BTW’s AMP & le MAI – We’re partnering up!

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Black Studies Center (BSC) Leave a comment

“Black Community Forum Organization step up to the Plate and Leadership in the English Speaking and Black Communities. The Black Theatre Workshop has been moving out of the shadows and definitions of the external mainstream cultures and working diligently to give voice to the Black Self. But in doing so it has been partnering with minority and mainstream voices to give Quebec and Canada a more diverse and new sense of self and cultural expression”- Clarence Bayne

On the horizon…

The Artist Mentorship Program (AMP) is proud to announce a new partnership with MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels). The MAI has been a huge resource for the development of local and national theatre and AMP is honoured to have our 2018 Industry Showcase housed in the MAI theatre for the very first time. The MAI has also contributed towards the budget of the Industry Showcase as well as some of our technique workshops.

As the current holder of the Montreal English Theatre Award for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), the MAI is the perfect partner for AMP, which holds the 2016 award in the same category. We look forward to a long and productive future with our new collaborator!

Top: (Back L-R) Pablo Rodriguez (MAI Mentorship Program Coordinator), Justin Johnson, Michelle Soicher, Nalo Soyini Bruce, Sophie El-Assaad, Jeremy Cabrera, Emmanuel Hyppolite, Benita Bailey. (Front L-R) Michelle Rambharose, Nikita Bala, Lydie Dubuisson, Gita Miller, Warona Setshwaelo (AMP Program Coordinator

Come join the Celebration!

It is a pleasure for us to celebrate the outstanding Don Jordan! His accomplishments lead him to be known as a triple-threat who is well-versed in many areas of the performing arts. At our next Vision Celebration Gala, we honour him!

We hope you will join us next January 27, 2018 as we pay tribute to him with our highest honour: the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award.

Click the link below to join the celebration.

What’s going on in our Community!

Tuesday Night Café, in conjunction with the Black Students’ Network present the first black production at McGill: Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, directed by Munyaradzi Guramatunhu. A few of our current and former Artist Mentorship Program ensemble Members (Benita Bailey 2017-18, Nalo Soyini Bruce 2017-18, Keren Roberts 2015-16) as well as former staff member, Jamila Joseph are involved in this show! Please go out and support these artists! Performances continue this week November 22 – 25. This is the last week of performances!

For more info, click here.

Join ARTISTA! ARTISTA is Imago Theatre’s free theatre program for young women 16-21 who want to create, collaborate and learn through theatre over a 15 week program (previous experience is not necessary). Imago Theatre strongly encourages applications from differently-abled individuals, visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples and members of the LGBTQ community and prioritizes applications from individuals without the financial or parental support to pursue arts mentorship. Deadline to apply is January 5, 2018.

Link: www.imagotheatre.ca/join-artista/

Rendez-Vous with Home is the story of two sisters’ return to Haiti which turns into a journey of discovery combined with love, humour, and Haitian oral and dance traditions. This is our February 2018 Black History Month School Tour which will also have a public presentation at the MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) from March 6 – 11, 2018.

To book a school tour performance, please e-mail: schooltour@blacktheatreworkshop.ca

Black Boys makes its way from Toronto to the Montreal stage from February 11 – 17, 2018. This Buddies in Bad Times/Saga Collectif Production is presented by Espace Libre and Black Theatre Workshop. With only a limited engagement run, don’t wait too long to get your tickets.

You can purchase your tickets here.

Thank you for your continued support! It is because of you that we are able to continue thriving in the City of Montréal.

Warmest regards,
Black Theatre Workshop Team

(L-R) Tristan D. Lalla, Letitia Brookes in The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, directed by ahdri zhina mandiela. Set & Costume Design by Eo Sharp, Lighting Design by David Perreault Ninacs. Photo by Andrée Lanthier.