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color:#663300;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>AFRICANADIAN PLAYWRIGHTS'
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color:#663300;font-weight:bold'>AUGUST 22 - 27, 2006</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700;font-weight:bold'><a href="http://www.africanadian.com"
title="http://www.africanadian.com">www.africanadian.com</a></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300;font-weight:bold'>passes & tickets: 416 368.3110</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>Opening Celebrations</span></font><font color="#663300" face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:#663300'> *</span></font><font color=red
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'> 6 Conference Sessions</span></font><font
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#663300'> *</span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'> 6 Salon
Luncheon <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Readings</st1:City></st1:place></span></font><font
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#663300'> *</span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'>7 .Play of the Day Readings</span></font><font color="#663300"
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#663300'> *</span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'> 7 showcase
workshop productions</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700;font-weight:bold'>playwrights:</span></font></b><b><font
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#663300;
font-weight:bold'> Lillian Allen, Carol Anderson, trey anthony, Darren
Anthony, <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300;font-weight:bold'>Dwight Arthur, Gerry Atwell, Anthony Barrow,
George Boyd, Dian Marie Bridge, Austin Clarke, George Elliott Clarke, Lisa
Codrington, Lucky Campbell, Louise Delisle, Diona Dolabaille, Emerita
Emerencia, Lesley Ewen, Rebecca Fisseha, Ashton Francis, Lorena Gale, Shauntay
Grant, Sylvia Hamilton, Devon Haughton, Edwige Jean-Pierre, Asha Jeffers, ahdri
zhina mandiela, <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300;font-weight:bold'>Marcia Johnson, Don Kinch, Michelle La Flamme, Djennie
Laguerre, Naila Keleta Mae, <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300;font-weight:bold'>Lesley McCurdy, Michael Miller, Andrew Moodie,
Idil Mussa, Gail Nyoka, Alicia Payne, Joseph Pierre, Kimahli Powell, Donna
Michelle St. Bernard, Ras Leon Saul, Djanet Sears, Satori Shakoor,<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300;font-weight:bold'>Alison Sealy-Smith, Kwame Stephens, <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Colin Taylor</st1:PersonName>, Anne-Marie Woods, David Woods, d’bi
young.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
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color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700;font-weight:bold'>scholars:</span></font></b><b><font size=2
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300;font-weight:bold'> George Elliott Clarke, Andrea Davis, Honor
Ford-Smith, Michelle La Flamme, Naila Keleta Mae, Sharon Morgan Beckford, Modupe
Olaogun, Leslie Sanders, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Rinaldo Walcott</st1:PersonName>
and Jerry Wasserman, among others</span></font></b><b><font color="#663300"
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#663300;font-weight:bold'>.</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=1
color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700;font-weight:bold'>directors</span></font></b><font size=1
color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700'>:</span></font><font size=1 color="#663300" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#663300'> Philip Akin, Maja
Ardal, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Dian</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Marie</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Bridge</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,
Gerrard Chrysostum-Louis, Patrick Conner. Richard Donat, Sharon Lewis, Kate
Lushington, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300'>ahdri zhina mandiela, Weyni Mengesha, Sue Miner, Andrew Moodie,
Kimahli Powell, Djanet Sears, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Colin Taylor</st1:PersonName>,
Iris Turcott.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=1
color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700;font-weight:bold'>designers:</span></font></b><font size=1
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300'> Sara Carr, Erika Connor, Glenn Davidson, Joanne Dente, Tamara
Marie Kucheran, Andrew Lu, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300'>Steve Lucas, Nick Murray, Kimberly Purtell, Jennifer Triemstra.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=1
color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700;font-weight:bold'>Musical directors and choreographers: </span></font></b><font
size=1 color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#663300'>Gerrard Chrysostum-Louis, Charmaine Headly, Washington
Savage.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=1
color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700;font-weight:bold'>musicians:</span></font></b><font size=1
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300'> John Amina Alfred, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Idrum</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place> Savage, Joe Sealy,
Dragoslav Tanaskovic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=1
color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700;font-weight:bold'>stage managers:</span></font></b><font size=1
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300'> Michelle Alderson, Jennifer Dowding, Veronica Formosar, Molly
Gardner, Robert Harding, Yvette Martin, Caitlin McCarthy, Andrea Schurman.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=1
color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700;font-weight:bold'>actors:</span></font></b><font size=1
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300'> Letna O. Allen-Rowe, Kanika Ambrose, trey anthony, Oliver
Becker, Tyrone Benskin, Sébastien Bertrand, Jewelle Blackman, John Blackwood,
Michael Blake, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300'>Kelly Bolt, Lauren Brotman, Karen Burthwright, Sandra Caldwell,
Richard Allen Campbell, Marium Carvell, Michael Challenor, Marjorie Chan, Norma
Clarke, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300'>Conrad Coates, David Collins, Raven Dauda, Matt Deslippe, Sonia
Dhillon, Starr Domingue, Miranda Edwards, Ryan Field, Von Flores, Leonie
Forbes, Sharon Forrester, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300'>Xuan Fraser, Mike G-yohannes, Amber Godfrey, Kevin Hanchard,
Luther Hanraj, Kathy Imrie, Marvin Ismael, Camille James, Edwige Jean-Pierre,
Marcia Johnson, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300'>Denise Jones, Joan Kivanda, Teisha Lockhart, Gene Mack, Abena Malika,
Jajube Mandiela, Andy Marshall, Tashieka McTaggart, Teisha McTaggart, Araya
Mengesha, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300'>Andrew Moodie, Karim Morgan, Natasha Morris, Bridget Ogundipe,
Michael Pollard, Michael Anthony Rawlins, Joanne Reece, Cherissa Richards, Cara
Ricketts, Kim Roberts, Karen Robinson, Jamillah Ross, Alison Sealy-Smith,
Satori Shakoor, Brigitt Solem, Jeremiah Sparks, Clarence Sponagle, Nicole
Stamp, Ordena Stephens-Thompson, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300'>Tony Thompson, Martin Villafana, Nigel Shawn Williams,
d’bi.young, Ordena Stephens, Martin Villafana, Nigel Shawn Williams,
Tricia Williams, Malcolm Xerxes, d'bi. young<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=1
color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700;font-weight:bold'>associate producer:</span></font></b><b><font
size=1 color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#663300;font-weight:bold'> Natasha Mytnowych<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=1
color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700;font-weight:bold'>artistic associate:</span></font></b><b><font
size=1 color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#663300;font-weight:bold'> ahdri zhina mandiela</span></font></b><b><font
size=1 color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#007700;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=1
color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700;font-weight:bold'>artistic associate:</span></font></b><b><font
size=1 color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#663300;font-weight:bold'> Alison Sealy-Smith</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=1
color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700;font-weight:bold'>artistic director:</span></font></b><b><font
size=1 color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#663300;font-weight:bold'> Djanet Sears</span></font></b><font
size=1><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#ff6600" face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#FF6600;font-weight:bold'>Opening Celebrations</span></font></b><b><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red;font-weight:bold'>:
<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red;font-weight:bold'>HONOURING THE WORD<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300'>followed by a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red;font-weight:bold'>BLOW-OUT PARTY with food, cash bar and great
dancing</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color="#663300" face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#663300'>Tuesday, August 22, <st1:time Minute="00" Hour="20" w:st="on">8:00pm</st1:time>,
CanStage, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">26 Berkeley Street</st1:address></st1:Street></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1
color="#007700" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#007700'>presented by CanStage in association with University College
Drama Program and the Playwrights Guild of Canada</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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