On a humid night in 1958, the sea around St. Kitts refuses to sleep. A group of Black sailors, stranded after a storm, step ashore to dance, argue, and dream their way through a long, restless night. In their laughter and longing lives the pulse of an entire generation — the Windrush generation — searching for freedom on the edges of empire.
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Mary Antonini brings depth and joy to the Shaw Festival’s 2025 season, starring in Blues for an Alabama Sky, Anything Goes, and White Christmas. Her journey from Broadway to Shaw reflects resilience, artistry, and the importance of Black joy on stage.
AfroToronto.com interviewed Mary Antonini, one of the Shaw Festival’s most dynamic performers, about her role in the Canadian premiere of Blues for an Alabama Sky. Directed by Kimberley Rampersad, the play is set in Harlem during the 1930s, weaving together joy, struggle, and resilience during the Harlem Renaissance.
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Two decades after Blood.claat premiered in Toronto, d’bi.young anitafrika returns to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sankofa Trilogy.
This podcast episode marks a deeply personal, full-circle moment for me and AfroToronto.com. Twenty years ago, in November 2005, I sat in the backspace of Theatre Passe Muraille during the Stage3 Festival with director Weyni Mengesha and playwright-performer d’bi.young anitafrika. They were workshopping blood.claat, a daring new monodrama that would become the foundation of what we now know as the Sankofa Trilogy.
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From Broadway to Hallmark films, Vanessa Sears has captivated audiences with her dynamic performances. Now, she returns to Toronto for her most personal project yet: Shedding a Skin, a groundbreaking one-woman play about identity, burnout, and the radical power of connection.
