Obsidian Theatre Company

Obsidian Theatre Company Canada's leading diverse Theatre Compnay

Obsidian Theatre Company was born out of a passionate sense of artistic responsibility - a responsibility to bring the Black voice, in its many artistic dialects, to Canada’s cultural forefront. Obsidian encourages Black artists to expand their vision of what they perceive, create and present to a national audience. Obsidian continues to play a prominent role in Canada’s theatrical mosaic by showcasing the work of both emerging and established Black artists

TOMORROW. ✨🎭Our Playwrights Unit Showcase + Season Wrap Party is almost here and we are SO ready to celebrate with you!C...
06/16/2026

TOMORROW. ✨🎭

Our Playwrights Unit Showcase + Season Wrap Party is almost here and we are SO ready to celebrate with you!

Come see brand new works in progress straight from the minds of our incredible Playwrights Unit, then stay and PARTY with the community that made this season unforgettable. 🥂

Food is on us. Drinks available for purchase. Good energy? Already guaranteed.

📅 June 17, 2026
📍 Soulpepper Theatre — 50 Tank House Lane
🎭 Showcase: 7:30 PM
🎉 Wrap Party: 9:00 PM

Whether you're a longtime Obsidian fam member or brand new to our world — come through. Meet the playwrights. Meet the community. Experience something real.

🎟️ RSVP: https://f.mtr.cool/lvyqxnqrsl

📸 YGB 25/26 in snapshots!Since February 2026, Obsidian Theatre's Young, Gifted, and Black cohort learned, created, and g...
06/15/2026

📸 YGB 25/26 in snapshots!

Since February 2026, Obsidian Theatre's Young, Gifted, and Black cohort learned, created, and grew together. Through masterclasses with industry professionals, a creation residency on the Anitafrika Method led by Dr. d'bi.young anitafrika, and an apprenticeship on How to Catch Creation, the cohort built their craft. For their showcase at Factory Theatre, YGB presented Basbousa, an original play that they co-created, developed, and designed through the program.

A huge thank you to the mentors, facilitators, guest artists, and sponsors who helped make it all possible.

Abigail Whitney, Ghislan Sutherland-Timm, Nála Simone Lendor, and Stephon Smith - thank you for your curiosity, creativity, and care. What a year. ❤️

Special thanks to:
✨ Masterclass instructors Maddie Bautista, Laura Baxter, Nick Blais, Rachel Forbes, Shawn Henry, Ravi Jain, Raha Javanfar, Weyni Mengesha, Mike Payette, Kimberly Purtell, Thomas Ryder Payne and Ming Wong 黄慧明

✨ Creation Residency Intensive led by Dr. d'bi.young anitafrika

✨ How to Catch Creation mentors Heidi Chan, Teresa Przybylski, Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu and Ming Wong 黄慧明

✨The Cast of Basbousa: Bola Aiyeola and Megan Legesse

✨The Creative Team and crew of Basbousa: Lilian Adom (YGB 24/25), Robert Harding, Meryem Alaoui, Mwahib Azreg, Aden Altamirano, and ciaran brenneman

✨Our partners who support the next generation of Black artists: TD, Factory Theatre , B Street Collaborative , Toronto Arts Council , Scotiabank , and Fondation Rideau Hall Foundation .

✨Introducing Amorphous by playwright Kiera SilverglenCatch an excerpt reading of Kiera’s play at our Playwrights Unit Sh...
06/11/2026

✨Introducing Amorphous by playwright Kiera Silverglen

Catch an excerpt reading of Kiera’s play at our Playwrights Unit Showcase June 17th, 2026, starting at 7:30PM at Soulpepper

🎭🔗RSVP: https://f.mtr.cool/ahpxsnneqf

Playwright:
Kiera Silverglen

Director: Andrew Moodie

Cast:
Jamar Adams-Thompson
Jewell Bowry
Ivy Charles
Arlene Duncan
Alicia Plummer
Asher Rose
Robyn Stevan

Synopsis:
Amorphous by Keira Silverglen follows Seraphina Goldman, a young Black Orthodox Jewish woman adopted into an Ashkenazi family, on the eve of her wedding. When a box of unsent letters summons three of her Black ancestors to her childhood home, Seraphina is forced to confront the part of herself she has long buried, embarking on a surreal reckoning with race, family, faith, and belonging.

✨Introducing Brotherhood Is Not My Kin by Shailyn Pierre-Dixon!Catch an excerpt reading of Shailyn’s play at our Playwri...
06/10/2026

✨Introducing Brotherhood Is Not My Kin by Shailyn Pierre-Dixon!

