Category Archives: raven dauda

Say Ginger Ale

Say Ginger Ale, a new play by Marcia Johnson that played at the Factory Theatre Studio as part of the 2010 SummerWorks Festival, is an examination of the defining power of our homeland, and our ancestors, and how they can … Continue reading

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Wrap Yourself in This Apparel

photo by david hou carly street as mrs. van buren and raven dauda as esther American playwright Lynn Nottage’s play Intimate Apparel (2003), which is being remounted by Obsidian Theatre in conjunction with the Canadian Stage Company, playing at the … Continue reading

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This Play’s A Hit, No Doubt!

I sat in the Bluma Appel Theatre tonight, May 5th, 2009 and tried vehemently to listen to David Storch’s initial monologue as Father Brendan Flynn in Doubt, a Parable running until May 30th at the Canadian Stage Company, and yet … Continue reading

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Miss Julie: Race and Gender Go Head to Head

My fantastic Modern Theatre professor at Dalhousie University, Jure Gantar, explained Naturalism to us as a sort of playwright’s science experiment. He would laden his characters down with external psychological forces, and these would determine each one’s course of action, … Continue reading

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