Obsidian Theatre Company
Established
2000
Artistic Director: Philip Akin
Artistic Producer: Leah-Simone Bowen
Obsidian is Canada’s leading culturally diverse theatre company. Our threefold mission is to produce plays, to develop playwrights and to train emerging theatre professionals. Obsidian is passionately dedicated to the exploration, development, and production of the Black voice. Obsidian produces plays from a world-wide canon focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on the works of highly acclaimed Black playwrights. Obsidian provides artistic support, promoting the development of work by Black theatre makers and offering training opportunities through mentoring and apprenticeship programs for emerging Black artists.
Obsidian Theatre Company was born out of a passionate sense of artistic responsibility – a responsibility to bring the Black voice, in its many artistic dialects, to Canada’s cultural forefront. Obsidian encourages Black artists to expand their vision of what they perceive, create and present to a national audience. Obsidian continues to play a prominent role in Canada’s theatrical mosaic by showcasing the work of both emerging and established Black artists.
Since its inception, our development programs have led many artists to expand their professional development and create new Canadian works. Through our training programs, we produce plays, develop playwrights and train emerging theatre professionals. (obsidiantheatre.com)
Website
http://www.obsidiantheatre.com
Produced by Obsidian Theatre Company
| Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner | May 12th, 2024 – May 26th, 2024 |
| shaniqua in abstraction | April 9th, 2024 – April 28th, 2024 |
| Three Sisters | February 29th, 2024 – March 24th, 2024 |
| speaking of sneaking | September 19th, 2023 – October 1st, 2023 |
| Fairview | March 4th, 2023 – March 26th, 2023 |
| Dixon Road | June 3rd, 2022 – June 19th, 2022 |
| Is God Is | May 6th, 2022 – May 22nd, 2022 |
| Caroline, or Change | January 30th, 2020 – February 16th, 2020 |
| Pass Over | October 22nd, 2019 – November 10th, 2019 |
| Actually | September 14th, 2019 – September 29th, 2019 |
| School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls | March 5th, 2019 – March 24th, 2019 |
| Hang | February 6th, 2018 – February 25th, 2018 |
| The Other Side of the Game | October 14th, 2017 – November 5th, 2017 |
| Passing Strange | January 24th, 2017 – February 5th, 2017 |
| Up the Garden Path | March 23rd, 2016 – April 10th, 2016 |
| Venus’ Daughter | February 14th, 2016 – February 28th, 2016 |
| The Wild Party | February 20th, 2015 – March 8th, 2015 |
| The Mountaintop | September 27th, 2014 – October 19th, 2014 |
| Once on this Island | January 21st, 2014 – February 9th, 2014 |
| The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble | November 2nd, 2013 – December 1st, 2013 |
| The Whipping Man | March 21st, 2013 – April 14th, 2013 |
| Shakespeare’s Nigga | February 7th, 2013 – February 23rd, 2013 |
| Caroline, or Change | January 21st, 2012 – February 12th, 2012 |
| Topdog/Underdog | November 22nd, 2011 – December 4th, 2011 |
| Ruined | January 16th, 2011 – February 12th, 2011 |
| Intimate Apparel | February 8th, 2010 – March 6th, 2010 |
| Yellow-Man | November 2nd, 2009 – November 14th, 2009 |
| Late | September 11th, 2008 – October 5th, 2008 |
| Black Medea | September 11th, 2008 – October 5th, 2008 |
| Intimate Apparel | January 16th, 2008 – February 3rd, 2008 |
| The Monument | March 4th, 2006 – March 25th, 2006 |
Presented by Obsidian Theatre Company
| Dirty Butterfly | October 30th, 2013 – November 17th, 2013 |
Current Staff
| Philip Akin | Artistic Director |
| Leah-Simone Bowen | Artistic Producer |
| Mel Hague | Play Development Coordinator |
| Rupal Shah | Mentor/Apprentice Program Coordinator |
Former staff
| Motion | Playwright-in-Residence |