Catch an excerpt reading of Shailyn’s play at our Playwrights Unit Showcase June 17th, 2026 starting at 7:30PM at Soulpepper Theatre

🎭🔗RSVP: https://f.mtr.cool/kzpaiydyms

Director:
Jordan Laffrenier

Cast:
Thomas Mitchell Barnet
Joanne Boland
Daren A. Herbert
Jajube Mandiel
Diego Matamoros
Paul Smith

Synopsis:
ACAB. Pigs. K*K. Abusers. Brutalists. Trigger-happy babies. Rapists in uniform. Self-esteem issues. Mommy issues. Daddy issues. Racists. Hypocrites. Whiteness is rightness. Uniforms are blood. Back the blue is not for you. Diversity hire. Uncle Tom. Black Master. White man’s dog. It’s different. I’m different. I can save them. Let me help them. From the inside. I can change them. I believe. I love. I promise. Listen. Listen. I can. Oh. oh.

Confronting Blackness in places of authority and the exploitation of Black isolation from within.

✨ Introducing When Widows Speak by Pierrette WalkerCatch an excerpt reading of Pierrette’s play at our Playwrights Unit ...
06/09/2026

✨ Introducing When Widows Speak by Pierrette Walker

Catch an excerpt reading of Pierrette’s play at our Playwrights Unit Showcase June 17th, 2026 starting at 7:30PM at Soulpepper Theatre

Playwright: Pierrette Walker &

Director: Germaine Konji .konji

Cast:
Akosua Amo-Adem
Joella Crichton
Daren A. Herbert .darenherbert
Jajube Mandiela

Synopsis:
When Widows Speak is an invitation into the lives of three women navigating the impact and shifts following the loss of their partners. It is an invitation to sit with the nuances of grief, its discomforts, its humor and its transformative possibilities - whether we want to or not. It is a dance between reality and the metaphysical. When Widows Speak is dedicated to those who were ever made to feel “too much” for feeling love and its layers- what some call grief or loss, and what others call memory.

🔗 RSVP: https://f.mtr.cool/dwsuypgcjd

We're excited to announce our new Summer Art Administrator, Autumn Taylor!Autumn Taylor (Ted Talk Host/The Bed) is excit...
06/08/2026

We're excited to announce our new Summer Art Administrator, Autumn Taylor!

Autumn Taylor (Ted Talk Host/The Bed) is excited to be making her Toronto Fringe 2026 debut. Originally from Montreal, she discovered her love of theatre while studying at Concordia University, where she developed a passion for acting and performance.

Learn more about Autumn on our website. 🔗

Obsidian Theatre is excited to present the Playwrights Unit Showcase & Season Wrap Party! ✨🎭 Playwrights Unit Showcase |...
06/05/2026

Obsidian Theatre is excited to present the Playwrights Unit Showcase & Season Wrap Party! ✨

🎭 Playwrights Unit Showcase | 7:30 PM
We are so excited to share what our playwrights have been working on this year and celebrate the end of an incredible season with our community.

🥂 Season Wrap Party | 9:00 PM
Celebrate our 25/26 Season! Meet the playwrights, connect with fellow artists and theatre lovers, enjoy good vibes, food & drinks available for purchase.

Whether you're a theatre regular or joining us for the first time, we'd love to see you there.

📅 June 17, 2026
📍Soulpepper Theatre, 50 Tank House Lane
🕣 Showcase: 7:30pm | Wrap Party: 9pm
🎟️ RSVP: https://f.mtr.cool/dgegwohhgt

📣 Obsidian Supporters– the time is NOW! We want to hear from YOU! Your vote could make all the difference!The deadline t...
06/04/2026

📣 Obsidian Supporters– the time is NOW! We want to hear from YOU! Your vote could make all the difference!

The deadline to submit your ballot for the Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Awards is June 22nd, 2026 at 11:59pm
Two Obsidian productions are eligible for the Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Awards, and we'd love your support. 🖤

✨ a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun) by debbie tucker green
✨ How to Catch Creation by Christina Anderson

🗳️ Here's how to vote:
1️⃣ Click the link below
2️⃣ Complete the Jon Kaplan Audience Choice Awards ballot.
3️⃣ Scroll to the bottom of the ballot and use the write-in section to submit your vote.

Be sure to write:
📝a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun) — Obsidian Theatre Company
or
📝 How to Catch Creation — Obsidian Theatre Company

If one of these productions moved you, inspired you, or stayed with you long after the final curtain, this is your chance to show some love.

Cast your vote: https://f.mtr.cool/vcduodhbeq

Drop a ❤️ below if you're voting, and tag a friend who saw one of these incredible shows!

🚨 DORA NOMINATION ALERT 🚨 We are excited to share that Amanda Cordner has been nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award in...
06/03/2026

🚨 DORA NOMINATION ALERT 🚨 We are excited to share that Amanda Cordner has been nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award in the General Theatre Division for Outstanding Performance by an Individual!

We're thrilled to see Amanda's exceptional work recognized and celebrated by the Toronto theatre community.

Congratulations, Amanda, on this well-deserved nomination, and congratulations to all of this year's nominees. 🌟

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