Sizwe Banzi is Dead (2023)
Produced by
Playwrights: Athol Fugard and John Kani and Winston Ntshona
Director: Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
Venue
Run
May 25th, 2023 – June 18th, 2023
Synopsis
What is your name worth?
In apartheid-era South Africa, the only way for Banzi to survive is to fake his own death. From one of the world’s great playwrights Athol Fugard (‘Master Harold’…and the Boys), comes a soaring and personal comedy of identity, memory, and the resilience of the human spirit. (soulpepper.ca)
Cast
| Amaka Umeh | Styles/Buntu |
| Tawiah Ben M’carthy | Sizwe |
Creative Team
| Athol Fugard | Playwright |
| John Kani | Playwright |
| Winston Ntshona | Playwright |
| Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu | Director |
| Tsholo Khalema | Assistant Director |
| Ken MacKenzie | Set Designer |
| Ming Wong | Costume Designer |
| Raha Javanfar | Lighting Designer |
| Richard Feren | Sound Designer |
| Richard Feren | Composer |
| Mafa Makhubalo | Movement Director |
| Tim Lindsay | Assistant Lighting Designer |
Production
| Sarah Miller | Stage Manager |
| Victoria Wang | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Tsholo Khalema | Dialect Coach |
| Gunes Agduk | Lighting Operator |
| Paul Boddum | Head Scenic |
| Christopher Blanchenot | Scenic Painter |
| Greg Chambers | 1st Props Builder |
| Greg Chambers | Props Buyer |
| Andy DeVries | Head Carpenter |
| Erin Halls | Stitcher |
| Ellie Koffman | Head of Wardrobe |
| Lisa Nighswander | Head of Properties |
| Kalina Popova | Assistant Head of Wardrobe |
| Andres Castillo-Smith | Audio Operator |
| Bill Stahl | 1st Carpenter |
| Dalton Villeneuve-Marini | Deck Hand |
Staff
| Annie Clarke | Producer |
| Malika Daya | Assistant Producer |
| Jasmine Knox | Senior Production Manager |
| Julian Bulof | Technical Director |
| Nicholas Beardsley | Assistant Technical Director |
| Rhett Costin | Assistant Technical Director |
| Julia Carrano | Assistant Production Manager |
