Is God Is

2023-02-09 19:30 2023-02-18 21:30 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Is God Is

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/30546

In-person event

An NAC presentation of the Obsidian Theatre, Necessary Angel, Canadian Stage production.
Curated by Black Theatre Workshop.   Twin sisters Anaia and Racine are on a quest for peace. And they are willing to kill for it.   She is a God to her twins, Anaia and Racine — a god of vengeance. And She will only be satisfied when their daddy is very, very dead.   The sisters are sent on a quest from the South to a sleepy California desert city to fulfill their...

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Babs Asper Theatre,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
February 9 - 18, 2023
February 9 - 18, 2023

≈ 90 minutes · No intermission

Last updated: February 13, 2023

Director’s Notes

It is such a gift to be diving back into live theatre with this production.

Is God Is takes the experiences of Black women and Black people and mythologizesthem, creating a story that is truly unapologetic, free, and fuelled with a kind of propulsiveaction that is so satisfying to bring to life.

What makes the play so exciting is that it challenges the idea of respectability politicsand how we expect Black women to behave in society. It further humanizes the experiencesand the complexities of how Black folk move in the world based on what we haveinherited and what we desire to become.

Is God Is is at its centre about a desire for freedom and for justice. It is about breakingthe cycles that bind us and fighting to take back the power that we are so often robbed of...

To say more would be to give too much away. 
Thank you so much for taking this journey with us. I hope you enjoy it. 

Director Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu

Content warning: This play includes depictions of: violence, death, murder, fire, burns, blood. As well as references of domestic violence, familial and generational abuse, and depictions and references of suicide, and emotional abuse by a parent.

Artists

  • Playwright Aleshea Harris
  • Director Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
  • Chuck Hall Matthew G Brown
  • Anaia JD Leslie
  • Racine Oyin Oladejo
  • sabryn-rock
    Angie Sabryn Rock
  • Scotch Savion Roach
  • She Alison Sealy-Smith
  • Riley Micah Woods
  • Swing Michael Wamara
  • Set Designer Ken MacKenzie
  • Lighting Designer  Raha Javanfar
  • Costume Designer Ming Wong
  • Dialect Coach  Jennifer Toohey
  • thomas-ryder-payne
    Sound Designer  Thomas Ryder Payne
  • laura-warren-web
    Projection Designer Laura Warren
  • Fight Director Jennifer Dzialoszynski
  • jaz-headshot
    Movement Director Jaz ‘Fairy J’ Simone
  • Assistant Director daniel jelani ellis
  • Stage Manager Emilie Aubin
  • aaguilar-headshot
    Assistant Stage Manager  Ada Aguilar
  • jennifer-newnham
    Rehearsal Assistant Stage Manager  Jennifer Newnham

Credits

NAC Production Team

  • Head Carpenter
    Charles Martin  
  • Head Properties
    Michel Sanscartier  
  • Head Electrician
    Eric Tessier  
  • Assistant Electrician
    Martin Racette  
  • Head Sound
    Doug Millar  

Projectionists, Wardrobe Mistresses, Masters and Attendants are members of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 471.  

NAC English Theatre is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres and engages professional Artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the terms of the jointly negotiated Canadian Theatre Agreement.  

NAC English Theatre Team

Managing Director 
David Abel 

Artistic Director 
Nina Lee Aquino 

Technical Director
Cynthia Shaw

Community Outreach Lead 
Rose-Ingrid Benjamin 

Learning Coordinator 
Aimee Bouchard 

ASL Interpreter Consultant 
Carmelle Cachero 

Marketing Strategist 
Bar Clement 

Communications Strategist 
Sean Fitzpatrick 

Senior Producer 
Alexandra Lunney 

Senior Marketing Manager 
Bridget Mooney 

Associate Producer, Artistic Projects 
Judi Pearl 

Company Manager 
Samira Rose 

Administrative Coordinator 
Monika Seiler 

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees