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In ASSASSINATING THOMSON, critically acclaimed Legally Blind Performer/Creator Bruce Horak paints a
portrait of the entire audience while interweaving his own story and the tale of celebrated
Canadian painter Tom Thomson's unsolved murder. Art, politics, grief, comedy, triumph, ambition,
love and murder are intertwined in a one-man tour-de-force as Horak tells his own fantastically
inspiring tale and reveals the unique way he sees the world. Following the performance, the unique
painting created during the show will be auctioned. Proceeds from the live auction will be donated
to Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Having lost over 90% of his eyesight to a childhood Cancer, Horak has navigated the world of the
fully sighted his entire life. Bilateral Retinoblastoma is a cancer which appears on the retina of
the eyes, the treatment of which left Horak completely blind in one eye, with extreme
tunnel-vision, light sensitivity, floaters, and a cataract in the remaining eye. For the past 25
years, Horak has pursued a career in the performing arts and has won numerous awards for his
performance, writing, direction and creation. He has performed across Canada, the United States and
Europe and became Star Trek's first blind actor when he played Hemmer on Star Trek: Strange New
Worlds first season in 2022.
In ASSASSINATING THOMSON, critically acclaimed Legally Blind Performer/Creator Bruce Horak paints a
portrait of the entire audience while interweaving his own story and the tale of celebrated
Canadian painter Tom Thomson's unsolved murder. Art, politics, grief, comedy, triumph, ambition,
love and murder are intertwined in a one-man tour-de-force as Horak tells his own fantastically
inspiring tale and reveals the unique way he sees the world. Following the performance, the unique
painting created during the show will be auctioned. Proceeds from the live auction will be donated
to Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Having lost over 90% of his eyesight to a childhood Cancer, Horak has navigated the world of the
fully sighted his entire life. Bilateral Retinoblastoma is a cancer which appears on the retina of
the eyes, the treatment of which left Horak completely blind in one eye, with extreme
tunnel-vision, light sensitivity, floaters, and a cataract in the remaining eye. For the past 25
years, Horak has pursued a career in the performing arts and has won numerous awards for his
performance, writing, direction and creation. He has performed across Canada, the United States and
Europe and became Star Trek's first blind actor when he played Hemmer on Star Trek: Strange New
Worlds first season in 2022.
