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    Bleeders: The Orisha Trilogy Part 3

    Cast Size:

    15

    Bleeders: The Orisha Trilogy Part 3

    Written by: d'bi.young anitafrika

    Genre: Black Theatre

    “An Afro-futurist dub-opera set in Ontario, Bleeders is the culminating play in d’bi.young anitafrika’s new triptych, The Orisha Trilogy. The story takes place way into the future: the Pickering Nuclear Plant has exploded, and a group of Black women form a small council. How, in the midst of government oppression,...
    controlled damage play cover photo

    Cast Size:

    22

    Controlled Damage

    Written by: Andrea Scott

    Genre: Black Theatre, Drama, Historical, TYA

    Length: 60 min.

    “Controlled Damage explores the life of Canadian civil rights icon Viola Desmond and how her act of bravery in a Nova Scotia movie theatre in 1946 started a ripple effect that is still felt today. An ordinary woman forced to be extraordinary by an unyielding and racist world, Desmond never...