For Playwrights

OBSIDIAN’S PLAYWRIGHTS UNIT

SUBMISSION FOR THE 22/23 PLAYWRIGHT’S ARE CLOSED.

 

Obsidian Theatre has been developing new Black voices through our Playwrights Unit, our Development Series, and our Resident Playwrights for over 15 years.

 

The Playwrights Unit is an intensive yearlong process that runs annually from Fall into Spring of the new year. Through monthly meetings with the group and individual guidance to serve each artists’ needs, artists delve into the creation process in a supportive and nurturing environment that challenges themselves to investigate their writing process. The Unit has an emphasis on professional development and the business of being a professional artist in Canada.

 

 

OBSIDIAN PLAYWRIGHTS UNIT ALUMNI

2021/2022 Rachel Mutombo & Alicia Plummer

2019/2020 & 2020/2021 Kaygeni, Leighton Alexander Williams

2018/2019 Chiamaka G. Ugwu, David Lewis-Peart, Troy De Four

2017/2018 Fatuma Adar, Intisar Awisse, Dainty Smith

2016/2017 Motion, Stephen Jackman-Torkoff, Sashoya Shoya Oya

2015/2016 Kanika Ambrose, Peter Bailey, Daniel Ellis, Alicia Richardson, d’bi young

2014/2015 Kanika Ambrose,          Sebastien Heins, Tia McGregor

2013/2014 Tawiah McCarthy, Makambe Simamba, Teneile Warren

THE DEVELOPMENT SERIES 2013/14    Lisa Codrington, Meghan Swaby

2012/2013 Peter Bailey, Lisa Codrington, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard,             Meghan Swaby

THE DEVELOPMENT SERIES 2011/12 Joseph Joe Pierre, Leah-Simone Bowen, Motion

2011/12 Audrey Dwyer, Meghan Swaby, Andrea Scott

Playwrights Unit Tier Two 2009/10: Leah Simone Bowen, Roxanne A. Joseph

2008/09: Laurence Anthony, Aisha Sasha John, Motion

2007/08 Leah Simone Bowen, Rita Deverall, Rachael-Lea Rickards, Rosemarie Stewart

2006/07 Dian Marie Bridge, Rebecca Fisseha, Edwige Jean-Pierre, Marcia Johnson, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard