“The First Stone”
Above Photo: Tsholo Khalema // Ancestor 2022 production
Creative Team
Donna-Michelle St Bernard // playwright
Yvette Nolan // director
Indrit Kasapi // production choreographer
Pulga Muchochoma // associate choreographer
Michelle Ramsay // lighting design
Maddie Bautista // sound design, composition + choir director
River Oliviera // associate sound design
Cameron Davis // projection
Jackie Chau // set design + props *Design Mentor
Sarah Yuen // props assistant *Design Mentee
Des’ree Gray // costume design
Sarah O’Brien // stage manager
Heather Bellingham // assistant stage manager
Alison Wong // producer
Charissa Wilcox // production manager
Shanae Sodhi // production associate
Sarah Waisvisz // chorus consultant (Toronto) + chorus director (Ottawa)
Castmates
Michael-Lamont Lytle // Grandad
Uche Ama // Auntie
Dorothy A. Atabong // Mom
Makambe K Simamba // Girl
Daniel Jelani Ellis // Boy
Nawa Nicole Simon // Uma
Courage Bacchus // Ancestor Echo
Paul Smith // Kidogo
Taija Shonee Chung // Chorus
Gloria Mampuya // Chorus
Kendelle Parks // Chorus
Megan Legesse // Chorus
Tavaree Daniel-Simms // Chorus
Willow Martin // Chorus
“The Complex”
It’s Not a Pivot Productions and creators Chantal Forde, Jessie Fraser, and Mandy Roveda explore ‘The Complex’, a unique, immersive online theatre experience where no two shows are the same. The first level is "the Community," where participants can actively engage with the actors and other participants to shape the outcome of the show. This level of interaction allows participants to explore the digital world of Gather.town, interact with characters, and solve puzzles to influence the story's direction.
The second level is "the Chamber," which is a live-edited viewing stream with chat and polls. Participants in the Chamber can observe the action as it unfolds and use polls to express their opinions on the unfolding story. This level of interaction is less immersive but allows participants to watch the show from a more passive perspective.
Overall, ‘The Complex’ provides a unique and exciting way for participants to experience theatre in an immersive and interactive digital environment. With its dystopian setting and audience-led storyline, this show promises to be a thrilling and engaging experience for anyone looking for something new and innovative in the world of theatre.
“Y The Last Man”
“The sequence from the episode ‘Weird Al Is Dead’ made big changes, for understandable reasons ‘”
𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘕𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘥𝘪 2019
In an industry that seldom creates trans roles, few center trans-masculine individuals, Very few feature and even fewer center Trans people of color, Tsholovisions continues to break barriers fighting for increased visibility as He weaves through.
“CAKE”
𝘈 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦, 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺, 𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴.
𝘖𝘣𝘢, 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦-𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘵. 𝘈 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘖𝘣𝘢'𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘪. 𝘖𝘣𝘢'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘣𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴.
𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭, 𝘊𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱.
𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢-𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘵. 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳. 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘦'𝘴 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘬𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵-𝘪𝘯-𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘖𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 & 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰.𝘤𝘰𝘮. 𝘋𝘔 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴.
"𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢-𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘵. 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. " —𝘓𝘺𝘯𝘯 𝘚𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘬𝘪𝘯, 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯
𝘊𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱.
““LILIES;
OR,
THE REVIVAL OF A ROMANTIC DRAMA””
LEMONTREE CREATIONS + BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES
+ WHY NOT THEATRE
𝘐𝘯 1912, 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴, 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯, 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘚𝘵. 𝘚𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘑𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘶 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘉𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱.
𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤, 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘴, 33 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘥-𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 21𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺, 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.
𝑳𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝒐𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝑻𝒘𝒐-𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆. 𝑳𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝒐𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒄. ... 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑳𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑹𝒚𝒂𝒏 𝑮.
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