Black Playwrights

Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers

By Makambe K Simamba
Subjects: Solo Shows, Women Writers, Theatre for Young Audiences, By Age—15–18, Black Playwrights, Award Winners, Death, Grief & Loss
Casting: 1 role
Duration: 60 minutes

Slimm, a seventeen-year-old Black boy in a hoodie suddenly finds himself in the first moments of his afterlife. He calls out for God. God does not respond. What happens next is a sacred journey through ...

The Bridge

By Shauntay Grant
Subjects: Family Life, Siblings, Atlantic Playwrights, Nova Scotia, Women Writers, Death, Grief & Loss, Award Winners, Rural Settings, Black Playwrights
Casting: 4 f, 3 m
Duration: 90 minutes

Set in a rural Black Nova Scotian community, The Bridge explores the complex relationship between two brothers strained over twenty years of secrecy, deception, and dishonour. Secrets are revealed one ...