Episodes

  • Gettin’ Comfortable With Discomfort

    Gettin’ Comfortable With Discomfort
    Jun 24 2025
    In this episode, hosts Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley interview director and playwright Robert O’Hara about his approach to his craft, his experience as a Black artist in the theatre industry, and how he leans into discomfort.
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    56 mins
  • All Kinds of Blackness with Lydia Diamond

    All Kinds of Blackness with Lydia Diamond
    Jun 17 2025
    In this episode, Jordan and Leticia interview Lydia Diamond and learn about her career as a playwright and her hopes for expanding Black theatre.
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    58 mins
  • Zora Neale Hurston, (Harlem) Renaissance Woman

    Zora Neale Hurston, (Harlem) Renaissance Woman
    Jun 10 2025
    Leticia and Jordan delve into Zora Neale Hurston as a theatre artist and consider her plays, performances, and theories of dramaturgy and theatremaking.
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Gettin’ Baptized in the Dirt with Candrice Jones’s FLEX

    Gettin’ Baptized in the Dirt with Candrice Jones’s FLEX
    Jun 3 2025
    In this episode, hosts Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley reflect on their very positive feelings for Obsidian Theatre and Crow’s Theatre’s production of FLEX, as well as Candrice Jones’s gorgeous and nuanced depictions of Black girlhood and friendship.
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    1 hr
  • Black Queer “Mess” and A Strange Loop

    Black Queer “Mess” and A Strange Loop
    May 27 2025
    In today’s episode, Leticia and Jordan discuss the Canadian premiere of A Strange Loop—a co-production between The Musical Stage Company, Soulpepper Theatre, Crow’s Theatre, and TO Live. They re-appraise the musical’s impact in today’s sociopolitical climate.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • The Weight of a Story with Danielle Deadwyler

    The Weight of a Story with Danielle Deadwyler
    May 20 2025
    Jordan and Leticia interview actress, performance artist, and cultural worker Danielle Deadwyler and discuss the importance of care in the representation of Black life.
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    49 mins
  • Shaping Black Canadian Theatre

    Shaping Black Canadian Theatre
    May 13 2025
    Jordan and Leticia interview Canadian playwright, director, and educator Djanet Sears, hearing about her unique approach to dramaturgy and an in-depth look at Black theatre in Canada.
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    56 mins
  • The People's Stage

    The People's Stage
    May 6 2025
    Jordan and Leticia examine the short life of the Federal Theatre Project and its impact on the growth and expansion of Black theatre.
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    57 mins