53 Years of Black Theatre Workshop

52nd season (2022-2023)

Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers – Makambe K. Simamba

51st season (2021-2022)

Black and Blue Matters: Track 1 – Omari Newton
Black and Blue Matters (Cancelled due to Covid)  – Omari Newton
Pipeline – Dominique Morisseau
Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers – Makambe K. Simamba

50th season (2020-2021)

Season Postponed due to Covid

49th season (2019-2020)

Fences (Cancelled due to Covid) – August Wilson
Obaaberima (Cancelled due to Covid)  – Tawiah Ben M’Carthy
Simone Half and Half – Christine Rodriguez
Double Bill – Cry Baby-Kalale Dalton-Lutale, Dark Red-Willow Cioppa
Rendez-vous lakay – Djennie Laguerre

48th season (2018-2019)

Angélique – Lorena Gale
How Black Mothers Say I Love you – Trey Anthony
The Mountaintop – Katori Hall
Scotian Journey – Anne-Marie Woods
Sound of the Beast – Donna Michelle St-Bernard

47th season (2017-2018)

Rendez-Vous with Home/Rendez-vous lakay – Djennie Laguerre
Master Harold – Athol Fugard
Black Boys – Saga Collectif
The Mountaintop – Katori Hall

46th season (2016-2017)

Angélique – Lorena Gale
Bluenose – Emil Sher

45th season (2015-2016)

She Said/He Said – Anne-Marie Woods
Binti’s Journey – Marcia Johnson
The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God – Djanet Sears

44th season (2014-2015)

random – debbie tucker-green
The Power of Harriet T – Michael Miller
Gas Girls – Donna Michelle St-Bernard

43th season (2013-2014)

The Meeting – Jeff Stetson
Sal Capone: The Lamentable Tragedy of – Omari Newton

42nd season (2012-2013)

When Elephant Was King – Chimwemwe Miller
Harlem Duet – Djanet Sears

41st season (2011-2012)

New Canadian Kid – Dennis Foon
Stori Ya – Joan M. Kivanda

40th season (2010-2011)

Dutchman – Amiri Baraka
A Raisin in the Sun – Lorraine Hansberry

39th season (2009-2010)

The Nutmeg Princess – Amah Harris  (adapted by)
Swan Song of Maria – Carol Cece Anderson

38th season (2008-2009)

Le Code Noir – George Boyd
Skin – Dennis Foon

37th season (2007-2008)

blood[claat] – d’bi.young.anitafrika
Come Good Rain – George Seremba

36th season (2006-2007)

Mella Mella – Gail Nyoka
The Lady Smith – Andrew Moodie

35th season (2005-2006)

Blacks Don’t Bowl – Vadney S. Haynes
Afrika Solo – Djanet Sears
Shifting Ground/Créons un monde – Ally Ntumba, Chimwemwe Miller

34th season (2004-2005)

Wade in the Water – George Boyd
Meet My Foresisters – Leslie McCurdy
Tightrope Times – Walter Borden

33th season (2003-2004)

Ndito the Masai Girl/ Water Girl/ Amandina – Sheela Langeberg
Wade in the Water – George Boyd

32nd season (2002-2003)

Stuck – Naila Belvett
Yagayah – Naila Belvett, Debbie Young
Bluenose – Emil Sher
A Common Man’s Guide to Loving Women – Andrew Moodie

31st season (2001-2002)

Maija of Chaggaland – Sheela Langeberg
Seachange – Multidisciplinary Performance Event
Stuck – nah-ca-lah
Afrika Solo – Djanet Sears

30th season (2000-2001)

Stockholm[e] – Boogie Marshall
Kouloumé et ses Frères – Franck Joseph-Sylvestre

29th season (1999-2000)

The Crossroads/Le Carrefour – Kossi Efoui
My Children My Africa – Athol Fugard

28th season (1998-1999)

New Canadian Kid – Dennis Foon
My Children My Africa – Athol Fugard
Riot – Andrew Moodie

27th season (1997-1998)

Freedom is my Middle Name – Lee Hunkins
For Ever Free – Marvin Ishmael
Stay Black & Die – Addena Sumter Freitag
Counter Offence – Rahul Varma

26th season (1996-1997)

