Val Lieske and Karla Adolphe use spoken word, music and contemplation to explore the array of human emotions associated with suffering.
"We feel that North Americans struggle with how to grieve well. Whether is the loss of a loved one, of health, a dream, or relationship. We have no role models and no history of how to acknowledge and make room for true lament. We want to help people hit pause for a moment and sit in the reality of their deep sadness and remind them of God’s reality of perfect comfort." - Val + Karla
Val Lieske
Val is the founder and Artistic Director of Fire Exit Theatre in Calgary. A company dedicated to telling stories that matter. She also works with Centre Street Church on the Creative Communications team and is the Associate Director of Theatre with Ambrose University. She has worked with numerous churches, non-profits, conferences and arts organizations.
Val loves to tell stories as a writer, a director, a filmmaker, a producer and performer. She freelances as educator, speaker and sometimes preacher. Val thinks that church should be more like theatre and theatre should be more like church.
Karla Adolphe
Karla is an award winning singer songwriter from High River, AB. She has created a diverse career for herself touring across North America performing as a solo artist, as a roots duo as Jacob and Lily and The Emporiums and Little Bird with John Wort Hannam. She is currently working with Ben Pasley on Enter The Worship Circle. Her album “Honeycomb Tombs”, which was inspired by and devoted to the subject of grief has been downloaded over 10,000 times. The song “Flying Low” propelled her to a top 10 finalist in the CBC Searchlight Competition and finalist for the Calgary Folk Festival Songwriting Competition. First and foremost, Karla loves story and loves Jesus.
