blood.claat: one womban story (2006)
Produced by
Playwright: d’bi.young anitafrika
Director: Weyni Mengesha
Venue
Theatre Passe Muraille Mainspace
Previews
August 27th, 2006
Run
August 27th, 2006 – September 10th, 2006
Synopsis
mudgu sankofa, a 15 year-old girl in Kingston, Jamaica, is bridging the gap between innocence and maturity. As blood – both life blood and death blood – cycles through her coming of age st ory, mudgu encounters her cleanliness- obsessed granny, a machete-wielding stranger, her reggae-loving boyfriend and her church-going aunty. Helping her trav erse her past, present and future lies mudgu’s mother, who left her in search of a better life for herself and mudgu in Canada. Fusing theatre and dub poetry, the extraordinary artist d’bi.young anitafrika portrays mudgu with wit, charisma and power. (Show Study Guide)
Cast
d’bi.young anitafrika | Storyteller |
Creative Team
d’bi.young anitafrika | Playwright |
Weyni Mengesha | Director |
Steve Lucas | Lighting Designer |
Steve Lucas | Set Designer |
Erika Connor | Costume Designer |
Nicholas Murray | Sound Designer |
Ruthann Drummond | Associate Lighting Designer |
Music
Amina Alfred | Percussion / Vocals |
Production
Veronica Formosa | Stage Manager |
Ryan McDougall | Carpenter |
Matthew Pochwalowski | Carpenter |
Kevin Hutson | Lighting Crew |
Amina Alfred | Scenic Painter |
Lindsay Anne Black | Scenic Painter |
Byron Beckford | Movement Coach |
Lennox Glasgow | Movement Coach |
Staff
Jonathan Rooke | Production Manager |
Jamie Wilson | Technical Director |