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O N 2 017– 2 018 47 TH S E A S
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he entire team at Black Theatre Workshop is proud to Follow BTW
bring you our 2017–18 season of professional theatre.
Celebrating the breadth and beauty of Black history
and culture, our 47th season is as diverse as it is ambitious:
4 productions, 3 collaborations, 2 languages, all culminating in
1 exciting year! Join us as we take you on a journey around the
world—from Canada to the U.S. to Haiti and South Africa—this
will be our grandest season to date! 432–3680 Jeanne-Mance
We begin in the United States, in partnership with Halifax’s
Montréal QC, H2X 2K5
Neptune Theatre, with an award-winning play that puts the 514.932.1104
spotlight on the greatest hero of the American Civil Rights
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Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Then in January, we team
up with the Segal Centre for Performing Arts on a trip down BlackTheatreWorkshop.ca
to South Africa, with a play by one of its most celebrated
playwrights, Athol Fugard. In February, our annual school tour
for Black History Month takes us to Haiti with a story of discovery Special thanks to the following
and acceptance, presented in both official languages. Finally, organizations for their financial support
English and French communities come together once again
through our partnership with Montreal’s Espace Libre, on
a collective creation in English with French surtitles, which
OFFICIAL SEASON SPONSOR
intimately explores queer male Blackness.
It is with great pride that we are committed to celebrating the
many communities that contribute to Black art and culture in
Canada. We hope you will join us!
Quincy Armorer
Artistic Director
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“Sometimes a play comes out of the blue and knocks everyone for six. Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop,
based on the final night in the life of Martin Luther King before his assassination in 1968 on the
balcony of a down-at-heel Memphis motel, opened at the tiny Theatre 503 in Battersea last month
and has now transferred to the main stage of Trafalgar Studios. New York must beckon next.”
—Telegraph UK, July 2009
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MOUNTAINTOP
BY KATORI HALL
DIRECTED BY ahdri zhina mandiela
April 3, 1968: After delivering one
STARRING Letitia Brookes & Tristan D. Lalla of his most memorable speeches,
“I Have Been to the Mountaintop”, an
DESIGN TEAMHoward Davis · Rob Denton · David Perreault Ninacs · Eo Sharp
PRODUCTION TEAMBirdie Gregor · Stephen Alarie exhausted Dr. King retires to his room
SOUND COLLABORATORS Daryl Amenya · Laurie-Anne Jean-Baptiste at the Lorraine Motel amidst a raging
Juanita Marchand · Maria Elena Stoodley · Ross Unger storm. When a mysterious stranger
arrives at his door, Dr. King is forced to
AT THE SEGAL CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS: OCTOBER 14 – 29, 2017 confront his destiny and his legacy as
AT NEPTUNE THEATRE (HALIFAX): FEBRUARY 27 – MARCH 18, 2018 a leading figure in the American Civil
Rights Movement.
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”this quiet drama remains a powerful indictment of the
apartheid system and the terrible human cost of the
racism it codified and legalized.” —NY Times
The acclaimed Shaw BY ATHOL FUGARD
Festival production.
DIRECTED BY PHILIP AKIN
Port Elizabeth, South Africa — 1950.
Seventeen-year-old Harold does his The Segal Centre in association with Black Theatre
homework while two black men, who Workshop, presents the Shaw Festival production in
have long worked as servants for his
family, clean the floors. As the day
association with Obsidian Theatre.
unfolds, the three reminisce fondly
about times spent together, but when JANUARY 21 TO FEBRUARY 11, 2018
news comes that Harold’s alcoholic ASL interpreted performance available Sunday, February 10
father is returning home, affections
turn to anger, intimacies sour, and the Ticket Prices: Regular $61 – with discounts available for previews,
personal becomes political. The play matinees, seniors, students/under 30, and industry/artists.
was initially banned in South Africa For tickets please visit:
and has since become an enduring, www.segalcentre.org
modern classic that continues to speak 5170 Ch de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal
to inequality and injustice. T: 514-739-7944
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DIRECTED BY DAYANE NTIBARIKURE
Black History Month School Tour
FEBRUARY 5 – MARCH 3, 2018
Presented by the MAI
(Montréal, arts interculturels)
MARCH 6 – 11, 2018
RENDEZ-VOUS WITH HOME is the story of sisters Josephine MAI ticket prices: (March 6–11, 2018)
and Suzette, who are sent by their mother on a trip to Haiti Regular $22
to bury their father, a man they barely knew. Josephine, who Senior*/Student*/Professional Artists $16
has scant memories of her father, is anxious. Suzette, on the Groups of 10 or more $16
other hand, has no memories of her father and considers
*Identification required
the trip an all-expenses paid vacation. But what the two
sisters experience in Haiti proves to be more moving than For tickets, please visit MAI (montréal, arts interculturels)
they had expected—a journey of discovery combined with 3680 rue Jeanne-Mance, Montreal T: 514-982-3386
love, humour, and Haitian oral and dance traditions.