The Children of Kush Arising
Un Chat & Un Chien – Marvin Ishmael
Joujou’s Traditional Tales for the Holidays – Joujou Turenne

25th season (1995-1996)

Ododo – Joseph A. Walker
A Cat and a Dog – Marvin Ishmael
The Children of Kush Arising – Mic Antoine, Marc Collingwood, Amandra Strawn

24th season (1994-1995)

Pantomime – Derek Walcott
The Children of Kush Arising – Osei Alleyne
Our Lost Heros/Nos Heros Oublies – Winston Sutton
The Nutmeg Princess – Amah Harris (adapted by)

23th season (1993-1994)

The Nutmeg Princess – Amah Harris (adapted by)
Pour Filles de Couleur Ayant Envisage le Suicide Quand L’Arc-En-Ciel est Disparu – Ntozake Shange/translation & adaption by Carol Jones
Rhythms of the Motherland
Blood Sweat and Fears – Maria Oshodi
Nos Heros Oublies/Our Lost Heroes – Winston Sutton

22nd season (1992-1993)

Blood Sweat and Fears – Maria Oshodi
Playboy of the West Indies – Mustapha Matura
The Dragon Can’t Dance – Earl Lovelace
The Master of Carnival – Euton Jarvis & Ronald Amoroso

21st season (1991-1992)

Our Lost Heros – Winston Sutton
Possibly Yours – Robert More
Two Can Play – Trevor Rhone

20th season (1990-1991)

The Cat in the Castle – Billy Solly
A Christmas at Carol’s – Leon St.Martin
Smile Orange – Trevor Rhone

19th season (1989-1990)

The Journey – Michael Miller
A Christmas at Carol’s – Leon St.Martin
Cantata – Anne Cameron

18th season (1988-1989)

Here Comes the Groom – Leon St.Martin
Forever Free – Marvin Ishmael
The Shelter – Caryl Phillips
The Colored Museum – George C. Wolfe

17th season (1987-1988)

Skin – Dennis Foon
Marvin: Dream of a Lifetime – Dwight Bacquie
God’s Trombones – James Weldon Johnson
Tightrope Times – Walter Borden

16th season (1986-1987)

Invisible Kids – Dennis Foon
God’s Trombones – James Weldon Johnson
Fool for Love – Sam Shepard
Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope – Micki Grant

 15th season (1985-1986)

Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act – Athol Fugard
4 Black Women I know – Kim Robinson
A Woman Alone – Dario Fo & Franca Rame
The Death of Bessie Smith – Edward Albee

14th season (1984-1985)

Home Samm – Art Williams
For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf – Ntozake Shange
Beauty and the Beast – adapted by Linda Gahn
Razz M’Jazz

13th season (1983-1984)

Nevis Mountain Dew – Steve Carter
Smile Orange – Trevor Rhone
Rum an’ Coco Cola – Mustapha Matura

12th season (1982-1983)

Martin Luther Who? – Clarence Bayne
Pantomime – Derek Walcott
The Caretaker – Harold Pinter

 11th season (1981-1982)

Prodigals in a Promised Land – Hector Bunyan
Coming Home to Roost – David Edgecombe

10th season (1980-1981)

The River Niger – Joseph A. Walker
My Sweet Charlie – David Westheimer

9th season (1979-1980)

Gingerbread Lady – Neil Simon
Coldsnap – Linda Ghan

8th season (1978-1979)

A Raisin in the Sun – Lorraine Hansberry
Holes – Peter Robinson
A li’lle Bit O’Somet’in – Lorris Elliot
Papa God – Paul Keens Douglas
Sugar George – Paul Keens Douglas
Gingerbread Lady – Neil Simon

7th season (1977-1978)

Hey you, Light Man – Oliver Haily
Strong Currents – David Edgecombe

6th season (1976-1977)

Ceremonies in Dark Old Men – Lonnie Elder III

5th season (1975-1976)

A Calabash of Blood – Eric Roach
Bonanza 72 – Austin Clarke
The Black Experience – Clarence Bayne
Sonuvabitch – David Edgecombe

4th season (1974-1975)

Seashango – Errol Sitahal
For Better For Worse – David Edgecombe

3rd season (1973-1974)

Dream on Monkey Mountain – Derek Walcott

2nd season (1972-1973)

1st season (1971-1972)

How now Black Man – Lorris Elliot