ABOUT OBSIDIAN
Learn MoreFounded in 2000, Obsidian is Canada’s leading culturally specific theatre company. An award winning organization, Obsidian Theatre has spent over 20 years training, producing and showcasing Black artists across the country.
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FLEX
Canadian Premiere It’s 1997 and the WNBA is changing the game. Every player on Plainnole’s Lady Train High School basketball team dreams of going pro....
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Table for Two
World Premiere “Ghanaian parents don’t talk about sex and when they do, it’s not very helpful.” In the uproarious yet poignant Table for Two, Akosua Amo-Adem...
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seven methods of killing kylie jenner
seven methods of killing kylie jenner explores cultural appropriation, queerness, friendship and the ownership of black bodies online and IRL
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Canada’s leading Black arts organization, OBSIDIAN THEATRE, announces two major premieres for their 25th Anniversary Season
World Premiere of TABLE FOR TWO by Akosua Amo-Adem Canadian Premiere of Candrice Jones’ FLEX Toronto, May 9th, 2024 – As their acclaimed 23.24 season...
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shaniqua in abstraction OPENS TODAY!
shaniqua in abstraction opens today at Crow’s Theatre. Congratulations to writer and performer bahia watson, director Sabryn Rock and the entire creative team! An intrepidly daring one-woman...
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Watch the drama unfold with “seven methods of killing kylie jenner”
Get ready for a rollercoaster of emotions and drama as seven methods of killing kylie jenner is about to storm Toronto. Queerness, friendship and cultural appropriation...
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WHAT WE DO
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TRAIN
Young Gifted, and Black is a paid, national training program that supports Black artists in non-performance disciplines.
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DEVELOP
Playwrights Unit is a national intensive play development program that supports Black playwrights through group sessions and individual mentorship.
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Produce
Obsidian produces plays from a world-wide canon focusing primarily on the works of highly acclaimed Black playwrights.
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Obsidian is supported by TD as our season sponsors, and we receive funding from all three levels of government: Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts. We are fortunate to have received funding from The Slaight Family Foundation to try and kick start the arts sectors after COVID. The Young Gifted and Black program is supported by Scotiabank, Catapult and The Metcalf Foundation.