To book a performance at your school in February, please contact: schooltour@blacktheatreworkshop.ca · 514-932-1104 ext. 228
This production is being presented in both official ABOUT BTW’S SCHOOL TOUR: For almost 30 years, Black Theatre Workshop has
celebrated Black History Month by touring its plays to schools, libraries and
languages —schools may select a performance in community centres in and around Montreal. Our goal is to bring far-reaching
either English or French! and powerful theatre experiences to young audiences.
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“This show has a unique point of view, the guts to make it heard and a message that needs to be heard right now.”
—TORONTO STAR
Black Theatre Workshop and Espace Libre present
a Buddies in Bad Times/Saga Collectif production
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BLACK BOYS is created from the lives of three people seeking a deeper
understanding of themselves, of each other, and of how they encounter the
world. As they explore their unique identities on stage, they subvert the ways
in which gender, sexuality, and race are performed. Theatrical and intimate,
BLACK BOYS weaves together the ensemble’s own personal stories in search
of an integrated self and a radical imagination.
BOYS
Performance in English with French surtitles.
WRITTEN BY AND STARRING
Stephen Jackman-Torkoff,
Tawiah Ben M’carthy
and Thomas Olajide
DIRECTED BY Jonathan Seinen
February 13 – 17, 2018
Regular ticket price $33
(discounts for students and early bird tickets)
For tickets please visit
1945, Rue Fullum, Montréal
T: 514-521-4191
For more information about Black Boys please visit:
www.blacktheatreworkshop.ca/black-boys
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The Annual Vision Celebration Gala is our most
32nd ANNUAL glamourous event of the year, and an official
Gala
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launching pad for Black History Month festivities
in Montreal. This formal gathering brings
together artists, dignitaries and community
members to celebrate the achievements
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of an individual who has made significant
contributions to the Black community through
culture and the performing arts in Canada.
Join us as we celebrate a true
Changemaker in the Montreal Black
Community: Don Jordan! A Montrealer
born into a family of artists, Don was
completely caught by the performing
bug. He pursued dance training by
studying different techniques including
African Dance, Jazz, Modern and
TICKETS ARE Classical Ballet. Along with dance, Don
ON SALE NOW studied acting and voice which made
him known as a triple threat in the
MR. DON JORDAN performing arts community.
Gala will be held on
As an accomplished actor, Don was a member of the
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repertory theatre company Revue Theatre for seven years, and
has been seen in over 60 films and television series. He was
Cocktail: 5.30pm the Artistic Director of Black Theatre Workshop for the 1986–87
Dinner: 6.30pm and 1987–88 seasons where he directed several productions
including for colored girls who have considered suicide /
when the rainbow is enuf and performed in numerous stage
Early Bird Tickets: $120 ($65 tax receipt)
productions such as Centaur Theatre’s Guys and Dolls.
Deadline for the Early Bird Tickets: December 17, 2017
Regular Price: $130 ($75 tax receipt) Don was the first Black president of ACTRA (Association Of
Canadian Cinema Television and Radio Artists), where he
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presided for 9 years. He also received the 2010 Black History
Award for achievement in the arts issued by the City of
TO PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE, CLICK HERE Montreal and The Montreal Black History Month Round Table.
He is now being honoured at our annual Vision Celebration
Gala as our 2018 recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
For more information about the Achievement Award.
Vision Celebration Gala, click here.
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EXECUTIVE PRODUCER $1,000+ your donation effectively. Here’s a look at the average
breakdown of costs associated with a production:
§§ Two Vision Celebration Gala tickets
§§ Invitation for two to all performance Openings
§§ Signed production poster
§§ Tax deductible receipt (minus $200) 3% 5% 9%
Set and
Royalty Administration
Technical
Fees Costs
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $250+ Costs
§§ Invitation for two to one Opening Night performance
§§ Signed production poster
§§ Tax deductible receipt (minus $50)
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10% 15% Artists
STARRING ROLE $100+ Theatre Promotional (Performers,
Director, Stage,
Rental Costs Production)
§§ Invitation for two to our Discovery Series
§§ Tax deductible receipt (minus $20)
SUPPORTING ACTOR $50+
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