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Toronto: Obsidian Theatre Company announces its 24/25 Playwrights Unit
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
We are thrilled to announce the talented artists selected for this year’s Playwrights Unit. Please welcome Cameron Grant, Oprah Lemorin, Phillip Dwight Morgan.
The Playwrights Unit is designed to support playwrights through individual mentorship and group sessions. The program is facilitated by actor and playwright, Lisa Codrington. The unit will culminate in a workshop with actors and a director and a presentation in June 2025 as part of Obsidian’s annual Playwrights Unit Showcase.
We are excited to explore and showcase new works, and cannot wait to share them with everyone!
• Cameron Grant •
Cameron has worked across Canada as an actor, director and playwright. As a playwright, Cameron’s first play Meet Chloe, received its premiere at Carousel Players in 2021 and continued to tour virtually for 3 years to schools across Canada. He has a strong interest in plays that focus on the lives of Black people in Canada. Other recent credit include: Acting: Controlled Damage (Grand Theatre), The Fiancée (Persephone Theatre), Kim's Convenience (Thousand Islands Playhouse), 1851: Spirit & Voice (Soulpepper), Serving Elizabeth (Stratford Festival), and 4 season at The Shaw Festival. Directing: The Assembly (Crossroads Theatre), Twelfth Night (Theatre Erindale) as well as assistant directing productions at Bard of the Beach, Factory Theatre and Theatre Erindale. Cameron was the artistic director of Crossroads Theatre (formerly Shakespeare in Action) from 2022-2023. He is excited to continue development on his play Inheritance.
• Oprah Lemorin •
Oprah Lemorin is a multifaceted theatre artist whose passion for the stage knows no bounds. A proud graduate of Concordia University with a degree in acting, Oprah is emerging as a dynamic force in the world of theatre, seamlessly wearing the hats of playwright, producer, and actor.
Oprah envisions herself as Theatre’s Pop Princess, a visionary artist with a mission to infuse the age-old art form with a contemporary vibrancy that resonates with today’s audience.
• Phillip Dwight Morgan •
Phillip Dwight Morgan is a Toronto-based writer and editor of Jamaican heritage.