ARTISTS

Cara Rebecca Materia Piper / Charity Woman

Cara Rebecca is an actor, fight director, creator and emerging director. Theatre Credits: Cowgirl Up (ATP), Indecent (Segal), The Ward Cabaret (Harbourfront), Romeo & Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing (Repercussion), Don’t Read the Comments (Segal, Centaur, Fringe & Touring). Film/TV: Love in the Time of Coronavirus (self-produced), Antioch (Talisman), Pandora (Youtheatre), We F*ck (Indie), Forbidden (Discovery), Word! (TVO Kids), Elle (Fokus). Other: Cara is a co-founder of Ragtag, a multidisciplinary collective whose inaugural installation QUEERasure will premiere in Montreal later this year. Training: She is a graduate of the National Theatre School, McGill, and is accredited with the Academy of Dramatic Combat.

Maryem Tollar Mrs. Mahmoud, Vocals, Qanun , Oud, Percussion

Credits: Maryem Tollar is a renowned EgyptianCanadian vocalist, known for her world music performances. She composed the music for the song Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind for Canadian Stage’s production of As You Like It, directed by Anand Rajaram in 2022. She was nominated for a 2010 Dora Award for outstanding cast in Nine Parts of Desire by Heather Raffo; and was in the 2009 Dora Award winning production of R. Murray Shafer’s opera The Children’s Crusade, playing the role of Ariana. Her voice has been heard CBC’s Little Mosque on the Prairie and A.R. Rahman’s Bollywood hit, Mayya Mayya. She performs with several Toronto musical groups including: Al Qahwa and Turkwaz. Maryem was awarded the inaugural 2019 Johanna Metcalf Prize for Performing Arts.Wagner’s Ring Cycle - Götterdämmerung for the Canadian Opera Company, and Idomeneo for Opera Atelier.

upcominG: Love's Labour's Lost (Stratford Festival).

Amaka Umeh

Rose Lacroix / Doc Rose

Theatre Credits: Hamlet in Hamlet; PraiseSinger in Death and the King’s Horseman; Helena, Flute, Moth in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; 1851: Spirit and Voice (Soulpepper/Myseum); 00 in The Wolves (Howland/Crow’s); Abigail in A Christmas Carol (Grand Theatre); Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare in High Park); Spiker in James and the Giant Peach (Young People’s Theatre); Ariel in The Tempest (Hart House). Training: Factory Theatre Mechanicals; Randolph College. Awards: BBPA Harry Jerome Award; Dora Awards for The Wolves and Moby: A Whale of a Tale (Art & Water). Other: To my family, friends, and fans: thank you for your support. @yesamaka.

Dakota Jamal Wellman

Anthony / Ambrose

Dakota Jamal Wellman is a performer, educator, and creator, originally from Port Hope (ON) and currently based in Montreal. Training: He is an alumni of Bishop’s University (B.A. Drama, 2015) and of Black Theatre Workshop’s Artist Mentorship Program (2015-2016).

Awards: For his work on Simone Half and Half (BlackTheatre Workshop), Dakota was awarded the 2020 META for Outstanding Supporting Performance. Selected Theatre Credits: Pool ( No Water) (Persephone Productions), Superdogs (Segal Centre for Performing Arts), Summer of Sonnets (Repercussion Theatre), and Don’t Read The Comments (Sermo Scomber Theatre). Film/ TV: The Christmas Checklist, Terror Train, The Naughty Nine, About Sex, and Fester.