Maanomaa, My Brother (2023)
Produced by
Blue Bird Theatre Collective and Canadian Stage
Playwrights: Tawiah Ben M’carthy and Brad Cook
Director: Philip Akin
Venue
The Berkeley Street Theatre – Upstairs Theatre
Run
April 11th, 2023 – April 30th, 2023
Synopsis
When childhood friends Kwame and Will reunite in Ghana for the funeral of a loved one, they realize just how much has changed since the events that separated them 25 years earlier.
As they struggle with the urge to keep stories from the past buried and the desire to connect, resurfaced memories set them on a journey to discover a truth that neither of them expected. Blending together styles of West African and Canadian theatre, Maanomaa mixes myth with reality, and the past with the present. (canadianstage.com)
Cast
| Tawiah Ben M’carthy | Kwame |
| Brad Cook | Will |
Creative Team
| Tawiah Ben M’carthy | Playwright |
| Brad Cook | Playwright |
| Philip Akin | Director |
| Aldrin Bundoc | Assistant Director |
| Natasha Mumba | Dramaturge |
| Wole Oguntokun | Dramaturge |
| Anne-Marie Donovan | Co-Set Conception |
| Brad Cook | Co-Set Conception |
| Tawiah Ben M’carthy | Co-Set Conception |
| Joanna Yu | Costume Designer |
| Des’ree Gray | Assistant Costume Designer |
| André Du Toit | Lighting Designer |
| Christopher Elizabeth | Sound Designer |
| Kobena Aquaa-Harrison | Composer |
Production
| Anna R. Kaltenbach | Stage Manager |
| Sabrina Weinstein | Rehearsal Assistant Stage Manager |
| Wole Oguntokun | Cultural Consultant / Script Consultant |
| Akosua Amo-Adem | Dialect Coach for Will |
| Jane Gooderham | Dialect & Voice Coach |
| Beth Wong | Producer, Blue Bird Theatre Collective |
| Laura Pomeroy | Producer, Blue Bird Theatre Collective |
| Paul Smith | Education & Outreach Coordinator, Blue Bird Collective |
Staff
| Daniel Bennett | Technical Director |
| Jillian Wardell | Assistant Technical Director |
| Mary Spyrakis | Head of Properties |
| Chantelle Zoelene Laliberte | Head of Wardrobe |
| Jon Cunningham | Head Technician |
