"Bleeders" at The Summerworks Festival
About
An Afro-futurist dub-opera set in Ontario, Bleeders is the culminating play in d’bi.young anitafrika’s new triptych, The Orisha Trilogy. The story takes place way into the future – the Pickering Nuclear Plant has exploded, and a group of Black womxn form a small council. How in the midst of government oppression, repression of the gender revolution, and ecological degradation do we still find hope?
Credits
Watah Theatre
Written and Directed by d'bi.young anitafrika; Performed by Aquila Rootz, Sashoya Shoya Oya, Raven Dauda, Najla Nubyanluv, Olunike Adeliyi, Aisha Bentham, Nickeshia Garrick, Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Raven Wngs, d'bi.young anitafrika; Musical Director & Composer Waleed Abdulhamid; Composer tuku; Choreograper Nickeshia Garrick; Set & Costume Rachel Forbes; Lighting Designer Sharmylae Taffe-Fletcher; Stage Manager Kathleen Jones; Assistant Stage Manager Samson Brown; Executive Producer d’bi.young anitafrika; Producer Brett Haynes
Curator's Note
"d’bi.young is one of the most compelling and audacious performer/creators in the country. Whatever she’s up to is worth checking out."
- Guillermo Verdecchia
