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Obsidian Theatre's Playwrights Unit Showcase

Presented by Obsidian Theatre Company Inc

Obsidian Theatre’s Playwrights UnitCameron Grant, Oprah Lemorin, and Phillip Dwight Morgan – will be sharing excerpts from their works-in-development after 8-months of intensive development led by Toronto-based actor and writer Lisa Codrington.

Credits

Inheritance…If You Want It by Cameron Grant
Today the Penson Family gather to begin the process of cleaning up (or staking a claim on) a lifetime of their dying matriarch’s things. Tensions arise as assumptions, resentments and secrets begin to reveal themselves. Faced with an unexpected inheritance,the Penson’s must decide for themselves how they keep from falling apart even as they prepare for the loss of the person who has kept them together. Inheritance…If You Want It investigates entitlement, a family’s relationship to work and wealth, generational misconceptions, Toronto’s insane housing market and all the things a family inherits, expected and unexpected, with the loss of an elder.
Director: Natasha Mumba
Cast: Kwaku Adu-Poku, Allison Edwards Crewe, Arlene Duncan, Asha James, Cameron Laurie, Michael-Lamont Lytle

The Reunion by Oprah Lemorin
Two former best friends. One reality show. Ten years of silence.

Willow and Talia were once inseparable, until a betrayal shattered their bond. Now, a decade later, they’re brought face-to-face on The Reunion, a flashy, drama-filled reality TV show that promises healing and closure for estranged relationships. But under the bright lights and fabricated sincerity of producers, old wounds resurface, new tensions spark, and the lines between truth and performance blur.

The Reunion is a messy, funny, and deeply vulnerable exploration of friendship, sisterhood, and the lasting impact of betrayal. Through the lens of reality TV, the play exposes the absurdity of manufactured reconciliation, the performativity of healing, and the complex emotions that come with trying to mend a bond that once felt unbreakable.
Will the cameras capture a heartfelt reunion or a final goodbye?
Director: Jay Northcott
Cast: Allison Edwards Crewe, Arlene Duncan, Asha James, Megan Legesse, Antonette Ruder, Emerjade Simms

Six Love by Phillip Dwight Morgan
Six Love follows the lives of an all-Black carhouse crew at the TTC’s Wilson trainyard. These men work feverishly at night, while the rest of the city sleeps, cleaning subway trains for service the next morning. On their lunch break each shift, the men play dominoes; the game provides a thinly-veiled excuse for them to discuss masculinity, precarity, love, and more. They have these conversations while under constant surveillance and in an environment that carries risks of electrocution, amputation, PTSD, and even death.
Director: Andrew Moodie
Cast: Kwaku Adu-Poku, Cameron Laurie, Michael-Lamont Lytle, Araya Mengesha, Eric Miracle, Dante Prince, Savion Roach

Unit Facilitator: Lisa Codrington
Playwrights: Cameron Grant, Oprah Lemorin, and Phillip Dwight Morgan

June 26, 2025
to June 26, 2025

Tickets are FREE

Venue

Franco Boni Theatre

Performance Dates

Thursday, June 26, 7:30pm

This performance is 90 minutes

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