Harlem Duet (2018)

Produced by

Tarragon Theatre

Playwright: Djanet Sears
Director: Djanet Sears

Venue

Tarragon Theatre – Mainspace

Run

September 18th, 2018 – October 28th, 2018

Synopsis

The return of a Canadian theatre milestone! Djanet Sears’ rhapsodic blues riff on Othello whisks the tale off to Harlem, where a college professor leaves his grad student wife for a white colleague. The stinging abandonment leads to profound questions about love, loss, loyalty and race, played out over two centuries in a wide range of settings. An iconic work that packs as powerful a punch now as it did when it debuted over twenty years ago. (tarragontheatre.com)

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Cast

Virgilia Griffith	Billie / She / Her
Beau Dixon	Othello / He / Him
Tiffany Martin	Amah / Mona
Ordena Stephens-Thompson	Magi
Walter Borden	Canada

Creative Team

Djanet Sears	Playwright
Djanet Sears	Director
Astrid Janson	Set Designer
Astrid Janson	Costume Designer
André Du Toit	Lighting Designer
Allen Booth	Sound Designer
Allen Booth	Music Director
Akosua Amo-Adem	Assistant Director
Sarah Uwadiae	Design Assistant
Khadijah Salawu	Sound Design Consultant

Music

Cymphoni Fantastique	Cello
Bryant Didier	Bass

Staff

Carla Ritchie	Production Manager
John Thomson	Technical Director
Kathleen Johnston	Head of Wardrobe
Care Robertson	Head of Properties
Jennifer Laws	Mainspace Technician

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