Obeah Opera (2015)
Produced by
b current and Nightwood Theatre
Presented by
PANAMANIA and Culchahworks Arts Collective
Creator: Nicole Brooks
Composer: Nicole Brooks
Director: Lezlie Wade
Venue
The Marilyn and Charles Baillie Theatre
Previews
August 4-5, 2015
Run
August 4th, 2015 – August 8th, 2015
Synopsis
Obeah Opera is a hand clapping, foot-stomping, spirit-lifting, musical sensation. Steeped in black music and sung entirely a cappella by a powerful all-female cast, Obeah Operais a retelling of the legendary Salem witch trials from the fascinating perspective of Caribbean slave women. (toronto2015.org)
Cast
| Nicole Brooks | Tituba |
| Divine Brown | Mary Black |
| Karen Burthwright | Candy |
| Diana Coatsworth | Captain / Doctor |
| Saphire Demitro | Auctioneer / Shapeshifter |
| Deidrey Francois | Sarah |
| Nickeshia Garrick | Shapeshifter |
| Sarah Gibbons | Abigail Williams |
| Janet MacEwen | Rev Samuel Parris |
| Debbie Nicholls-Skerrit | Shapeshifter |
| Melissa Noventa | Mercy / Shapeshifter |
| Naomi Peltz | Puritan |
| Dana Jean Phoenix | Betty Parris |
| Sabryn Rock | Elizabeth Eldridge |
| Singing Sandra | The Elder |
Creative Team
| Nicole Brooks | Creator |
| Nicole Brooks | Composer / Librettist |
| Lezlie Wade | Director |
| Andrew Craig | Musical Director |
| Anthony “Prime” Guerra | Choreographer |
| Graham Clarke | Sound Designer |
| Robin Fisher | Set Designer |
| Robin Fisher | Costume Designer |
| Bonnie Beecher | Lighting Designer |
| Devin Herbert | Assistant Director |
| Nic Vincent | Assistant Lighting Designer |
| Jacob Beecher | Assistant Lighting Designer |
Production
| Anthony “Prime” Guerra | Cultural Consultant |
| Kathleen Harrison | Stage Manager |
| Ashley Westlake | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Janet Pym | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Rebecca Zimmerman | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Ina Kerklaan | Belts |
| Karen Rodd | Veils |
| Dan Gallo | Production Liason |
| Dianne Weinrib | Publicist |
| Josh Dumont | Publicist |
| Akiva Romer-Segal | Print Design |
| Nicole Brooks | Executive Producer |
| Marinda de Beer | Associate Producer (Creative) |
| Paul Shaw | Associate Producer (Technical) |
| Derrick Chua | Producer |
